Tbh while I don't ever see her as cup material, I could eventually her in an “Xfinity lifer” role. There's nothing wrong with that - see Allgaier, just for example.
So your comparing her to Allgaier? Do you think she would be winning races and contending for wins every week if she was driving for JR? I don't.Tbh while I don't ever see her as cup material, I could eventually her in an “Xfinity lifer” role. There's nothing wrong with that - see Allgaier, just for example.
The only issue there that I could see would be with her willingness to drive for Carl Long or Mike Harmon for 10-15 years.
If I've learned anything from watching nascar is that some drivers have it and some don't. However there is some drivers that don't appear to have it until they get in right situation. Examples: Joey at JGR and Suarez at both JGR and SHR. Would be nice to see her in the Xfintiy series with another to team to really gauge her talent
Joey won in cup with Gibbs, Suarez won a Xfinity championship. It's not like she is running in a garbage truck right now. I don't need to gauge her talent. Her talent is no better than Danica's was. She can barely get a top 20s in trucks (driving a good truck), in cup she would be a top 30 driver.
Joey's 1st win was in a I believe a rain shortened race? And Suarez won an Xfinty championship in equipment that was far superior to anything else on the track at the time. JJ had one Xfinity win before you know those 7 cup titles. You need the right situation to see what a driver is capable of. Judging her by her experience with one team is kind of premature. I don't follow her close enough has there even been many personnel changes on that team in the 1.5 seasons?
Jimmie also had 4 top 5s and 16 top 10s in a crappy underfunded Xfinity car before going to cup. She hasn't done anything in a more than decent truck with plenty of funding. I don't think judging her at this point is premature.
I think she needs a change. Not sure what? Someone new on the box? Different spotter? Almost seems like she needs some more coaching to be aggressive or something. Just think they need a change there
I thought the best Spotter in NASCAR was on this forum...i think her crew is 100% behind her and she has the best spotter in nascar. i just needs more laps and less dumbasses taking her
out. she is holding up good with all the bad luck and bs.and she is still beating half the field. glass have full right?
I think that was your first mistake. I said a long time ago it doesn't matter, but it seems a few can't grasp the concept.
At least I'd be in the running. You?
Agreed, and I wonder if the sponsors are going to stick around long-term. On one hand, her social media following is admittedly huge, but the thing is she isn't a household name either.
I never heard of Danica until she got into cup.
Yeah that's kind of what I'm getting at in my last post too. I don't think this path is sustainable long-term. The social media game creates some strong flash-in-the-pan hype that can be capitalized on to get things kicked off, but by itself it isn't how a racecar driver cultivates a long-term career behind the wheel.
How? She was also over television and print media for years before she drove the 10 car for SHR. She finished 4th in her first Indy 500 in 2005, which got her tons of attention as a female racecar driver that had potential to win at the top level in what was considered a men's sport at that time. She then both won an IRL race and did Sports Illustrated in a in swimsuit in 2008 and that really propelled her in mainstream media. And even before that she posed for FHM in 2003, which was another big marketing move on her part.
Keep after it, you'll figure it out eventually lol.There are no points awarded for best vlog of the week.
Indy isn't mainstream. If you didn't follow Indy you didn't know who Danica was. She didn't become a household name until she got to cup.
Really, because here's some New York Times articles about her from 2008: