Danica Patrick has the pole for the Daytona 500

[Rob3D]

Educate yourselves friends.


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ysis?hpt=hp_t1

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Rob3D

Educate yourselves friends.


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ysis?hpt=hp_t1

I was going to post the Daytona 500 qualifying rules but this will work.

[Mutant Racer]

Danica Patrick...name sounds familiar but I just can't place her.

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by Mutant Racer

Danica Patrick...name sounds familiar but I just can't place her.

It's Ricky Stenhouse's girlfriend.....

[motorhead]

I wonder how many poles she has sat on over the years.

[TooCool5]

Originally Posted by fielderLS3

Daytona qualifying is basically about who has the most power. All this proves is that when she finishes 30th in the race, she will have done it with a 1st place car.

lol my thoughts exactly.

[Angrybird 12]

Originally Posted by TooCool5

lol my thoughts exactly.

Originally Posted by fielderLS3

Daytona qualifying is basically about who has the most power. All this proves is that when she finishes 30th in the race, she will have done it with a 1st place car.

I guess then you think you could get in her car and go just as fast.
Yes it takes power, but it takes smoothness and driving the correct line, that is all up to the driver. If it was easy everyone could do it.

[Rob3D]

Originally Posted by Angrybird 12

I guess then you think you could get in her car and go just as fast.
Yes it takes power, but it takes smoothness and driving the correct line, that is all up to the driver. If it was easy everyone could do it.

Well said.

[motorhead]

I had the pleasure to run nascars this summer and I can tell that it takes a lot of skill to compete in one. Driving one in a very controlled environment with an instructor was hard enough let alone doing for real.

I really respect anyone that pilots one of these beasts.

[2010SS2SS]

Daytona qualifying is basically about who has the most power. All this proves is that when she finishes 30th in the race, she will have done it with a 1st place car.

With build specs dictated by NASCAR all the cars should make the same HP (Should!!)
It comes down to suspension set up and what they can get away with wthout being caught. All in all she beat the BIG boys for fastest lap.
We'll see if someone punts her within the first lap or they allow her to lead it!
In an old NASCAR book called "cheating to win!" old timers talked about "the call", it was when old man France would place a call to a team and let them know if was their week and that inspectors would look the other way for small things that would give them an advantage. Most times it was car weight or boring a coupld of cylinders out to get just a lil more HP

[2ssx2]

Originally Posted by family man

Can she design and detail an electrical transmission tower like I can? Everybody has their place.

You really might need some counseling with your inferiority complex issues.

[Rob3D]

Originally Posted by family man

Can she design and detail an electrical transmission tower like I can? Everybody has their place.

Looks pretty easy to me...
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[Angrybird 12]

Patrick's qualifying speed was third fastest at Daytona since the introduction of restrictor plates at the 2.5-mile track in 1989. Ken Schrader ran faster laps in time trials in both 1989 and 1990.

[ShnOmac]

Hmmmm watching the duels right now..... It seems passing is a thing of the past?!?