FenderBumper
The "good old days" ??
No connection, right?
Wrong.
Their path to aggressive driving is much the same. When I say aggressive, I'm not talking about smashing others out of the way like Jerk Sillymueve. I mean aggressive with the car, pushing it to it's absolute limits to get a win. This means a driver has to have a mentality behind the wheel that isn't too afraid of making a mistake and ruining the car.
If we use Ricky Stenhouse or a young Kyle Busch as benchmarks, Logano fell well short early in his career. He rode around safe, and constantly gave Denny, Kyle and other veterans what they wanted. (Joey gave up a win to Denny on the final restart in the spring of 2010 at Martinsville when he had the fastest car, but gave way to Denny when he forced his way in front of him and into the low line. When Joey got clear of traffic, he was catching Denny real fast, but he ran out of laps.)
How often did Logano push his car too far and spin out or slap the wall? Rarely. Where did that safety first attitude get him? One rain win and an unhappy sponsor. Compare his career to Brad, and it's clear that being aggressive is what it takes to win in cup. With his new found aggression, I think Logano could be a huge cup success in the making.
Now Danica. We all know she doesn't have to worry about sponsorship. If GoDaddy went bust tomorrow, she would have her pick of half a dozen sponsors before the next race. I saw some aggressive driving from her at Road America, but she was giving way too much to Papis and some others. She wasn't attacking the corners like she needed to late in the race, and she was driving herself out of her line to give Max a ton of room to keep harassing her while JV caught up.
IMO, when we start seeing Danica spin and slap the wall during practice and qualifying, we'll know she is being aggressive and finding the edge of what she and her car can do. After her performance at RA, she could benefit from a 'who cares' attitude toward what fans will say when she goes too far and bends her car up once in awhile.
Wrong.
Their path to aggressive driving is much the same. When I say aggressive, I'm not talking about smashing others out of the way like Jerk Sillymueve. I mean aggressive with the car, pushing it to it's absolute limits to get a win. This means a driver has to have a mentality behind the wheel that isn't too afraid of making a mistake and ruining the car.
If we use Ricky Stenhouse or a young Kyle Busch as benchmarks, Logano fell well short early in his career. He rode around safe, and constantly gave Denny, Kyle and other veterans what they wanted. (Joey gave up a win to Denny on the final restart in the spring of 2010 at Martinsville when he had the fastest car, but gave way to Denny when he forced his way in front of him and into the low line. When Joey got clear of traffic, he was catching Denny real fast, but he ran out of laps.)
How often did Logano push his car too far and spin out or slap the wall? Rarely. Where did that safety first attitude get him? One rain win and an unhappy sponsor. Compare his career to Brad, and it's clear that being aggressive is what it takes to win in cup. With his new found aggression, I think Logano could be a huge cup success in the making.
Now Danica. We all know she doesn't have to worry about sponsorship. If GoDaddy went bust tomorrow, she would have her pick of half a dozen sponsors before the next race. I saw some aggressive driving from her at Road America, but she was giving way too much to Papis and some others. She wasn't attacking the corners like she needed to late in the race, and she was driving herself out of her line to give Max a ton of room to keep harassing her while JV caught up.
IMO, when we start seeing Danica spin and slap the wall during practice and qualifying, we'll know she is being aggressive and finding the edge of what she and her car can do. After her performance at RA, she could benefit from a 'who cares' attitude toward what fans will say when she goes too far and bends her car up once in awhile.
