Reality check, the drivers that can get the job done usually go straight to the front early on in their career. Davey Allison won twice in his rookie season Earnhardt sr. won on his sixteenth start. Jeff Gordon showed promise right off the bat. As did Kenseth, the Busch brothers, Larson, Chase Elliot, JJ, Harvick and so on. You can see it early on in a driver. Very seldom does a driver in top tier equipment ride around for four or five years and never even come close, and yet keep the ride. If she were so influential and marketable, sponsors would be lining up for her to be their rep, ain't happening. The market always speaks the loudest, she's old news, and not a winner. A "participant", yes, a "winner" no. And hall of fame material? Only if the hall of fame wants to be a complete joke. If she's hall of fame worthy, so is every pitcher that ever started a major league game. Matters not if they ever won a game, all that matters is they started a game. Gimme a break.