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Title: Indy
Post by: dazie on May 29, 2005, 03:22:25 PM
WOW!  What a race.  I can't remember the last time I watched with such tension.  Danica Patrick is definitely a kickass driver and will be in the circuit for years.

Title: Re: Indy
Post by: eo000 on May 29, 2005, 06:14:48 PM
she sure can drive and make a left turn. what an athelete.    ;)
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: ignom on May 29, 2005, 06:50:30 PM
Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: dazie on May 29, 2005, 07:32:14 PM
Quote from: eo000 on May 29, 2005, 06:14:48 PM
she sure can drive and make a left turn. what an athelete.    ;)

Now see- I don't think they're atheletes.  But they're certainly talented. 
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: Beefy on May 29, 2005, 07:38:50 PM
Quote from: ignom on May 29, 2005, 06:50:30 PM
Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune and glory.

+1
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: Alice on May 30, 2005, 02:04:36 AM
If she wasn't hot, nobordy would care. I guarntee it.
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: meredith on May 30, 2005, 02:17:37 AM
Quote from: aliceliddell on May 30, 2005, 02:04:36 AM
If she wasn't hot, nobordy would care. I guarntee it.
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Title: Re: Indy
Post by: dazie on May 30, 2005, 11:51:04 AM
Quote from: aliceliddell on May 30, 2005, 02:04:36 AM
If she wasn't hot, nobordy would care. I guarntee it.

I don't think that's accurate.  There have been a few woman drivers in Indy, and none of them did as well as she did.  Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James...  none of them came close to leading, let alone winning.  She's the only woman to ever lead even a lap at Indy.  In other racing arenas, Shirley Muldowney has been kicking butt and taking names in drag racing for years.

Plus Danica Patrick is a rookie- I believe she finished the highest (4th) out of this year's rookie class.  I think in the history of Indy there's only been like 4 rookies that have won it. 

I think the fact that she's hot adds to her story, but doesn't create it.  As Urusus just put it- "Last time I checked, you don't lead laps at Indy 'cuz you're pretty!"
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: Beefy on May 30, 2005, 11:52:35 AM
I think that the press paid attention because she was a woman driver at Indy.  I think they paid even more attention because she's "hot".
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: dazie on May 30, 2005, 11:55:18 AM
Quote from: Beefy on May 30, 2005, 11:52:35 AM
I think that the press paid attention because she was a woman driver at Indy.  I think they paid even more attention because she's "hot".

'zactly.  Plus she almost made Michael Andretti look like a bigger wanker than he usually is, so that's a plus in my book.   :evil:
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: Alice on May 30, 2005, 01:19:38 PM
Quote from: dazie on May 30, 2005, 11:51:04 AMAs Urusus just put it- "Last time I checked, you don't lead laps at Indy 'cuz you're pretty!"

No you lead them because you don't get your acceleration pedal confused with your break pedal.  And because you can make left turns really well.

I'm still sticking by my drunken statement that this wouldn't be half as big a deal if she was a bagger.
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: eo000 on May 31, 2005, 06:33:49 AM
but really, i don't see why people would watch just because she's hot. it's not like you can see her at all while she's driving.
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: Jessie on May 31, 2005, 07:03:07 AM
Have any of you ever seen an indy car running in person?

Unfuckingbelievable. 

I saw them run practice laps an Kentucky Speedway.  I guarantee you that at 200+mph there's a lot more to it than turning left.

I'm not sure if 4th was the highest finish for a rookie, but I believe I heard that she was the 4th woman ever to run it and the highest finishing of the 4.

Hot or not, that's a hell of an accomplishment for a woman in a man's game.
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: DownSouth on May 31, 2005, 09:32:32 AM
I saw an interview with her yesterday.  She posed for one of the mens magazines.
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: ursus on June 01, 2005, 05:42:20 PM
Quote from: Jessie on May 31, 2005, 07:03:07 AM
Have any of you ever seen an indy car running in person?
I guarantee you that at 200+mph there's a lot more to it than turning left.

I've seen Micheal Andretti turn right (in person) a couple of times, usually into Al jr. Micheal is a no-talent-ass-clown.  :cuss:
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: eo000 on June 01, 2005, 06:49:47 PM
Quote from: DownSouth on May 31, 2005, 09:32:32 AM
I saw an interview with her yesterday.  She posed for one of the mens magazines.
Juggs?
Title: Re: Indy
Post by: ursus on June 01, 2005, 08:26:59 PM
Quote from: eo000 on June 01, 2005, 06:49:47 PM
Quote from: DownSouth on May 31, 2005, 09:32:32 AM
I saw an interview with her yesterday. She posed for one of the mens magazines.
Juggs?
Wall Street Journal?
Christian Science Monitor?