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[Ponch ®]

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Stuart and I'm not M Fing you        Woman Hater 

this explains the short field...
An unresolvable scheduling conflict occurred between Motegi and Long Beach. Existing IndyCar teams competed in the Indy Japan 300, while some of the former Champ Car teams raced at Long Beach using their 2007 Panoz DP01 chassis. Both races counted toward the 2008 title.                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_IndyCar_Series_season    none points race my ass...

Check this out also  http://indymotorspeedway.com/08irlsch.html

oh, so she won a race against short field - ie. inferior competition?

[JB400]

How can you call Helio Castronevas an inferior opponent?  He would have won if he didn't run out of petro

[moparstuart]

 Ok im not a conspiracy guy but the fix must have been in for ratings

 Danica
    Never won a points race in IRL
    Never won a points race in Nation wide
    But she keeps moving up in the Ranks to the big series ?
    Woman have never ever been on the pole for a Nascar Race

      but she wins the pole for the  THE BIGGEST RACE OF THE YEAR
          dont get me wrong I know she will cause a huge wreck and not finish the race ,
         
     but I sure would like to take a look inside that motor  

She won an IRL Race in Japan 2 or 3 years back. Stewart sucked in Nationwide before he moved up to cup.
Stuart I think you just don't like green cars.  

japan race was not a points race  hence I STATED POINTS RACE

Look it up before you speek out of turn woman hater. The Japan race was a regular points race.

Career Stats
Year   Starts   Wins   Top 5   Top 10   Top 15   Top 20   DNF   Avg. Start   Avg. Finish   Laps Led   Total Laps   Earnings
2011   17   0   1   9   11   14   0   18.6   12.4   13 (.62%)   2093   $321,745
2010   17   0   3   8   12   16   0   16.1   11.4   1 (.04%)   2408   $307,305
2009   17   0   5   10   13   17   1   10.2   9.6   26 (.96%)   2699   $763,305
2008   17   1   3   10   13   16   2   10.1   10.6   4 (.14%)   2779   $301,915
2007   17   0   4   11   16   17   3   8.9   8.2   17 (.63%)   2709   $1,182,055
2006   14   0   2   8   12   14   2   13.1   9.9   0 (.00%)   2299   $923,005
2005   17   0   2   7   11   17   5   7.8   12.5   63 (2.21%)   2850   $1,037,655

she won it on gas mileage. Yeah. I know, its still a win. But thats often more on the strategy by the crew chief, etc.

she was actually suppost to pit , she missed the pit enterance and thus they decided to stay out and won on a fluke

You expect me to believe that? You didn't even know it was a points race, go back to grave yard cars Stuart ol buddy          

Oh and stop mother F ing me  it wasnt a real points race check wikipedia     so there i dont just spout off usless info  I remember it just not perfectly .  

   
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   Indy Japan 300 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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   The Indy Japan 300 presented by Bridgestone was an Indy Racing League IndyCar Series ... The 2008 race marked the historic first ever win for a woman driver in ... was held as an exhibition race, and no championship points were awarded.     Because of Open-Wheel Reunification in 2008, the 2008 Indy Japan 300 race was a half-field race. "Transitioning" teams at Long Beach raced for full IRL points despite using the former Champ Car codes.

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Stuart and I'm not M Fing you        Woman Hater 

this explains the short field...
An unresolvable scheduling conflict occurred between Motegi and Long Beach. Existing IndyCar teams competed in the Indy Japan 300, while some of the former Champ Car teams raced at Long Beach using their 2007 Panoz DP01 chassis. Both races counted toward the 2008 title.                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_IndyCar_Series_season    none points race my ass...

Check this out also  http://indymotorspeedway.com/08irlsch.html

I'm not a woman Hater , I love women . I just hate that Bitch and know she will be causing plenty more wrecks this year .

[JB400]

How many wrecks did she actually cause last year?

[A383Wing]

I don't think she actually "caused" that many, I do know she was caught up in a lot because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was not her fault

Bryan

[TruckDriver]

This thread is starting to rememind me of a political thread 

But for you guys that are home, remember the Twin Qualifing races today at 1pm central time.

[Ponch ®]

Nice breakdown of the evolution of the cars..

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/the-de-stockification-and-ensuing-re-stockification-o-287715169

[TruckDriver]

Nascar just announced that start in 2014, the duels will be run at night. 

[Budnicks]

This thread is starting to rememind me of a political thread 

But for you guys that are home, remember the Twin Qualifing races today at 1pm central time.

Amen brother...

[Budnicks]

Nascar just announced that start in 2014, the duels will be run at night. 

