She was winning with 13 laps to go. Then some guy passed her. At the exact moment this occurs everyone stops because some jackass screwed up his car, which is a yellow flag. Danica is second when the jackass screwed up his car, so with 13 laps to go Danica has to start second and apparently when you start second you have almost no chance of winning. WTF, nice rules. GG noob. See you in Playboy.
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Danica Patrick got pwned aka why car racing is not a sport
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themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
I think she ran a good race, but made alot of rookie mistakes, she proved she can race against the best in Indy racing though...Doubt you will ever see her in playboy.. She is doing more for Indy racing,.. then anyone has in a while.acidviper said:
BlackSalad
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4th place for a rookie is good for anyone.
Kung Fu Jedi
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4th place is getting pwned huh? Not bad for a first time driver at Indy, woman or man. She's far from "pwned". Now if she flamed out and crashed her car or something, that would be another story.
DMczaf said:
"Damn, that's cold"
:lol Well seriously, sometimes it's just not worth the bother.
Danica did an incredible job, and 4th is a very respectable position considering she was at the back of the field twice, stalled the car in the pits, and was running low on gas at the end.
She's only an IRL/Indy rookie, but she's been driving for Team Rahal for a little while now. Also, 4th place might be the highest any woman has finished at Indy. Besides, the mere fact she had a *legit* chance at a win is amazing. She did look like a fool spinning it under caution though. 
But amazing luck not to destroy the car, and an amazing comeback. Then again, the IRL is mickey mouse, and she'd have no chance in F1 or F3. But a great showing for the ladies. And I loooooooves the ladies. PEACE.
But amazing luck not to destroy the car, and an amazing comeback. Then again, the IRL is mickey mouse, and she'd have no chance in F1 or F3. But a great showing for the ladies. And I loooooooves the ladies. PEACE.
Here's my question for the IRL fans out there.
How the FUCK do you crash...UNDER CAUTION...have to pit twice because you went in when pit road was closed, and still come out one spot better than you were originally?
If she hadn't spun out(UNDER FUCKING CAUTION) then she likely would have finished around 10. Because she did, she had a shot at winning and finished fourth.
How the FUCK do you crash...UNDER CAUTION...have to pit twice because you went in when pit road was closed, and still come out one spot better than you were originally?
If she hadn't spun out(UNDER FUCKING CAUTION) then she likely would have finished around 10. Because she did, she had a shot at winning and finished fourth.
its already been said, but yellow FREEZES THE FIELD. It means that, although laps are counting down, you're not really racing.
and didn't she go from 16th to first before she fell back to first today, anyways? yeah. she got owned.
but +1 to whoever said this is nothing compared to F1 or F3 racing.
and didn't she go from 16th to first before she fell back to first today, anyways? yeah. she got owned.
but +1 to whoever said this is nothing compared to F1 or F3 racing.
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