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Originally posted by Spike View Post<snip>
There are all manner of autocross type events around the country that allow you to take part with no more than what you've described above other than requiring a helmet. The same is true for a good many "track day" type events. As such, you contention that drag racing has the lowest barrier to entry into the sport doesn't really hold water.
This topic definitely needs a poll."Factually Unfounded Opinion" Rep. Elijah Cummings
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Originally posted by debdrake View Post
I don't really follow drag racing, but as I recall, there was a female motorcycle drag racer champion, too?
Given the success women have had in drag racing, I wonder if any studies have ever been done to see if women have faster reflexes?“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by jimclark View PostAgreed. 'Don't understand the exaggerated fandom of women just because they are women. I've never had anything against anybody making it to the big time but to celebrate their mere existence just doesn't cut it for me.
The only woman, so far, I give serious credit to was Lynn St. James..... I respected her from her early IMSA thru (tho' she didn't do too well in) Indy car days. 'Not only could she walk the walk, she could also talk the talk (I meant it that way, she could speak, knowledgeably, racing lingo as well; unlike, let's say, the not missed, Danica).
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Originally posted by Sweaty Teddy View Post
Legge at least tested with the W Series earlier this fall, which I thought was odd given her prior experience. At least she's open to future open-wheel opportunities.
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Originally posted by flatlander_48 View Post
I’m guessing that was a reference point and publicity. I don’t think it was for joining the series...“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by neti1 View PostYES PLEASE!!!!!
I imagine Porkchop is probably scrap by now.
Even if not, there might be a little trouble with homologation.
Is it May yet?
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Originally posted by Sweaty Teddy View Post
Not according to Autoweek, which reported last month that they expected her to participate next year but that she pulled out. That this was a possibility reinforces to me all I've understood about W Series, and what a fool's errand they are on doing it this way.
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Originally posted by Sweaty Teddy View Post
Rahal’s sister-in-law won the Top Fuel championship in 2017. Erica Enders has won the Pro Stock championship 2-3 times, including this year.
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Originally posted by flatlander_48 View Post
It would make no sense for her. She’s way beyond an F3 car, so what would be the point? Similarly for Tatiana Calderone. She turned the first season down because she was going into F2. Something really odd here....
“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Sweaty Teddy View Post
Only as odd as the CAT sponsorship not returning, and with that the MSR Acura ride going away. A girl’s got to have her Plan B.
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Originally posted by flatlander_48 View Post
Yes, but there are several hardtop series out there that she could have fit into. This whole thing seems a bit weird...
That W Series was hoping that a 39-year-old was a good idea for their field says how weak the whole concept is to begin with. And then you have the champion returning to defend her title, presumably because she couldn't find the rest of the funding needed for a halfway decent ride at the next level.“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, badass speed.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Thee W Series winner gets $500,000. A year in F2 is on the order of $2,000,000 I think. What that says to me is that it is still hard for women to find proper funding. That isn’t the fault of the series. It’s a function of how marketing folks think.
What the series does is put 20 young women in the spotlight and helps them with understandIng how to give good feedback to the technical staff, media coaching, physical training coaching and nutrition coaching (I think). Even if you have funding to do an F2 season, I don’t think you would get a lot of this peripheral help, which is also important to advance your career. Personally, I think so far the series is doing what it set out to do. We’ll see what happens in another couple of years. As I remember, they were trying to work out something with COTA. Hopefully that will come to pass...
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Originally posted by flatlander_48 View PostThee W Series winner gets $500,000. A year in F2 is on the order of $2,000,000 I think. What that says to me is that it is still hard for women to find proper funding.
Originally posted by flatlander_48 View PostWhat the series does is put 20 young women in the spotlight and helps them with understandIng how to give good feedback to the technical staff, media coaching, physical training coaching and nutrition coaching (I think).
"I would really like to go to NASCAR. I really enjoy NASCAR and if I could be there in a couple of years that's where I'd want to be." - Jeff Gordon (after testing a Formula Super Vee)
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