The Danica Patrick Era dawns

[Yeagermeister]

True and as they point out this is not a normal nationwide event because most of the top sprint car drivers will be in this race as they prepare themselves for the Sunday race. At least she will have 1 guy in that race to help her and that will be car owner Jr.

She'll be tested early in the race but if she can hold her own and earn some respect the other drivers will help her as long as it's to their advantage. lol

 

[Cajuncowboy]

She'll be tested early in the race but if she can hold her own and earn some respect the other drivers will help her as long as it's to their advantage. lol

At a track like Daytona I am sure she's been told to hang back and watch and learn. As was mentioned this isn't ARCA and there are a few more dollars tied up in these cars. The worst thing she could do is get racy and cause something up front or in the middle and take out a bunch of cup drivers.

She needs to work with the guys at the back for this race.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Oh I do not know.

:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

 

[Yeagermeister]

At a track like Daytona I am sure she's been told to hang back and watch and learn. As was mentioned this isn't ARCA and there are a few more dollars tied up in these cars. The worst thing she could do is get racy and cause something up front or in the middle and take out a bunch of cup drivers.

She needs to work with the guys at the back for this race.

Only problem with that is at some point she's going to find herself up front even if she's down several laps. She'll have to learn how to handle herself very quickly.

 

[Doomsday101]

Only problem with that is at some point she's going to find herself up front even if she's down several laps. She'll have to learn how to handle herself very quickly.

True and she is only going to run in limited events in the nationwide so points mean nothing to her at this stage she needs to learn but you need to be aggressive if you plan on doing anything in NASCAR those who are afraid to bump and grind are not going to win in this league. She needs to hang out with Tony Stewart for a few weeks. :laugh2:

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Only problem with that is at some point she's going to find herself up front even if she's down several laps. She'll have to learn how to handle herself very quickly.

Her first NASCAR race isn't the time to learn about bump drafting and causing a problem at the front of the field if she is a few laps down.

That would set her back a long ways in terms of drivers being willing to work with her.

She needs to watch and learn. I think she has the chops to do well in NASCAR but her time will come with patience.

 

[jcollins28]

Yeah that is why Indy guys are moving on to NASCAR. NASCAR make you drive a car it makes you understand the draft it is not about the fastest car on the track it is about taking a car and working it unlike the littel fairy racing league they call F1 or Indy.

Being in the sport I learned a long time ago that drivers will go apply their trade where they are paid the most money. Currently that place is NASCAR. The draft is a process of physics and does not apply to any one given series. Indycars draft as do sportscars and any other vehicle exceeding 80 mph. I'm not trying to be a snob or degrade NASCAR. Personally it's not my thing. Indy has always been special to me and my family and I hate the fact that it has been degraded to what it is now.

Danica is a good driver but she has quite a bit of work to do to earn the title of a top driver. Especially considered the equipment she has and the hand holding that she has benefited from during her career. After this year she will be fulltime in NASCAR and if Micheal Waltrip can survive years of mediocre performance because he could bump his gums and sell whatever product was on the side of his car then Danica should be golden.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Her first NASCAR race isn't the time to learn about bump drafting and causing a problem at the front of the field if she is a few laps down.

That would set her back a long ways in terms of drivers being willing to work with her.

She needs to watch and learn. I think she has the chops to do well in NASCAR but her time will come with patience.

Hanging out in the back with the also scrubs isn't going to make her better. If you want to learn you got to run with the big boys.

Like the saying goes....If you can't run with the big dogs....stay on the porch

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Being in the sport I learned a long time ago that drivers will go apply their trade where they are paid the most money. Currently that place is NASCAR. The draft is a process of physics and does not apply to any one given series. Indycars draft as do sportscars and any other vehicle exceeding 80 mph. I'm not trying to be a snob or degrade NASCAR. Personally it's not my thing. Indy has always been special to me and my family and I hate the fact that it has been degraded to what it is now.

Danica is a good driver but she has quite a bit of work to do to earn the title of a top driver. Especially considered the equipment she has and the hand holding that she has benefited from during her career. After this year she will be fulltime in NASCAR and if Micheal Waltrip can survive years of mediocre performance because he could bump his gums and sell whatever product was on the side of his car then Danica should be golden.

:laugh2:

Wow!

 

[big dog cowboy]

if Micheal Waltrip can survive years of mediocre performance because he could bump his gums and sell whatever product was on the side of his car then Danica should be golden.

So true!

 

[Yeagermeister]

The Waltrips were definitely born with the gift of over gab lol

 

[DallasCowpoke]

Being in the sport I learned a long time ago

Driving around an abandoned airfield in your sooped-up Hyundai, doesn't really count as "being in the sport" does it Mario?

 

[jcollins28]

Driving around an abandoned airfield in your sooped-up Hyundai, doesn't really count as "being in the sport" does it Mario?

Yeah whatever you say....

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Yeah whatever you say....

Ya know, even your sig screams SNOB.

Jealous much?

 

[jcollins28]

Ya know, even your sig screams SNOB.

Jealous much?

So you are judging me by a sig line on a internet message board?...lol strong irony in this thread.....Not sure exactly what I have to be jealous about. aware me....

 

[Cajuncowboy]

So you are judging me by a sig line on a internet message board?...lol strong irony in this thread.....Not sure exactly what I have to be jealous about. aware me....

Well, let me enlighten you. Since you and your family are "In the sport" I would assume that you are probably jealous that NASCAR gets a lot more publicity in America than that sissy driving you love so much, hence the sig line and your attitude in this thread.

Awared now?

Oh and I'm not judging you, I'm judging your attitude which is on full display here.

 

[burmafrd]

and you nascar homers are not acting in exactly the same way?

 

[Yeagermeister]

*In my best CBZ voice*

Ok gentlemen let's cool off a bit

 

[Cajuncowboy]

and you nascar homers are not acting in exactly the same way?

No Burm, not until these guys started going off on NASCAR. Then maybe. Just read the posts.

 

[zrinkill]

Driving around an abandoned airfield in your sooped-up Hyundai, doesn't really count as "being in the sport" does it Mario?

Ya know, even your sig screams SNOB.

Jealous much?

:laugh2:

He sounds like canadiancowboysfan's lost cousin.