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merbig
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"have you ever watched an in camera in a cup race? they are constantly sawing on the wheel on the edge of spinning out. At the high banked ovals you dont even have to let off on the throttle in an indy car. plus, guys like sam hornish and dario franchitti are indy superstars and they couldnt hack it so that should tell you something"


So, I guess you've never seen a road course race for IndyCar?

Or the Indy 500.

Or at Texas this year (you're right about years before, they had far too much downforce).

But for Nascar, have you even watched races at Daytona or Talladega? Those races are a fucking joke.

As to driver talent. Tony Stewart won the 1996-97 IndyCar championship against a weak and low talent field (second IRL season following the CART/IRL split of 1996). And he's won 3 Cup championships. Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt won the Daytona 500.

To say that Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish didn't pan out in Nascar which means that IndyCars are easier to drive is just flat out fucktarded.

Dario Franchitti was never given any time to transition to Nascar. He ran a handful of races in feeder series in 2007, then immediately started running Cup and Nationwide races, while his Cup team was underfunded (no sponsorship) and was shut down halfway through the series after only running 10 races. In the Nationwide series his results were far better than Danica Patricks, with 8 top 15 finishes out of 14 races. So how can you really do a fair assessment on Dario Franchitti when he was never given a chance?

Tony Stewart in 1996 DNQed for a Busch race, had no top 15 finishes. The next year he had 2 top 15 finishes in 15 races with a top rate Busch team (Joe Gibbs Racing).

And Sam Hornish wouldn't do well in the current IndyCar series. When Sam drove in the series, the talent pool wasn't anywhere near where it is now.

[Edited on August 2, 2012 at 6:15 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2012 6:13:23 PM

TreeTwista10
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the moral of the story is Tony Stewart is a great driver

8/2/2012 6:16:59 PM

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"So, I guess you've never seen a road course race for IndyCar?"


oval racing and road course racing require two different skill sets. the best oval race car drivers are in the cup series. i'll throw jaun pablo out there as an other example



[Edited on August 2, 2012 at 6:28 PM. Reason : jpm]

8/2/2012 6:21:31 PM

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another lead lap finish for the slow daddy car last night. you go girl

8/5/2012 8:31:49 AM

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haha,

...wrecked in the first turn of the first lap at watkins glen.

8/11/2012 2:42:04 PM

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Im at the gym and they have the nns on tv. They cut to an interview with her with the caption "Crashed on first lap of race" and I couldn't help but laugh out loud seeing that.

8/11/2012 3:30:14 PM

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I take it merbig has sucked a lot of open wheel race car driver cock over the years.

8/11/2012 3:46:00 PM

merbig
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That doesn't make any sense.

8/11/2012 3:59:15 PM

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Danica sucks.

8/11/2012 4:26:46 PM

justinh524
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Duh, how do you think she got the job?

8/11/2012 5:50:17 PM

beatsunc
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^^if you think she sucks now just wait until she runs every week in the cup series next year

8/12/2012 6:23:17 AM

beatsunc
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danicash rolls off 4th today right beside the french canadian prick that punted her on the last lap earlier this season. i would love to see some payback today

8/18/2012 8:57:47 AM

justinh524
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She will drive into a wall before any payback can be given.

8/18/2012 6:33:27 PM

jdennis86
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or a shoe

8/18/2012 6:40:54 PM

jaZon
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nice, she only finished 6 laps down today

8/18/2012 7:00:39 PM

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Not bad considering the rear wheels weren't connected to the car for most of the race.

The way they treat her on these broadcasts is ridiculous. What other driver would be subject to having their radio broadcast live for two laps with comments every time she says anything? No one else would be questioned if they said something was wrong with the car.

8/18/2012 7:28:52 PM

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^it was funny how you could clearly see her rear end was not attached well to the chassis yet the TV guys were oblivious

8/18/2012 7:43:42 PM

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I dodge squirrels all the time. Yet you can't avoid 1 shoe.

