Congratulations Danika

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Danika Patrick wins the IRL race in Japan. This a very good event for the sport and for her. It also happened after the rule change this year where cars with driver have to meet a minimum weight requirement. Thus negating the "she had a weight advantage" argument.
You go girl!!!


Dana

[kirkmears]

I thought was home for one of her major sponsors :icon_cool:

it was her teammate Tony who drives that car

[Mark #2]

That was her last chance to win in IRL before the consolidation of open wheel next week.
Helio gave it to her, did you see him slow down?
Did you hear his pit box tell Helio to let her go?

Tony George was there to congratulate her, I am thinking conspiracy theory again in motor sports.:tex

The Champ guys are going to struggle early on in the consolidation, but they are the better drivers and she will have no chance again.

Not a hater, but she isn't fast, she was running in 12th place, won it on fuel mileage.

[kirkmears]

... I am thinking conspiracy theory again in motor sports....


:nana2 congrats to the hot chick though

[Silver_2000]

That was her last chance to win in IRL before the consolidation of open wheel next week.
Helio gave it to her, did you see him slow down?
Did you hear his pit box tell Helio to let her go?

Tony George was there to congratulate her, I am thinking conspiracy theory again in motor sports.:tex

The Champ guys are going to struggle early on in the consolidation, but they are the better drivers and she will have no chance again.

Not a hater, but she isn't fast, she was running in 12th place, won it on fuel mileage.

I watched the replay today - Helio was running out of fuel

I dont think it was conspiracy, if her team managed the fuel and car better than the rest then she won. She was faster to the stripe than everyone else that day

[ZeusSVT]

:nana2 congrats to the hot chick though

+1 :bows

[my2002lightning]

+1 :bows

Yep.http://www.ls2.com/forums/images/smilies/drool.gif

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/2008_swimsuit/danica-patrick/index2.html

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someone over on NLOC said that as long as she posed for pictures like that she couldnt be taken seriously as a driver... I posted back that if more drivers looked as good as her, I thought all of them should be posing..

Dana

[TP Derrick D]

Late but what the he..,
my girl finally won, but some low life dumba$$ racer or media will still try and find something to yap and whine about. My other girls must be really proud..Janet Guthrie, Lynn St.James, Sarah Fisher and Angelle Sampey and Ashely Force in NHRA who will be next and soon....,with Melanie Troxel and Hillary Will sometime soon I hope.

[TP Derrick D]

Late but what the he..,
my girl finally won, but some low life dumba$$ racer or media will still try and find something to yap and whine about. My other girls must be really proud..Janet Guthrie, Lynn St.James, Sarah Fisher and Angelle Sampey and Ashely Force in NHRA who will be next and soon....,with Melanie Troxel and Hillary Will sometime soon I hope.


My girl Ashely is going up against her ol' dad in the finals....history will be made..her 1st win, or his 1,000th round win...it is....damn, a commercial...
(in meantimen Mavs losing 48-44 halftime) Its Ashley!!!!!!!!#1 win:bows:nana2

[kirkmears]

:icon_exclaim:

just stay out of her way...
http://www.theindychannel.com/2008/0509/16218844.jpg

:eek:
fortuneately the crew member should have a full recovery :)

http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/16214605/detail.html# (http://www.theindychannel.com/sports/16214605/detail.html)

[gbgary]

:icon_eek: yeah...that guy from another team walked right out in front of her.

[TP Derrick D]

yeah, I saw that. I really hate it for her, some of the other sorry a$$ racers and the media seems to be always trying to find a reason to mess with her and this just gives them more ammo.

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yeah, I saw that. I really hate it for her, some of the other sorry a$$ racers and the media seems to be always trying to find a reason to mess with her and this just gives them more ammo.

you have that right.. although, she sometimes shoots herself in the foot because of the way she phrases her responses to questions and such. But if it were a guy, the coverage of what she/he did would be completely different.

Dana