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Danica Patrick ends career by losing control of her car

Hawkeye10 said:
Those guys all won races, Patrick in almost 400 races over 13 years never could manage....not the same thing.

And still she thought she deserved one last Daytona and one last Indy....those who paid the freight as she crashed out of both did not get much for their money, though in her defense the Daytona crash was not her fault.

Daytona 101/200 laps

Indy 67/200
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To be fair to Superfly's point, she might have been talking about Dale Earnhardt Jr, Kyle Petty, and Michael Waltrip, rather than their more accomplished family.

Outside of Daytona they weren't much better than Patrick.
 
Fishking said:
Yup...totally the most shameless sport for advertising. I mean, all sports do it, but nothing comes close to being so brazen.
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Which motorsport do you which, if any?
 
MovingPictures said:
Please stop.

It's not misogyny to point out that Patrick had incredibly mediocre results throughout her career.

Any other driver would have been shown the door after two season of her crashing - you're lying to yourself if you think otherwise.
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No, I won't stop. This thread would not exist were it not for the fact that she was a woman. Both the OP, and you for that matter, imply that the only reason she was around for 8 years was because she was female, and not because she earned her place. That is the very definition of sexist thinking and misogynistic behavior, and I won't stop pointing it out.
 
MovingPictures said:
Which motorsport do you which, if any?
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Used to watch stock car a bit years ago but lost interest. I'm not knocking the sport itself as it is entertaining but it's totally better to watch in person. Used to go to the local sprint car track back home. Lots of fun. It just cracked me up to watch people with stuff plastered all over their cars, suits, ect. They'd pop out of their car after winning and have a hat plopped on their head and a soft-drink put in their hand. Pretty funny.
 
DiAnna said:
No, I won't stop. This thread would not exist were it not for the fact that she was a woman. Both the OP, and you for that matter, imply that the only reason she was around for 8 years was because she was female, and not because she earned her place. That is the very definition of sexist thinking and misogynistic behavior, and I won't stop pointing it out.
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What's sexist is the implication that because she's female fans are not entitled to point her performance was very lacking.

Motorsport is brutal. You get one, maybe two season to show some wins. Every driver I've ever seen that failed to meet that mark was shown the door. If you don't think that after one hundred and twenty starts and a single win to show for it that Patrick's status as a decent female driver had nothing to do with her keeping her ride, you're just lying to yourself.

Do you watch motorsport?
 
MovingPictures said:
I wish Patrick had stuck with Indycar instead of wasting her time trying to please the NASCRASH crowd of classless racers and their fans.

She would have won her few more races.
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A few more than zero you mean.....

On the day she lost control of her car on lap 67 and crashed out...
 
DiAnna said:
No, I won't stop. This thread would not exist were it not for the fact that she was a woman. Both the OP, and you for that matter, imply that the only reason she was around for 8 years was because she was female, and not because she earned her place. That is the very definition of sexist thinking and misogynistic behavior, and I won't stop pointing it out.
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Counterpoint:
The divided views of Patrick played out regularly on social media, where Patrick was lauded as a rare accomplished female on the speedway or criticized as an also-ran who used racing as a springboard to fame.

Case in point: After her initial test drive at Indy early this month, Patrick told reporters that NASCAR stock cars were physically easier to drive than Indy cars.

Twitter erupted as usual. "If @NASCAR is so easy ... why were you so horrible?" one commenter said.

Another added: "Yeah, they are easy to drive when you’re just cruising around in 25th place every race."

When it comes to Patrick’s critics, "the more hardcore the racing fan, the more adverse the reaction," which has little relevance to her popularity, said Goldring, the marketing executive
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Danica Patrick?s final race at Indy 500 comes with a hotly debated legacy* - NY Daily News

Her constant whining "They did not set up my car very well, it was too loose" got old like 5 years ago....that had nothing to do with her gender, it had to do with her not racing very well and never being willing to take much personal responsibility for her failure to perform.