8/19/2012 11:51:38 AM

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Video

http://deadspin.com/5935965/somebody-threw-a-shoe-at-danica-patricks-car-and-knocked-her-out-of-a-race-she-was-leading

[Edited on August 19, 2012 at 11:55 AM. Reason : F]

8/19/2012 11:54:50 AM

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LOLOL

8/19/2012 1:00:12 PM

The Coz
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DROPKICKS IT!

8/19/2012 5:52:26 PM

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F-Bomb, bitches!

8/19/2012 6:55:19 PM

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ehh we apologize for that

8/19/2012 7:38:59 PM

The Coz
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She sounds like she's about to start crying.

8/19/2012 7:56:30 PM

beatsunc
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she has impressed me with her road course skills. too bad nascar is an oval series

8/19/2012 8:02:19 PM

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bttt for the bristol NW race tonight.....

Vegas odds for the cup night race at bristol:

DANICA PATRICK 250/1

DAVID RAGAN 400/1

BOBBY LABONTE 500/1

ragan and labonte should feel INSULTED!

[Edited on August 24, 2012 at 4:47 PM. Reason : t]

8/24/2012 4:47:00 PM

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The way nascar treats danica is proof that it is a sport for chicken shit rednecks that still cant grasp why drivers race without a beer in their hand

8/24/2012 4:49:47 PM

beatsunc
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^they allow her to earn millions of dollars? wtf are you talking about?

8/24/2012 4:52:48 PM

BigHitSunday
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lol i meant "nascar fans"

Nascar is a well run league

[Edited on August 24, 2012 at 7:34 PM. Reason : e]

8/24/2012 7:33:45 PM

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i treat danica as i would treat any other no talent driver who gets a ride handed to them.

8/24/2012 7:37:55 PM

TreeTwista10
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oh lord, they're racing at bristol tonight? tiny ass bristol?

she's gonna wreck within the first 20 laps

8/24/2012 8:08:51 PM

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why you gonna treat her like Earnhardt jr.?

8/24/2012 8:12:10 PM

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everybody in the front is wrecking, she might be able to finish 25th tonight.

8/24/2012 8:36:11 PM

TreeTwista10
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if there is a caution every 2 laps like there has been, she wont get caught up in lap traffic

8/24/2012 8:36:46 PM

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another one in the wall, moving on up.

[Edited on August 24, 2012 at 8:52 PM. Reason : and one more]

8/24/2012 8:43:40 PM

TreeTwista10
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damn she got lucky there, thought she was gonna smack the dollar general car

8/24/2012 8:52:16 PM

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started 30+, passed like 3 people, gonna end up top 10.

8/24/2012 10:00:29 PM

merbig
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She seems horrible at dodging wrecks. Somehow she's gotten lucky so far, but each time there is a wreck, she seems to drive towards the car, brake hard, and then turn around them.

8/24/2012 10:03:03 PM

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ah ha, wrecked again

8/25/2012 11:00:49 PM

skokiaan
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Shaking finger at the guy

8/26/2012 2:20:52 PM

beatsunc
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finished 2 laps down last night. wonder how many she will be down tonight.....

9/2/2012 9:07:39 AM

TreeTwista10
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over/under how many laps she completes before her first contact with another car/the wall:

17.5

9/2/2012 7:10:21 PM

ncsuapex
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Under.

9/2/2012 7:49:59 PM

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9/2/2012 10:05:34 PM

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^If she looked like that all the time, I would give her all 7 of it

9/2/2012 10:06:53 PM

TreeTwista10
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i, too, would give her all 7 centimeters

9/2/2012 10:17:48 PM

beatsunc
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she did a great job last night.

of not getting in the way

9/3/2012 7:42:22 AM

beatsunc
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so they fired her NW crew chief so you can expect top tens for the rest of the year because he was obviously the problem.

9/17/2012 5:04:26 PM

beatsunc
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bttt for dover cup race. she starts 38th, was 48th in first practice, 36th in final practice.

9/30/2012 9:15:53 AM

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9/30/2012 9:33:45 AM

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