Colin

I think she's on her way to becoming a solid "journeyman" driver like Alex Tagliani (minus the wins in Atlantic). She'll win a few races through her career, but never a championship. If the IRL changes the chassis weight rule, her biggest advantage will disappear, and she may never win. She hasn't learned to set up the car for a full fuel stint, or how to drive in traffic. These are the things you're supposed to learn in the lower formula.

Justapickup

What she needs to do is pose for a magazine, no not Playboy, not even Penthouse, something like Girl Next Door!

PLYRS 3

what she needs to do is get some tits.....

(no offence to flat-chested individuals)

ralper

By compete, I mean compete with a serious chance of winning. For now Danica's hype has been that she is capable of winning. If time goes by without a win she begins to appear "non-competitive".

A very big disadvantage that someone like Danica has is that with all of the attention that she has gotten, she is expected to be an instant or almost instant winner. The same type of thing happens to ball players. Daryl Strawberry, for example, was hyped by the Mets organization as a superstar before he had a chance to develop his skills. Had he been given more time (in the minors or out of the spotlight) he probably would have developed into a much better ball player. My point is that the expectations for Danica were much bigger than she could deliver, and now she can only disappoint unless she wins.

vroom

Really? She's far from feisty - on track at least. Typically she falls backward through the field and proceeds to run there showing VERY little aggressiveness until late in the race. Feisty and fun to watch - try the young lady in Toyota Atlantics. She actually races. I don't know if she has Danica's alleged skill, but she already shows greater aggressiveness ...and an ability to win (if in a weakened TA series).

I watched Lyn St James drive junk years ago at Indy - when you had to really qualify - she couldn't BUY a sponsor. Guess no one wants to back a slightly older lady who won't pose with her boy like body like a clown. Sorry, this girl rubs me the wrong way. If she really hit this guy its more bush than you can imagine. It's not like he could hit her back (love to see the reaction to THAT).

Her performances on road courses have been all I've needed to see. She's had a very good car and can qualify well on ovals with it. On the RCs she was embarrassing.

Sammyzuko

Are her 15 minutes up yet?
http://www.spittingllamas.com/archives/200...danica-patrick/

ralper

She's pretty, she gets a half hour.

Moemers

i wish she would smile now and then...gosh

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tough people (like danica) don't smile..gosh .. they have to look serious all the time :