Thursday, July 12, 2012

Danica to star in Miranda Lambert's "Fastest Girl In Town" video?

Photo tweeted by Miranda Lambert.

Photo tweeted by Danica.

Seriously, this is gonna be hot! I most certainly can't wait to see this music video.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

Danica should have won at Daytona.

It was quite the showing for Danica at Daytona tonight. She most certainly had the fastest car on the track and was poised to get her first NASCAR win, if only she had some "back up" to push her along. The whole race came down to the final 18 laps where she survived the "big one" during lap 20, which took out pretty much any semblance of "allies" that she could tandem with. After the restart, she was left "high and dry" by pretty much the top 15 drivers and ended up in the middle of the pack searching for a partner. By the time she found someone, it was all for nothing as she was caught up in an accident she really couldn't avoid. She finishes 31st despite leading most of the laps in the race.

All I can say is Danica truly understands how to draft cars ahead of her. Slipping and sliding in between tandem packs, she was strong all by herself riding the drafts being created by the leaders. It was quite impressive. It was also quite phenomenal how she handled getting pushed along and how easy it was for her to navigate back to the front with "pusher" in tow. The only issue I saw tonight was that she still needs to learn how to be "the pusher". She kept insisting on being the lead car in the tandem, and I truly believe it didn't help her cause at the end. Especially during that last restart, there were cars purposely avoiding being her "pusher" even though I truly believe it probably would have benefited both Danica and that trail car if it were to happen. Again, Tony Jr. has hinted on the possibility of why and I most definitely saw it in that particular instance. Quite a shame. She should have won that race.

A bit behind on the blog, but most definitely been keeping my eye on her.

Yeah, it seems I've been kinda "slack" on updating this blog. But it most certainly doesn't mean I haven't been watching what Danica has been doing on and off the track for the last few months. One thing I'm most certainly proud of her accomplishing is how her restarts have gotten a whole lot better! After watching the Darlington and Charlotte races, I've been quite impressed on how well she has improved with her restarts. I guess it has been helping her a lot to learn from one of the best at it in Tony Stewart.

Also, her great run at Road America was absolutely phenomenal! Especially considering road courses were never her strongest skill, she really showed how it should be done despite falling victim to French-Canadian stupidity at the end. I'm most definitely looking forward to her repeating her road course success at his daddy's circuit at Montreal in August.

As for Tony Jr.'s remarks about how unfairly Danica has been treated all season, I most certainly agree with him. What's unfortunate is that I have witnessed this on so many levels first hand at races I have attended. And despite whatever NASCAR may be doing to diversify both its audience and driver rosters, it still has a long way to go from getting away from being exclusively "a good 'ole southern boy's playground".

Overall, it's good to see Danica is still within the consciousness when NASCAR is mentioned in the media. And despite the sense of negativity that tends to be brought from the so-called "NASCAR faithful", it's a very positive thing for the sport. It's due to the fact that the media has come to the understanding that every time Danica climbs into that car, the potential of a historical event always presents itself. And those who truly "get it" know very well it's just a question of when.