Danica Patrick Shouldn't Move Up To NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Next Year

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So says Jeff Gluck.....

To best position herself for the future, Patrick should spend at least another year in the Nationwide Series before making the jump.

Austin Dillon is having a phenomenal season in the NASCAR Nationwide Series by any standards. In 18 races, Dillon has completed every single lap. He has an astounding 14 top-10 finishes in those 18 races.

Dillon, it should be noted, is a rookie. A rookie! Before this year, he'd only driven 11 Nationwide races. And the dude is second in the point standings.

Amazing. Incredible. A worthy candidate to be in the Sprint Cup Series next year.

But guess what? He's not coming to Cup just yet. On Sunday, Dillon told ESPN's pre-race show he's planning to run another full-time Nationwide Series schedule in 2013 in addition to a partial Cup schedule.

If there was ever a young driver who seemed ready to immediately make the leap, it's Dillon. Yet instead of doing so, grandpa Richard Childress is holding Dillon back until he's truly in the best position to have a long and successful Cup career.

But while Dillon will run another full season in Nationwide before moving up the ladder, Danica Patrick is planning to ditch the junior circuit and race full time in the Sprint Cup Series next year.
That would be a tremendous mistake and cause major damage to Patrick's career.
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I have to agree with Gluck on this. As much as I like Danica, I do not think she is ready for cup.
 
I think Both the Dillon boys are doing an outstanding job and that Childress is bringing them up thru the ranks the correct way, pushing them hard and challenging them yet not putting them in so far over their heads that they fail or lose confidence.

Nothing bad to say about Patrick, she's done about what I expected, unfourtunatly there are to many factors pushing her. Most of them are not in her best driver interest but in a financial intrest :( but thats probably true of her entire career.
 
I agree that she needs more seat time to be competative . There are way too many examples of moving drivers up too quickly . Like Hornish and Logano .
 
ted@economy said:
I agree that she needs more seat time to be competative . There are way too many examples of moving drivers up too quickly . Like Hornish and Logano .
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She's had plenty of seat time Karts, Formula cars, IRL cars now Nationwide and a lil Cup she's just one of those drivers who learned How to go Fast but Not how to Race!
 
I agree, she is not ready for the Cup series. Although I feel she's much better off with the people surrounding her at SHR. Her Nationwide team with JR especially her crew chief seems to buy in to the hype and that doesn't help her. I think most of her "bad cars" we hear about is her inability to know what she needs and a way over cautious approach by her and the team. Her and her team buying in to the hype and making excuses is not gonna make her career any better or easier.
 
She's needs to run Grand National East next year for the title. She needs to get used to the front and a blood thirst to dominate. Then take a serious shot at the NWS, that's probably to humbling for the Godaddy dollars.
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I agree with Flash the financial interest isn't necessarily the best for her career development. She is probably the most marketable item in Nascar if not all of Motorsports. I think she should leverage that to control the developmental process if she doesn't, and I do not know the case.

She has the talent and the tools, timing is the biggest problem imo.
 
There are times where she runs very well and posts laps as fast as the leaders but it's when she's by herself or near one other car. When she's in a pack she gets chewed up. She still doesn't trust that her car is going to stick. It's like she worries about what can go wrong rather than thinking about what she can do to exploit the weaknesses of the cars around her.
 
Matthew2470 said:
It's like she worries about what can go wrong rather than thinking about what she can do to exploit the weaknesses of the cars around her.
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I agree with that statement. And that's why I don't think she'll ever be really good. Difference between a racecar driver and a non racecar driver is that the racecar driver doesn't have that thought in the back of his mind what if......they hang it all out. It's like that line in Days of Thunder, you get a racecar driver to a funeral before he's actually dead you just killed history:)
 
She needs Tony to take her to a track and show her how to adjust the car and run fast laps right off the bat. She's awful at restarts
 
StewartHaas-Gibbs Racing said:
If Danica was a man a good number of you would be saying "he lacks talent" Sexists! :p
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I disagree . Male drivers who lack talent and wreck racecars get a rough ride here . You can probably list a dozen Steven Wallaces who get a hard time . Some may even have some talent ,but overdrive their equipment while trying to prove themselves .Danica is not being accused of overdriving her equipment , she is being accused of erring on the side of caution and finishing races . I think folks would be happy if she were somewhere in between wrecking racecars and finishing races .:D
 
I don't know. I gotta give her some credit running in her first full season. I don't think she's doing all that bad at all. As far as reading her mind and what she's thinking or not, I'll leave that up to the other mind readers on this board. Can you guess what I'm thinking? :D
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
I don't know. I gotta give her some credit running in her first full season. I don't think she's doing all that bad at all. As far as reading her mind and what she's thinking or not, I'll leave that up to the other mind readers on this board. Can you guess what I'm thinking? :D
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Danica will likely finish top ten in the Nationwide series this year . No small achievement.
 
ted@economy said:
I disagree . Male drivers who lack talent and wreck racecars get a rough ride here . You can probably list a dozen Steven Wallaces who get a hard time . Some may even have some talent ,but overdrive their equipment while trying to prove themselves .Danica is not being accused of overdriving her equipment , she is being accused of erring on the side of caution and finishing races . I think folks would be happy if she were somewhere in between wrecking racecars and finishing races .:D
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I go easier on her, it ain't worth the crap. Danica deserves to be in racing and Cup, she meets the marketing credentials, and as noted she doesn't do stupid stuff to mess up others.
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But she isn't a wheel woman (man) and pyrobably will never will be. It almost classic or a 90 percent norm that the greats start out to aggressive, and mature into (toned down) savvy aces. It is rare to see an overly cautious driver step it up.


Yea, I hate women, my momma, my sister, cause anybody that doesn't bat their eyelashes over her is a hater.
I know I respect her, but her legacy will be one of encouraging young women to try racing, and to look good while they doing it, I respect that, but it does not mean I think she is ever going to be a great driver.
 
ted@economy said:
Danica will likely finish top ten in the Nationwide series this year . No small achievement.
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Is it really though? The amount of competitive full time nationwide drivers really isn't that good. Hell, Mike Bliss is in 8th and he's with a no name fairly new team and he has only 1 top ten all year. These standings minus all the non full time nationwide drivers don't really mean all that much unless you are in the top 1 to 3 who are going for the championship.
 
As much as I like Danica I think she may need a little bit more seasoning in the NW series.
 
StewartHaas-Gibbs Racing said:
Is it really though? The amount of competitive full time nationwide drivers really isn't that good. Hell, Mike Bliss is in 8th and he's with a no name fairly new team and he has only 1 top ten all year. These standings minus all the non full time nationwide drivers don't really mean all that much unless you are in the top 1 to 3 who are going for the championship.
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Hooray SHGR! Hooray beer :cheers:
 
Matthew2470 said:
There are times where she runs very well and posts laps as fast as the leaders but it's when she's by herself or near one other car. When she's in a pack she gets chewed up. She still doesn't trust that her car is going to stick. It's like she worries about what can go wrong rather than thinking about what she can do to exploit the weaknesses of the cars around her.
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More Danica hate. When will it end! :)
 
StewartHaas-Gibbs Racing said:
Is it really though? The amount of competitive full time nationwide drivers really isn't that good. Hell, Mike Bliss is in 8th and he's with a no name fairly new team and he has only 1 top ten all year. These standings minus all the non full time nationwide drivers don't really mean all that much unless you are in the top 1 to 3 who are going for the championship.
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With her experience and driving for a top team, I expected to see her finishing top 10 almost every week. JRM would have won the championship in 2008 and 2009 under these new rules, so she needs to get going. Open wheelers have a tough time going against everything they have been taught about not sliding the tires or driving too hard. In NASCAR, that's how you go fast. I think frustration is building on her team.
 
FenderBumper said:
More Danica hate. When will it end! :)
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FenderBumper said:
With her experience and driving for a top team, I expected to see her finishing top 10 almost every week. JRM would have won the championship in 2008 and 2009 under these new rules, so she needs to get going. Open wheelers have a tough time going against everything they have been taught about not sliding the tires or driving too hard. In NASCAR, that's how you go fast. I think frustration is building on her team.
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.........Not with you! Way to post FB!:p
 
Another full year in the minors then turn her loose in cup with a good crew chief and see what happens.
 
FlFlash said:
I think Both the Dillon boys are doing an outstanding job and that Childress is bringing them up thru the ranks the correct way, pushing them hard and challenging them yet not putting them in so far over their heads that they fail or lose confidence..
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Do you think the Dillon boys would be doing this good if they were in Patrick's equipment? If it weren't for grandpa I doubt they'd be where they are running today.
 
blue92 said:
Do you think the Dillon boys would be doing this good if they were in Patrick's equipment? If it weren't for grandpa I doubt they'd be where they are running today.
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Do you think Danica would be doing better if she made her way through the ranks and got the experience of doing so? I don't think there's much wrong with the equipment she's in. The Dillon boys are in great equipment but they've earned that equipment and they're not happy just showing up.
 
Thegroundpounder99 said:
Do you think Danica would be doing better if she made her way through the ranks and got the experience of doing so? I don't think there's much wrong with the equipment she's in. The Dillon boys are in great equipment but they've earned that equipment and they're not happy just showing up.
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She should've run some more ARCA and K&N.
 
Its just the author's opinion. She will be in Cup next year and she is ready.
 
DanicaFan said:
Its just the author's opinion. She will be in Cup next year and she is ready.
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I am a long time Danica fan but I don't think she's ready for Cup. What do you think she's shown that makes you think she's ready to compete with the Cup guys?
 
blue92 said:
Do you think the Dillon boys would be doing this good if they were in Patrick's equipment? If it weren't for grandpa I doubt they'd be where they are running today.
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JRM is proven top 5 equiptment. Look at Brads stats with that organization while Roush and JGR were running full stables.
 
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