I like some of the night races, easier to watch & see, with out having to plan my whole damn day around watching them live...

[Budnicks]

I really don't get the Danica bashing or hatred, I'm not her biggest fan either, maybe it's just petty jealousy or envy, she's actually doing something most men/women can't & won't ever do... I give her, her due  props for doing a good job, finally she's showing some potential in NASCAR... I actually believe it's good for NASCAR & the bass ackwards misogynist "good old boys club", she's making quite a few of that crowd, "eat their words now", it helps to get some exposure for the whole fields, not just for Danica, although it seems like it's the "all Danica show", when she does something well, but also it brings in the possibility of more TV & Sponsors, to keep NASCAR & especially the team owners, rollen' in cash, maybe Dodge &/or even Penske should have signed her, they would/could still have a damn Dodge involved in NASCAR maybe {but I doubt it thou}... She sells tickets & TV time, when she does well, $$$$ that's the bottom line...    

[thedodgeboys]

Agreed 

She didn't wreak(the 11 did) I think she she ran smart once she decided her car didn't have it in to run up front, no sense in risking a good starting spot. 

Looks like the top is the place to be if you want to win. funny last year it was the bottom and I watched a little nationwide practice and they all worked on the 2 car draft. 

It may be the best race at Daytona this year. 

[JB400]

Considering the races were more all Jr, JJ, Stewart, Gordon show, nothing wrong with adding another superstar to the mix.  At least it's another storyline in the race.  Adding a couple more ladies in Sprint Cup will take some of the flame away from Danica.

[thedodgeboys]

Well it looks like its going to be mostly a single file ho hum 500 this year 

[74-StreetMachine]

  It's shaping up to be the boringest race ever.  Side by side racing, almost no passing, drafting not very effective. Two and a half hours of a high speed parade lap.

[JB400]

Some guys have all the luck.  Edwards just doesn't have the right kind this year so far.  4 cars torn up already.  Maybe he'll do better in the 500, fingers crossed



Looks like if you want to see a race, watch the trucks   Looks like they will be able to 2 car tandem as well as pack race. 

[A383Wing]

I just realized it's gonna be another bad year listening to Darrell Walltrip, Micheal Walltrip, and Rusty Wallace's voices again on TV

(shit)

Bryan (the truck series has always been better in my opinion anyways)

[nvrbdn]

i think i understand all the problems with danica, if a woman wins a cup race, the sprint girls that stand behind the winning driver nodding their heads and smiling like they actually understand whats going on will look out of place standing behind a woman winner trying to look like they are interested in what she is saying.

[odcics2]

I just realized it's gonna be another bad year listening to Darrell Walltrip, Micheal Walltrip, and Rusty Wallace's voices again on TV

(shit)

Bryan (the truck series has always been better in my opinion anyways)

Do like me - don't watch!   

I heard that the #2 car had more fuel issues in the last practice and they took parts back to the Penske shop to figure it out.
Probably looking for the notes from Chrysler Engineering on last years fuel woes...   

[Aero426]

i think i understand all the problems with danica, if a woman wins a cup race, the sprint girls that stand behind the winning driver nodding their heads and smiling like they actually understand whats going on will look out of place standing behind a woman winner trying to look like they are interested in what she is saying.

LMAO.   I would love to see that, but it's probably not going to happen any time soon.

[Ponch ®]

Bryan (the truck series has always been better in my opinion anyways)[/color]

the dirt race is gonna be awesome.

I wonder if they're just seeing how it will go and then consider doing it in NNS or Cup.

[JB400]

I doubt that the cup or nationwide cars will drive on dirt.  But, it is nice to see Nascar going back to its roots and allowing one of its major divisions to run on dirt.  It's gonna be interesting to watch just because the crews aren't used to the setups.  Drivers on the other hand, they're gonna love it.  Old school racing at its best.

[chargerboy69]

I just realized it's gonna be another bad year listening to Darrell Walltrip, Micheal Walltrip, and Rusty Wallace's voices again on TV

(shit)

Bryan (the truck series has always been better in my opinion anyways)

I totally agree. . . I would rather hear my two ex-wifes call the race over those two dipsh!ts.

[Chargen69]

NOBODY sucks worse than Wally D on TNT

[JB400]

Darrell isn't all that bad, but Mikey is   I'm not much of a fan of him behind the wheel either.  When he went to DEI and then said " I'm so happy to help Dale Jr. win" that done it in for me.  Outside of Daytona and Talledega, he can't drive.  He can barely drive those two tracks.

As far as announcers, the guys in the pits do better than those in the booth.