Actually, this was one of the first oval-track races that she has run. If you knew anything about it, maybe you'd keep your indie-boy nose out of it but I guess thats gonna be impossible to stop so....carry on, genius....

Yail: There must be some skinny male drivers. Where would you draw the line?

Ayah: I meant Patrick is half soft/half hard looking. Like the Mary Jo Fernandez of racing.

You're really worked up about racing there, Chris. And you can seriously eat shit re: the continued "too indie" taunting.

awww, thanks mah. de way you make the gravy.....its bewteeful....

Actually Helio Castrawhatever has had this criticism on him for years; Its not a Danica problem; Its the IRL thats to blame, and thats what Robbie Gordon was talking about.....other series' have dealt with the issue, etc...

oh, and for the record, I'm no fan of Robbie Gordon, I just happened to see his point.

Heritage, not hate, Chris.

Bastard made me laugh

lolol.
i guess.

aww c'mon A; I don't lecture you about law, don't lecture me about racing.

And I don't hate, I procreate......or something.....

how come i don't understand what this means?

But come on... isn't it possible that those few pounds do not in fact make a HUGE difference, and that the fact that she's almost never raced an oval track just goes to show that she can step up and whip the shit out of guys who have done it for years?

For ayah:



it still doesn't mean much

so the men are already making excuses eh?

im no expert on open wheel racing but it seems that every pound in those cars counts a shit load....maybe Dalen can speak more to it....

INDIANAPOLIS – The IndyCar Series isn't giving any weight to the complaints about Danica Patrick's slight frame.

One day after NASCAR's Robby Gordon said he would not race against the petite Patrick because he believes she has a weight advantage at a mere 100 pounds, IndyCar Series officials said they were not considering changing their rules to level the playing field.

"It's no issue at all, as it pertains to the Indianapolis 500 and oval-track racing," league spokesman John Griffin said.

The IndyCar Series does not consider the weight of the driver in its race specifications. While cars must weigh a minimum of 1,525 pounds before the fuel and driver are added, drivers are not weighed.

Patrick checks in almost 50 pounds less than pole winner Tony Kanaan. She qualified fourth for Sunday's race and consistently turned some of the fastest laps of the month. Less weight could give Patrick two advantages – quicker speeds and less fuel consumption, which could be a key in a 500-mile race.

Gordon suggested Saturday that Patrick's small frame gave her a significant edge over someone like himself, who weighs nearly 200 pounds.

"The lighter the car, the faster it goes," Gordon said. "Do the math."

Gordon wasn't the only driver making that point this month.

On the day Kanaan waited nearly six hours before finding out he won the pole, he was responded to a question by making the same point.

"I'm not bragging about it, but I think that's an advantage for sure," Kanaan said. "Forty-five pounds is probably like 10 gallons of fuel, so it's like we're qualifying with 20 gallons of fuel and she's qualifying with 10."

But Kanaan also showed a sense of humor about it.

When asked if he could lose 45 pounds by not eating, Kanaan responded: "I've stopped eating a lot, but I think maybe I should chop off half of my nose. That might be weighing 100 pounds."

source: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/indy2005/news/story?id=2071467

Isn't it also true that IndyCars are difficult to control without a substantial amount of strength, and that the disadvantage that comes with decreased body mass may counteract the advantage of decrease weight? Again, just theorizing, but ol' Robbie sounds a little defensive.

<-- from Indianapolis; family has a party every race day; still thinks racing is basically a crappy non-sport

So if Danica lets herself go and gets fat she can say she did it to be fair to the sport.

That would be the most tragic result.

Gordon's just intimidated by her. You think his fans would ever let him forget it if he lost to her? Not a chance.

He's acting like a little bitch about this.

whoa, nelly.
thanks, aaron.
i saw jackson county jail starring the lovely farrah fawcett in the '70's.
yikes.

yeah, I dunno; honestly, I'd like to hear what Tony Stewart has to say since I consider him the best all-around driver in the world (he has one series titles in every class/type of racing)



Sorry, on all three (especially #3).

Sometimes, I forget that you are from Indy and that you weren't born in the Chelsea as Patti Smith and Elvis Costello's love child.....




dude, andy, i'm sorry, your bro keeps asking for it....

ayah, that shit is all over the south. it may be more popular than calvin pissing on a 3 with angel wings.

and scarier than putting an 8 or a 3 on a Ford. Sac-ree-ligg bubba, Sac-ree-ligg.

thanks for the education. oy.

does he have a formula 1 win?