[DeTomaso] NPC - Yesterday's Nascar wreck

[Sean Korb]

So you're saying you don't like her for the same reason we don't like
Jeff Gordon?

sean

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 6:55 PM,  <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:
> If they want to TREAT women equal it is time to stop singling them out and
> let them be Equal.
>
> Having said that, NASCAR is a TEAM sport and there is a lot more to
> winning then a driver...and it is not about 1 race. She could have came in
> first or last it would not make me think more or less of her as a driver.
> If she was there at every race like the rest of the drivers that would be
> different. Instead she does pg-13 commercials and acts like a slut...yeas
> I said it because it is the truth. Not that I mind it but it is not
> exactly family centered ...
>
> What they do with her is drop her in a race car for a race here or there
> like Lady Gaga and act like she is just like the rest.
>
> Listen to the announcers; it's sickening. Every other comment is about
> her. What about the other 40 drivers who do it every day? Not just for a
> photo op?
>
> We just mute the race. Last year they hung on every thing she did "Oh she
> was so smart to slow here, oh taking the inside lane was brilliant,
> pooping on the infield was ingenious"...hey guys, there's a race on.
>
> I have nothing against Danica per say but what they do with her makes me
> sick.
>
>
>
>
>> Its all about money, sponsors and sets of eyeballs, in that regard she is
>> good for the sport, as an aside, she did finish in front of 35 guys in a
>> car that looked showroom fresh.  She did not embarass herself or F/U the
>> car of one or more other drivers.
>>
>> She did limited races last year to gain experience at the upper level
>> before a full time and very expensive full season effort, not sure if Go
>> Daddy can payy that cost alone.
>>
>> I just think that it is a shame that Indy car impoded in the US, it used
>> to
>> be the ultimate.  Not sure if it can recover, F1 is simply better at
>> marketing their brand.  While I like KISS, Gene Simmons was not a
>> motorsports genius and the whole CART USAC Tony George fiasco about killed
>> it.  That and a long list of drivers that nobody could pick out of a line
>> up.  WWF has more brand identity!
>>
>> Plus, of all the first women this and that...true credit should go to
>> Shirley Muldonney(sp) of NHRA fame, a true pioneer of motorsports.
>>
>> Michael Shortt
>> On Feb 24, 2013 6:07 PM, "Jeff Detrich" <jjdetrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It looked to me like she could have dropped down right in front of Jimmy
>>> Johnson just before his push to the lead and been in a position to win
>>> it.
>>>
>>> We have to support her. I think we use GoDaddy to support our websites.
>>> Asa
>>> Jay?
>>> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Guido deTomaso
>>> <guido_detomaso at prodigy.net>wrote:
>>>
>>> > Any input appreciated, thanks
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