Eventually folks got to where they did not want her around anymore....years late in my opinion....but at the end of the day sizzle and personal branding is not good enough, one has to be a good driver to stick around this sport, and that she is not.
 
MovingPictures said:
What's sexist is the implication that because she's female fans are not entitled to point her performance was very lacking.

Motorsport is brutal. You get one, maybe two season to show some wins. Every driver I've ever seen that failed to meet that mark was shown the door. If you don't think that after one hundred and twenty starts and a single win to show for it that Patrick's status as a decent female driver had nothing to do with her keeping her ride, you're just lying to yourself.

Do you watch motorsport?
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Well now that aint quite right, Danica just gave us a lesson that the "right" genetics combined with ceaseless self promotion can stretch a career to 12 years plus two embarrassing "Good By" races in the 13th. Not only that but some folks want to give her an affirmative action induction into the Hall of Fame:


Before I try to convince you Danica Patrick should be in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, let me apologize to the 21 drivers who are already there.

I’m sorry all of you fellas had to get there the old-fashioned way, namely by being able to drive well enough to win a race. Or in Richard Petty’s case, 200 races.

And I agree with Petty’s famous assessment of Patrick’s chances of ever finishing first in a NASCAR event.

“(Only) if everybody else stayed home,” The King said. “If she’d have been a male, nobody would ever know if she’d showed up at a race track.”
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With zero wins, Danica Patrick belongs in NASCAR Hall of Fame - Orlando Sentinel
 
chuckiechan said:
In many ways she was the Maria Sharapova of auto racing.
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No way, Sharapova was a 5 time grand slam winner, came in second another 5...that woman was able to win.......you insult her by claiming that she is a lot like the always losing only caring about her brand and paydays Patrick.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Danica Patrick Crashes Out of 2018 Indy 500 in Her Final Race | Bleacher Report | Latest News, Videos and Highlights



Nobody did this to her, she simply could not manage the basics even after all the practice she has had.

Good Riddance.,,,she deserved to be gone many years ago.


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Yeah that pretty humiliating. When those tires lose their grip like that you're screwed. That same thing happened in NASCAR today at the 600; I don't remember who it was, but coming out the turn the ass end just slipped right out from underneath it.

Racing just beats the crap out of you and I'm sure Danica must have been wore out by then. I'm not a great fan of hers, so maybe now she'll stick to selling soap.
 
jet57 said:
Yeah that pretty humiliating. When those tires lose their grip like that you're screwed. That same thing happened in NASCAR today at the 600; I don't remember who it was, but coming out the turn the ass end just slipped right out from underneath it.

Racing just beats the crap out of you and I'm sure Danica must have been wore out by then. I'm not a great fan of hers, so maybe now she'll stick to selling soap.
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No way....she is a YOGA MASTER or whatever....super fit.....
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Counterpoint:


Danica Patrick?s final race at Indy 500 comes with a hotly debated legacy* - NY Daily News

Her constant whining "They did not set up my car very well, it was too loose" got old like 5 years ago....that had nothing to do with her gender, it had to do with her not racing very well and never being willing to take much personal responsibility for her failure to perform.

Eventually folks got to where they did not want her around anymore....years late in my opinion....but at the end of the day sizzle and personal branding is not good enough, one has to be a good driver to stick around this sport, and that she is not.
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I completely disagree, and believe that she has been harassed and disrespected only because she is female, and "has no business competing with penis-wielding competitors." The horror that someone without a penal appendage could actually repeatedly end up in the top ten of Indianapolis finishers for the past 8 years is a misogynistic piece of crap. People "did not want her around anymore" because she had a vagina and was beating the crap out of those who had a "real live penis" and "deserved to win over a mere female who didn't have one."

I double dog DARE you to run that track at 220 mph and survive. Of course, you'd actually have to get out of your living room and, you know, do something productive; not happening, of course..
 
