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enjoyed her comment about Danica during the ESPN2 coverage. don't recall the exact words. basically said, with all the publicity Danica has been getting, she needed to win. 
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That remark makes her seem bitter and petty.Originally posted by Spiral 50-50enjoyed her comment about Danica during the ESPN2 coverage. don't recall the exact words. basically said, with all the publicity Danica has been getting, she needed to win. -
And truthful.Originally posted by DamonG19
Plus, Angelle got to the top of her sport by winning races.IRL 2009: "Cars you can't see, driven by drivers you have never heard of, on a network you don't get"
"I'd hire your grandmother, if she brought a budget"- Bankrupt Indy Car team owner Tyler Tadevic, to Curt Cavin in December, on the tough standards he looks for when "hiring" driver talent.Comment
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Still bitter and pettyComment
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Truth is reality, they way some folks deal with it can be bitter and petty, right Jimmy?Originally posted by DamonG19"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."
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I didn't think it was petty and bitter at all. Just plain fact. Sometimes the truth 'hurts', and it seems the people who find her comment objectionable are the Danica fanatics who can't deal with anything other than total praise about Danica."Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side." C. McDonaldComment
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I'd characterize it as more whimsical than sardonic, and more self-referential than derisive.Originally posted by DamonG19"Each day well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well therefore to this one day for it, and it alone, is life"
~ Sanskrit poem attributed to Kalidasa, "Salutation to the Dawn"
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I thought she sounded a ticked off that Danica was getting all that publicity for one victory when the women of the NHRA have not received one tenth of Danica's publicity with many more victories. Angelle went to great lengths to differentiate Danica's one victory from all of the victories of the NHRA women.
Hearing her comments begs the question......how would any of the NHRA women fare in Indycar. I don't follow drag racing that closely, but it seems to me that the drag racing formula for success is largely equipment based. Throw in a driver with good reaction time and the courage to go petal to the metal for a quarter mile and the effort will be successful. Am i wrong??"You will be assimilated"......NASCAR, the Borg of auto racing.Comment
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a lot easier to win races when your race takes seconds to complete vs hours .... and I do not think you can compare overall skill sets between steering a car or bike in s staright line for 1/4 mile vs driving an IndyCar for hundreds of miles at continuous faster speeds, and in traffic, than top peed in a 10 second race against one opponentOriginally posted by makComment
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Completely different skill set, I'd suspect. John Andretti didn't tear up the Top Fuel ranks when he did his TF races/tests, and Ron Capps isn't going to get an F1 test any time soon (though he did well at Tony's race at Eldora).
Really almost comparing apples to oranges.Comment
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Lynn St. James started off in dragsters. Lots of ladies do. It's easy to get a weekend ride (you know what I mean.)"You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."
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Originally posted by Spiral 50-50enjoyed her comment about Danica during the ESPN2 coverage. don't recall the exact words. basically said, with all the publicity Danica has been getting, she needed to win.
look drag racers - you have 3 or 4 winners each race. different categories. when angelle wins a bike race guess what - it's 4th in the matter of importance even within it's own event.
I wish she just wouldn't compare. Angelle has had a top ride thruout her career. Put Danica in a Penske car and she'd win even more often.
apples and oranges .
I didn't hear the interview but it sounds like something that could have been somewhat tongue in cheekIt's a brand new day.Comment
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that is how i interpreted it.Originally posted by nitrofanComment
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No matter how you look at it, DamonG19, it was still truthful. But you have give credit to Danica. Not only was it her first IndyCar win, it was her first professional win EVER.Comment
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Yes, and by an equivalent factor, it's a lot easier to LOSE races. But I do see your point, cleanupcrew...and I agree. Running head to head down the quarter mile is a lot better test of skill than droning around and around a track, pedal to the floor in identical cars for a couple hours. Probably why more people watch drag racing than watch IndyCars.Originally posted by cleanupcrewComment
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