05-28-2005, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by genericwood
Well, I don't really follow Indy cars, so I'm no expert. But Danica Patrick had the fastest time on Friday "carburetion day". To suggest that Honda gave her a better engine, or that her car is not legal doesn't seem plausible to me. You don't think Rahal would demand that supposed better engine for his other cars? I say give her a break. If she wins, she deserved it. And I for one would love to see women break through in motor racing. I'd love for my 9 year old daughter to take the same interest as my 6 year old son. He wants to watch SPEED while she watches American Idol. He hangs out with me in the garage while I work on my race car. She doesn't. I'm sure it has something to do with racing being a "guy thing."
Erik Wood
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I'll say it again. If Danica wins the race is fixed. Bobby Rahal left Champ Car on the eve of Long Beach nearly killing the series last year - and the IRL believe it or not is on the deathbed right now. Toyota and GM are out sooner than you think and Honda wants a unified series. Did I mention Honda has had their Champ Car 2.65L turbo on the dyno at HPD in California all this week? Wonder why....
As for Rahal, he's dirty. He was the CEO of CART for a few months, and now look where he is!! He came very close to killing the series. His reason to leave on the eve of Long Beach was because his sponsors wanted to be in the IRL. Every single sponsor on his car in 2003 stayed with CART and choose another team for 2004 making him a dirty liar. It was all Honda and Tony George. I wrote a 12 page term paper on the open wheel racing split.
Danica Patrick: 2 years in Toyota Atantic, best team, best engine, best car, best teammate, fields of 10 cars. Highest finish = 3rd. IRL needs her more than I need a "forever-rust-fix" for my NorthEastern Milano. The Indy 500 TV ratings went down faster than Alfa's North American marketshare between 1996-2004. They need something, anything.
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