***soto voce*** think he bought it?

 

how dare you, jazz! respect my authori-TY!

 

Ok...that was intertaining....

but to get back to the topic...

Having talent at driving at extreme speed in traffic, on public roads, and being a professional race driver, that qualified for Indy are completely different things. Different skills, only related by the fact that both take place in a car.

Being good at something at an amature level vs being good at something at a professional level are worlds apart.

 

OK, for the RECORD, here's my official position on Danica:

I think it would be phenominal for her to win. I think more Americans (I'll allow the occassional Canadian, Spence) shoule be involved in open wheel racing here in America. The Indy has ALWAYS, since it's inception, attracted droves of foreign drivers. But I'd like to see a run of about 20-25 home-grown drivers win the big cup. It'd prolly be rilly cool if Danica were at the lead off hitter in this sweetest of rally's. BUT, I don't see it happening THIS year. I see her crashing out or breaking something before the halfway point. Stranger things have happened, though. Ya neva kno.

As to the POA thing... meh... not my type. to fast

 

your spelling of entertaining is entertaining...

Canadians would SMOKE the indy... we just don't wanna. too much beer to leave

 

I need spell check!

Well, some Canadians have already smoked indy...at least a Quebecios....Jacques Villeneuve...

 

No hard feelings here...I am not a huge fan of Indy, Nascar or really any form of racing, but when I catch it on TV I find Formula 1 to be the type that catches my interest the most, fast fast cars on street courses, now that sounds like fun.

 

she probably does have the potential but shes a newbie so i doubt shes gonna win, maybe on upper ladder but not winner.

 

While not UNPRECENDETED, rookies have only won in 8 of the 89 runnings of the Indy 500. The first few kinda skew the curve because, for teh first running the WHOLE FIELD was rookies. It wasn't a globally popular race way back then, ya know. Toss out the first five u=years and there've been just 5 out of 89.

So, Beginner's Luck:
Rookies who have won the Indy 500...

Year Driver
2001 Helio Castroneves
2000 Juan Montoya
1966 Graham Hill
1927 George Sounders
1926 Frank Lockhart
1914 Rene Thomas
1913 Jules Goux
1911 Ray Harroun

 

I grew up a fan of champ cars, but once I saw my first F1 car, I was hooked...and still am. F1 is just insane, the cars are insane, the sponsors, the organizing body, the crowds, the tracks, the press, the hype....it is the sureal life...and I love it. I'd rather watch an entire F1 race and see one pass for the lead, then watch NASCAR guys bump and push and pass back and forth all day long.