[DeTomaso] If Danica owned a Pantera instead of an AcuraMDX.......

[michael at michaelshortt.com]

If she sat on my lap she'd be facing the engine and looking out the back!

Michael in Savannah

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Art Stephens <artstephens at charter.net>
wrote:

> > At 5' 2", could she reach the pedals?<
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>     If she sat on my lap she could reach the pedals!
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> > LaurieFerrari at aol.com wrote:
> > she'd be packing for Silver State!
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> > Yesterday marked another spectacular race day of the Long Beach Grand
> Prix
> > and although this was the 34th and final of the Cart series, the event
> > will
> > continue as there is a 10 year contracted commitment. The only thing is
> > the
> > race will take on a different aura as all is now patched up with the
> IRL,
> > as you
> > probably are all aware of. What you may not know is that Danica flew in
> > from
> > Japan to see the race and held a special press conference right after
> > winner, Will Power, and his 2nd & 3rd place runners up were interviewed:
> > 2nd
> > Franck Montagny of Feurs, France, and 3rd Mario Dominguez of Mexico
> City.
> > Danica
> > is very petite, spunky and has a dry sense of humor. Either that or she
> > was
> > still in euphoric shock and so exhausted from the excitement, long
> flight,
> > no sleep and a large bottle of sake that was bestowed upon her as a gift
> > from
> > teammate Tony Kanaan, shared in the helicopter en route to the airport
> for
> > the flight home. She began to answer questions posed of her from the
> > press;
> > got into somewhat detailed explanations only to end by asking, "What was
> > the
> > question again?" But the fact is, she's the first woman in history to
> win
> > an
> > Indy race with Saturday's victory at Japan's Indy 300. And as she said,
> > the
> > record of being the first in history is a record that lasts a very long
> > time.
> > The way she described herself is a persistent hard worker. This time she
> > used
> > strategy to win what turned out to be a fuel conservation contest and
> > pitched it up a notch to overtake Helio Castroneves in the last couple
> > laps of the
> > race. She said she was just doing what she always does, but this time
> "It
> > just happened." She was humble and appreciative of all her teammates
> > who've
> > always been positive and have always used the terms.. "When you win,"
> not,
> > "If
> > you win."
> > Now for the Pantera related content:
> > If Danica can do it surely it's time for another woman to try the Silver
> > State!
> > Laurie (reporting from the beautiful LBGP with my new Patron lime
> > chapstick).
> >
> > & in case that needs explanation... Besides the race, LB is one big
> party
> > animal party and in the Expo. Center there are countless sponsors and
> > exhibitors. Patron had a nice exhibit with tequila shots, margaritas,
> and
> > of course
> > their own version of chapstick.
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