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  1. LightGuy

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    #1 LightGuy, Aug 25, 2011
  2. ZUL8TR

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    #2 ZUL8TR, Aug 25, 2011
    Finally. Geeze, like this was going to be some big secret? Can I get back to watching racing again?
     
  3. speedy

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    #3 speedy, Aug 25, 2011
    I'd rather have her on the track than Maryeve Dufalt. We're all lucky someone didn't get killed in Montreal.
     
  4. OhioMark

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    #4 OhioMark, Aug 25, 2011
    Yawn!!!!!!!!!!
     
  5. DF1

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    #5 DF1, Aug 25, 2011
    The only question is how long before she moves on from that effort.
     
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    #6 4re Nut, Aug 25, 2011
    Stop dissin' my new girlfriend or I'll be all over you like Nolan Ryan on Robin Ventura! :mad: ;)
     
  7. BartonWorkman

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    #7 BartonWorkman, Aug 25, 2011
    Moving to NASCAR worked out well for Indy 500 and
    series champions like Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish, Jr.
    so good luck to her.

    It will be interesting to watch (well, not really) what happens
    after the PR honeymoon ends.

    BHW
     
  8. GuyIncognito

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    #8 GuyIncognito, Aug 25, 2011
    NASCAR is great at kicking people to the curb when they're done with them.

    I suspect Danica won't be driving in any series, anywhere in 2015.
     
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    #9 ProCoach, Aug 25, 2011
    I need to get yzee some NASCAR photo passes so I can get my fix!

    :D
     
  10. GreenBlue62PS2x

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    #10 GreenBlue62PS2x, Aug 25, 2011
    I think she will do pretty good in Nascar.
     
  11. ferraripete

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    #11 ferraripete, Aug 25, 2011
    those guys never had hendrick horsepower and yelton in their corner.

    she will win a race...mark my words. nascar will see to that!!

    pcb
     
  12. kylec

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    #12 kylec, Aug 25, 2011
    Can you imagine what will happen if she's competitive and actually wins?
     
  13. ProCoach

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    #13 ProCoach, Aug 25, 2011
    Hah! Brinzey and GI will call it a "fix." <grin>
     
  14. GuyIncognito

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    #14 GuyIncognito, Aug 25, 2011
    the fix is in, man! :p

    actually I wouldn't be surprised to see Danica win a race on a plate track; she seems to have taken to those pretty well. can't say she doesn't have the equipment...
     
  15. BartonWorkman

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    #15 BartonWorkman, Aug 26, 2011
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    I'm aghast!

    Are we suggesting NASCAR manipulates races in order
    to produce the most melancholy finishes to keep attention
    on their series? Gentlemen, these are very serious allegations!

    My world is now offically shattered, ha!

    Dunno about Franchitti and Hornish, Jr. Seems as though
    they were with top outfits Ganassi and Penske in NASCAR
    too and the sponsorship and results weren't there.

    Will it really matter if Danica wins though? Seems like
    Earnhardt Jr, Jr, Jr, hasn't won much on the track but
    seems to be on top of the important fans' popularity
    lists.

    Good luck to Danica though. It won't matter if she wins
    or not as long as she generates tens of millions in t-shirt
    and trinket sales everything will be just fine.

    BHW
     
  16. ZUL8TR

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    #16 ZUL8TR, Aug 26, 2011
    Hey...don't you go forgetting NHRA. They don't have to turn at all.
     
  17. yzee

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    #17 yzee, Aug 26, 2011
    Please! I haven't been to a NASCAR race since the 1971 Southern 500. We slept in the infield Saturday night before in the back of an SS 396 El Camino. Whiskey bars, hohouses in motor homes, a band on a flatbed trailer, gunfire. I bet there's a little more law enforcement around today.
     
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    #18 ProCoach, Aug 26, 2011
    While it's become more "family friendly," there's still a lot of entertainment in the parking lots... ;)
     
  19. 4re Nut

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    #19 4re Nut, Nov 4, 2011
    http://www.nascar.com/news/111104/dpatrick-2012-cup-schedule/

     
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    #20 4rePhill, Nov 5, 2011
    I'm sure the NASCAR boys will have great fun rubbing bumpers with her! :D
     
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    #21 Devilsolsi, Nov 6, 2011
    I'd like to rub her bumpers.. :D
     
  22. rydermike

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    #22 rydermike, Nov 7, 2011
    She has taken a far more reserved approach than the others from Indycar (Not counting Stewart) instead of jumping in full time she has taken a slow learning approach which may well be the right way when jumping into a vastly different car than previously raced.
     
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