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It had to happen sometime
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It had to happen sometime
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Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Feb 20, 2007
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i least shes won a race and you will never win one and go in the records... with team green it may happen again too. she is young, but not dumb
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Reputation:91
Level:All-Star
Since:Sep 7, 2006
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To be able to compete at the top division on any sport is quite an accomplishment, to win at that level is something else. It takes talent, hard work and a bit of luck here and there also. The girl is good give her some credit. Congrats to Danica and I hope she wins many more!
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Reputation:42
Level:Rookie
Since:Jul 29, 2007
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it was her 51st start
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Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Sep 19, 2006
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You people are being too harsh with Slick. All he is doing is stating his opinion that contains a lot of "truth hurts" references. Congrats to Patrick for winning a race even if it was in a watered down field combined with strategy from her pit that had little to do with her racing skills. Over the past few years only Tiger has received the favorable press that she has but the difference is, he delivers. So she finally won a race. Whoopie!!
 and ho-hum.
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Reputation:92
Level:All-Star
Since:Oct 1, 2006
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Slick:
Kournakova comparison, no, that doesn't make much sense. Anna Kournakova was a woman playing against women in a sport where women win grand slams, etc.
Did you miss the part that she is the first woman to win an open wheel race??? And your right, if this was a man, we wouldn't be talking aout it, but it's not a man, it's a woman....
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Reputation:49
Level:Rookie
Since:Dec 7, 2007
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Danica DOES control her own hype. For instance last year she went on this whining spree about how she wants to be known as a driver and not for her looks (which are overrated if you have ever seen her up close). Then next thing I know shes taking off her clothes in the SI swimsuit edition. All of her hype comes from being a woman and she plays it up every chance she gets. So she DOES control alot of the hype.
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It had to happen sometime
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Reputation:49
Level:Rookie
Since:Dec 7, 2007
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ASHLEY FORCE DOES SUCK!!!!!!! All drag racers do. I was a drag racer and I can attest that it takes very little skill! Why do you think nepotism is off the charts in the NHRA Ashley Force being a perfect example. You can plug just about anyone in the seat and after some experience, get the same results. Ashleys sisters could get in the car, get some experience, and do the same thing. Unless youve been in these cars, you dont understand.
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Reputation:98
Level:Superstar
Since:Dec 10, 2006
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Danica Patrick's season ranking has improved each year, from 12th to 9th to 7th (to 3rd so far this year). Just because she hadn't won before doesn't make her non-competitive - she has finished in the top 10 in 50% of her races.
The hype that was put out during her rookie season had some people assuming that she should be winning every race, and anything else is a letdown. I am not a big racing fan, but even I know that there are 2-3 dozen cars on the course in each event and rookies don't just come in and take over a sport, male or female. This means that many male drivers are finishing behind her event after event.
All of these drivers who finish behind her know she is for real.
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It had to happen sometime
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Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 15, 2007
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Just because she hadn't won before doesn't make her non-competitive - she has finished in the top 10 in 50% of her races.
Are you implying that is an accomplishment?
Until this season, most races started only 18 cars. That is the equivalent of finsihing in the top 25 of 50% of your NASCAR races (where they start 43)? Odds are that with those statistics, you aren't driving anymore.
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Just to put anti-Danica bias in perspective...
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Just to put anti-Danica bias in perspective...
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Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 14, 2006
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This is how the AP describes her win in the first paragraph of the article they sent worldwide:
"Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps."
How does this read to the layman? Danica didn't earn it, and she surely wasn't a top contender, because the "top contenders" pitted and she was still out there. Lucky break...
Excuse me? She's a top contender, with top tens and poles to her credit. And to be clear, not all OTHER top contenders pitted. She was racing Helio the whole time, and passed him with 2 laps to go. She and her team played strategy AND she outraced a multi-time Indy champ at the end. Winning because the leader has to pit is a part of racing. Great drivers win this way in all series. Yet when Danica wins this way, the accomplishment is diminished in the eyes of the unnamed AP hack racing reporter.
I hope that this one line from the AP clarifies why this is a big deal in racing. Because it is a sport dominated by men on the track and in the press, where they do everything they can to diminish the accomplishment of women. And now, no matter what the writers and pundits and fans say, they can't take this win away from Danica.
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