U Want Some Racing

 With all the Danica mania going on, I happened to run across an article in USA Today from the Dec. 16th edition that made me do a little thinking.

  I would like to say in a nutshell, that I hope Danica does well. It sounds like her controllers/promoters have a plan and it makes sense to me, as long as they stick to it.

  I think that Danica can be good for NASCAR. I DO NOT believe that she is the fix that this sport needs, thats a whole different blog.

  The ARCA & Nationwide series races that she participates in will have record viewership on the tube and I’d imagine that the seats at the track might be a little bit fuller for these events.  I still say that the wreck-o-meter will be up a little bit, but so too will the entertainment value, especially when she gets pissed-off, and she will not disappoint us here.

  Danica did well at the ARCA testing at Daytona, which brings me to the point here.

   Did anyone know that there were 9 other women at these tests?????  

   If you did not listen to UWANTSOME, or go search the Internet for yourself,  probably not.  Why?   From what I saw, most of them were just as pleasant on the eyes as Danica. In the limited amount of interviews that were available it looked like they all had good personalities. Most of them drove their respective cars as well as Danica, maybe not as fast, but they did not have Hendrick equipment either. Why were these women not recognized as Danica was. She has not done anything more in NASCAR than these other gals have, and I guarantee they don’t have the attitude that she does, except for maybe Milka Duno. I guess I just don’t get the Danica mania.

  The article that I was referring to brought up a chart of women that have raced in NASCAR.

Source- USA Today, 12-16-2009

Janet Gutherie     1976-80      33    starts      5   top-10’s       Sprint Cup

Patty Moise           1986-98     133                     4                          Nationwide

Sara Christian      1949-50       7                        2                          Sprint Cup  

Diane Teel             1982-86       11                       2                          Nationwide

Shawna Robinson 1991-05    61                       1                          Sprint Cup/Nationwide

Tina Gordon         2001-04      14                      1                          Nationwide

   How many of these women do you recognize?  Shawna & Patti were racing in NASCAR’s hey-day. I remember Guthrie, but mainly for her Indy Series starts. The other 3, I would not have recognized them as NASCAR drivers. I don’t remember this kind of media fervor over these women, except for Guthrie whenever she ran the Indy 500. . I have personally meet both Shawna & Patti.   I don’t care if I ever meet Danica.

 Danica has won only 1 race in her career. And yes, she is the first woman to lead a lap at Indianapolis & the highest woman finisher(this is not NASCAR).  She is not the first woman to get in a stock car and she won’t be the last. Will she be the best?  Time will tell. I really wish that the media would be a little more even-handed in their reporting. A little more fair in their comparisons. And way more realistic in their expectations.

    People, this will be fun to watch, but it may be a bit painful at times, also.

What do you think?

P.S.             HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!!