Danica Danica Danica

Enlighten me. What doping could a race car driver possibly do?

 

Perhaps she's doping her CAR. Have it pee in a cup?

 

+1 Is it that difficult to turn a steering wheel? I do it every day, and I don't need to 'juice' regularly to operate my clutch pedal......

 

i'm sure you're joking, but much of the public thinks driving a race car is easy, since they too drive a car nearly every day. driving a race car is quite different and quite mentally and physically challenging. it really is a sport (ie, athletic) at the high levels like Indy and even down to Star Mazda.

 

There are many performance-enhancing substances that a racing driver could use to his or her advantage.

Danica's take was transparently honest, though perhaps not the most considered response.

 

I think this comment by the author of the piece is just plain sad:

"talk has swirled about a potential move to F1 or, most notably, NASCAR, which would raise her profile significantly."

It sure is sad when the most technologically advanced form of motorsport in the world takes a back seat to NASCAR in the minds of Sports Illustrated and the American public. Sad - but unfortunately true in the good ol' US of A.

 

another Manny Ramirez - perhaps it's test time

if I were one of her sponsors, I wouldn't be any longer based on those kind of answers - what an idiot

Carol

 

Danica needs to go quiet and win some races and look good, but SAY NOTHING!!!

 

Is Testosterone a performance enhancing drug? AJ Foyt, Rick Mears, and Bobby Unser were full of it.

 

Oh, come on! If you read the question and the answer, it does not say anything about breaking the rules. She carefully says (in the hypothetical situation) she would be looking for a gray area, or a hole in the rule book. She does NOT say she would do something in direct violation of a specific rule.

 

Well said !!

 

Danica and Milka ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LXDEPrIr9I

 

+1 F1 drivers are basically olympic-level athletes (although JPM's paunch might have belied that), every race they burn thousands of calories and sweat litres of water.

http://www.f1technical.net/articles/1125

"I would say it's completely different to any other sport because you have a heartbeat average of 170 over an hour and a half and you never see that in another sport," Glock says. "That makes it completely different. That's the reason why you have to be really fit as a Formula 1 driver."

http://www.f1technical.net/features/9468

 

I am not belittling anyone. I am asking an honest question.

What could you possibly use and to what advantage? Can you give a couple of examples bitte?

 

(her answer in indicative of something a second grader would say)

Dan: "If you could take a performance-enhancing drug and not get caught, would you do it if it allowed you to win Indy?

Danica: Well, then it's not cheating, is it? If nobody finds out?

Dan: So you would do it?

Danica: Yeah,

(enough said, she answered his question with yeah)

Manny Ramierz also apologized on tv . . . .

U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart told SI.com, "We're glad she apologized, admitting that she made a terrible mistake, and we accept that. But it's clear that cheating, whether you get caught or not, is wrong. And if left unchecked, the temptations to do it are high, which is why you need to have the most effective policies in place to stop the threat of cheating."

 

Well she did say that. She bases her answer on the utterly false pretense that it is not cheating when you will not be caught. I don´t know who taught her that, but even if you don´t get caught, it is cheating. It is a very weird thing to say for a professional athlete.

 

Testoterone perhaps? LOL

 

Marnix you are absolutely correct with your statement. I worked for a school district with interaction with all grades, this type of comment is exactly what you except from the majority of the kids. . .where do they learn this? from parents and peers. . . a true professional athlete would NOT say this type of thing. You don't see/hear/read this type of stuff asked of the real professionals out there.

Carol

Here's what got Manny suspended for 50 games -> testing positive in spring training for a female fertility drug that is used by steroid users to restore testosterone production to normal

Here's Jeremy Mayfield from NASCAR -> Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test conducted eight days earlier at Richmond International Raceway. His suspension applies to both his role as driver and owner of the No. 41 Toyota for Mayfield Motorsports. NASCAR has not revealed what substance Mayfield tested positive for, but his attorneys said in court he tested positive for amphetamines.

 

With an expiring contract and knowing that her answer was "yeah", I'd be leary as a sponsor to have her represent me and my company.

Carol

 

I guess Glock has never ridden in the Tour De France or run a marathon before then.... I have data on TdF riders showing hours and hours for 21 days with their HR at 170....

 

Dan: "If you could take a performance-enhancing drug and not get caught, would you do it if it allowed you to win Indy?

Danica: Well, then it's not cheating, is it? If nobody finds out?

Dan: So you would do it?

Danica: Yeah,



So its not cheating if you don't get caught? The I.R.S. would love that one

 

Red Bull.

 

she should just shut her mouth and pose for Penthouse.