Danica First NASCAR Race Recap
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Many of you guys bash the hell out of Alonso and no one tells you to back off. And he's won the WDC and a good number of F1 races. To the point that there are many racers who never win and are also rans, they don't get the kind of publicity that Danika gets. I just feel that the attention she gets is unwarranted for what she produces. I don't wish bad for her, just think it should be proportional to her accomplishments. Like it or not, I'm not a fan of her mediocrity. She could change my opinion by winning consistently.
Race911 is correct, she is not on the top team, so you have to measure her against her teammates, of which she has very good competition and she did remarkedly well the past couple years.
As a comparision, if your measured against your teammates, look at Earnhart Jr. He's on a Hendricks Motorsports team where they have the best equipment and best crew. Teammates came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and Jr. is nowhere to be found. If that were the case with Danica, then you could make an argument, but she's not.
Like her or not, she has made huge strides in her racecraft where she used to crash out consistently, and is now consistently near the front.
Does she get unproportional attention to her acheivements? Yes, but it's because she's a woman, and looks good. However, she makes it interesting.
I can tell you, I've never watched an ARCA race. I actually made time in the day where I planned to be in front of the TV to watch this one because of her. Just to see what she would do and she didn't disappoint.
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That was the joke that no one got at Singapore. Piquet didn't need to be told to crash. It probably would have happened anyway.
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She obviously has a top notch crew and car, and enough talent to succeed. Good to see it. Let's hope she gains notoriety and then brings that back into the road course environment.
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VR, considering that you always call Alonso "Little Miss Sunshine" among other dispersions, and demean him by insinuating that he is a woman, I think your statement is is a little hypocritical.
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Bull****. First, I have never called him that. I refer to him as Fernanda Alonsette, implying that nhe is a whiny sissy. Second, look up misogyny. It is a latent hatred of women and their achievements. Nothing I have ever said about Alonsette is in any way related to misogyny.
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Well I don't hate them either. Just think she gets the attention because of her sex rather than her accomplishments. Michael Schumacher is a champion among champions and who I compare race drivers to. Danika is nowhere close. Like I said, I'm a fan of her bikini pictures, not her racing stats.
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Bull****. First, I have never called him that. I refer to him as Fernanda Alonsette, implying that nhe is a whiny sissy. Second, look up misogyny. It is a latent hatred of women and their achievements. Nothing I have ever said about Alonsette is in any way related to misogyny.
We will all just have to agree to disagree about Danika's accomplishments.
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Let's face it, there will always be detractors for everyone and anyone. You don't like Danica and that will probably never change, but as we move forward, it seems that is becoming the minority opinion as compared to just a few years ago. She is winning over more and more people.
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By feminizing his name to suggest that he is less than a man, you are walking a thin line on this one. Besides, the others here who do it don't get told to give it a break. Everyone has those they root for and those that they don't.
We will all just have to agree to disagree about Danika's accomplishments.
We will all just have to agree to disagree about Danika's accomplishments.
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The point I was trying to make is people here dump on Alonso and nobody says squat. I have a difference of opinion on Danika and I'm called misogynistic and told to can it. Double standard I would say.