Lounge For casual talk about things unrelated to General Motors. In other words, off-topic stuff. And anything else that does not fit Section Description.

Danica Patrick Indy 500

Old May 29, 2005 | 04:26 PM
  #1  
Gumball's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 15,342
Likes: 0
From: Quincy, Ma
Gumball is on a distinguished road
Default Danica Patrick Indy 500

All I can say is Wow The first women to have a lead in the Indy 500
even though she came in 4th.
.

Dan Wheldon won the race
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 05:25 PM
  #2  
Ryan's Avatar
Senior Member
Certified GM nut
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,935
Likes: 0
From: Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
Ryan is on a distinguished road
Default

She'* hot, but her "acting" on Spike TVs powerblock leaves something to be desired...however I would not worry if I were her, as it appears she has a promising career in racing.
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 05:33 PM
  #3  
SSsuperchargedEi's Avatar
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 7,551
Likes: 0
From: Pittsburgh, Pa.
SSsuperchargedEi is on a distinguished road
Default

isnt she something like 18-21?
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 05:36 PM
  #4  
Ryan's Avatar
Senior Member
Certified GM nut
 
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,935
Likes: 0
From: Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany
Ryan is on a distinguished road
Default

http://www.danicaracing.com/

Have fun
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 06:05 PM
  #5  
dbeast420's Avatar
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
 
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 11,269
Likes: 0
From: My reclining computer chair
dbeast420 is on a distinguished road
Default

Dem ole' NASCAR boys may have something to worry about
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 06:34 PM
  #6  
Gumball's Avatar
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 15,342
Likes: 0
From: Quincy, Ma
Gumball is on a distinguished road
Default

Its too bad she couldnt run on full fuel I think she could have won.

by the way she'* 23
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 06:49 PM
  #7  
OLBlueEyesBonne's Avatar
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 5,459
Likes: 2
From: Sauk Centre, MN
OLBlueEyesBonne is on a distinguished road
Default

Yeah, nice driving indeed. I give major props to her. So young, a rookie, and so far ahead of the rest of the pack consisting of alot of senior drivers with many more years experience.
I watched the last 50 laps. Too bad she was so low on fuel -if she'd known there were going to be two yellow'* in the last 5 laps she could have kept the fuel setting at full load and she'd have held the lead.

Nice work indeed. Shall be interesting watching her career grow. The next Jeff Gordon -a Girl!!!
Reply
Old May 29, 2005 | 07:39 PM
  #8  
Plurr's Avatar
Senior Member
Posts like a Camaro
 
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,004
Likes: 0
From: Indianapolis, IN / West Lafayette
Plurr is on a distinguished road
Default

race was pretty good i had seats directly behind the box seats with the big walkway infront of me so that you can have all the leg room you could imagine and you dont have to walk over people to get out. danica did really well and she made a pretty good comeback from falling to 16 and making it back up to lead for a bit. too bad the race ended on a yellow flag...only bad part. it was a beautiful day for racing and i had an awesome time going.
Reply
Old May 30, 2005 | 08:12 PM
  #9  
GonneVille's Avatar
Senior Member
True Car Nut
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 4,816
Likes: 0
GonneVille is on a distinguished road
Default

Originally Posted by OLBlueEyesBonne
I watched the last 50 laps. Too bad she was so low on fuel -if she'd known there were going to be two yellow'* in the last 5 laps she could have kept the fuel setting at full load and she'd have held the lead.
Actually she had the engine on full lean all the way up to the last restart and was holding Wheldon to very minimal gains. When the last green came down, she went full rich, but started to starve in the corners. There was nothing at all she could have done to conserve any more fuel than she did. Even if she had stayed lean, she still would have started starving before the last lap.
In spite of the 4th place finish, I've never seen any other rookie run a race like that. To fall to the back, twice, and then come back to the lead both times, even after a wreck...
Once she gets that rookie shine off, nobody'* gonna be able to touch her. I think we're looking at the new best driver in the world.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Jaxhome
Cadillac
3
Aug 19, 2014 08:05 AM
Ngates
General GM Chat
15
Jun 18, 2011 12:41 AM
SpinEm_90
Lounge
2
May 23, 2010 03:30 PM
Gumball
Lounge
12
Apr 20, 2008 02:01 PM
brianj
Lounge
9
May 27, 2007 09:15 PM



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:02 AM.