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Originally Posted by EMJ
Those who say she can't drive have never watched a race. She's only in her second year of any stock car racing and she's running Sprint Cup with the absolute best. And she's got more top tens this year then her 2-time Nationwide Series champ boyfriend (Ricky Stenhouse, 2011, 2012 NNS champ), 1. And there's plenty of drivers in Cup who get tons of press who've never won a race and they've been in Cup for many years (Almindinger, Almirola, Gilliland, etc.). Big stars who've only won one or two races (Martin Truex, 2 wins, Brian Vickers, 3 wins) in 6-plus years. And one of the most popular drivers in the sport, Michael Waltrip, took 462 races before he won.
So, yes, total double standard with the negativity towards Patrick. Jeff Gordon didn't win until his second full season and he wrecked like 20 cars his rookie season. Dale, Jr., in Hendrick equipment for 5 1/2 years - 2 wins.
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^^^This.
The Danica sniping by some of you is very difficult to understand here on a board of mostly intelligent and well-balanced guys. It smacks of the insecure-in-one's-manhood thing, but I don't think that's the case.
She is a much better driver than the "bad press" that some exhibit here.
Watch her on a road course. The woman can drive.
If you want to criticize her for the cheesy bikini shots or because she called out somebody for some p*iss poor driving that ended up punting her off the track (J. Villeneuve last year at Road America), go ahead.
Every racer in history has called out bad driving that caused them to wreck. Don't call it whining when Danica does it and then say, "he was p*ssed off at -------" when a guy does it.
The cheesy bikini stuff... meh... truthfully, I wish no women racers had ever done any of them, and I'm a confirmed hetero. I just think it cheapens the sport.