Grand Mal said:
Her eighth Indy, top ten six times, finished third once and got kudos from Dale Earnhardt.
And you say she couldn't manage the basics. Hmm. Dale or you, who to believe...
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It's misogyny, plain and simple.

Heaven forbid any woman do well in a 'man's sport.'

Hate makes you blind.
 
she had a good driving career. part of me hopes that she gives it another shot, but that's up to her.
 
Helix said:
she had a good driving career. part of me hopes that she gives it another shot, but that's up to her.
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No it is not up to her, the sport finally kicked her out due to poor performance, her wrecking the last two cars provided to her in the last two races puts a nice exclamation mark on "You gotta go Babe".
 
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More of Danica making excuses for why she can never win:
“It was more of a people, political game,” she says of NASCAR. “I never felt like I was accepted in the game at the level I needed to be. I got the right people and the right extent of help. It’s not to say I didn’t have good cars. I had good cars. But the difference between a good car and a great car is the difference between contending for wins and top 5s and being in the top 20.”
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https://www.indystar.com/story/spor...y-500-got-away-and-why-she-can-win/620785002/

"Look, every race car driver is competitive,” offers Matt Barnes, a race engineer who worked with Patrick on the Rahal-Letterman team early in her career, the Andretti team later in her career and is now running the show for Ed Carpenter Racing, whom Danica will drive for in next Sunday’s 102nd Indianapolis 500. “The difference with her is ... she’s as competitive as it gets. She doesn’t just want to win on race day. She wants to win every practice session.”
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She talks like that, but she dont drive like that......and she just wrecked your car, that's what you get for still believing in her.....for buying her branding.

The reality is that she never wins and nobody expects her to, the reality is that she became in her own words irrelevant (See link).
 
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2018 Daytona had 40 cars how many of them have won before?
2017 Daytona had 42 ars how many of them have won before?
Fact is most racers or athletes in any individual sports never win the big events.
 
mike2810 said:
So did the other drivers who crashed also " could not manage the basics even after all the practice"?

One of the announcer/analysis stated the new cars are producing less downward force making them looser in some of the turns. Yes, its driver error along with design flaws.

You can dislike her all you like. In the end, she did ok for a career in racing.
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It's a gamble often on the setup. At 1:49, listen to the engine, and what the announcer says.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
No it is not up to her, the sport finally kicked her out due to poor performance, her wrecking the last two cars provided to her in the last two races puts a nice exclamation mark on "You gotta go Babe".
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it is up to her. perhaps you can work your way up the ranks to compete against her and show her how to race. i'd argue that you have quite a ways to go, but that's sort of on you.
 
Helix said:
it is up to her. perhaps you can work your way up the ranks to compete against her and show her how to race. i'd argue that you have quite a ways to go, but that's sort of on you.
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I read someplace it was going to be her last race anyway.
 
I have to wonder how many people in this thread are sexists. Two months ago:

As for the design of her No. 13 GoDaddy Chevrolet, the open-wheeled beauty is branded with the well-known GoDaddy green. New for her historic Indianapolis 500 return, and with an eye to Danica’s future as an entrepreneur, the GoDaddy Indy car also features logos representing Danica’s budding ‘side hustles.’ Distinctive logos for her health and fitness book, apparel line, and vineyard are all branded on the No. 13 GoDaddy Chevy she’ll drive on May 27 in the Indy 500, the second of her final two races dubbed the “Danica Double.”
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The Official Site of Danica Patrick
 
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Hawkeye10 said:
No it is not up to her, the sport finally kicked her out due to poor performance, her wrecking the last two cars provided to her in the last two races puts a nice exclamation mark on "You gotta go Babe".
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Why do you talk from where the sun doesn't shine?
 
Helix said:
she had a good driving career. part of me hopes that she gives it another shot, but that's up to her.
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I think she is making more money as an entrepreneur.
 
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