Between betrayal of their Southern roots, the nonsensical "Drive For Diversity" program that discriminates against Caucasians,especially Caucasian males, their overly cozy relationship with President Barack Obama,and now entering into an agreement with the tyrannical Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NASCAR has officially joined the ranks of the liberal left. No other sport has any special arrangement with the federal government as far as I know. They just play the sports they are supposed to play. NASCAR's embrace of political correctness, along with increasingly boring races, too much show and not enough real racing, and selling out to environmental radicals is an insult to the old school NASCAR supporters who put the sport on the map.
This agreement with the EPA and NASCAR's further embrace of the radical left agenda is another reason so many people who have supported NASCAR through the years feel abandoned and betrayed and why many have left the sport and even more will leave. Brian France is the biggest sellout in the history of sports.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
More Truth About Danica
Dollars And Sense: Danica Patrick, NASCAR's Lady In Green
By Jesse Medford ·
Why does NASCAR even care about Danica Patrick? The fans don’t care! Based on ticket sales and television ratings, she obviously isn’t bringing new fans to the sport at a rate faster than the old guard are leaving. Why then is everybody hyping her up so much? Why are they shoving her down our throats all race long and giving her interviews normally reserved for the top finishing drivers? Why are we writing about her?
Many internet based writers have said they write about what will get their publication the most page views. I am writing about Patrick because it was either her or writing about Bojangles’. You could argue that I made an internet page view decision. Or maybe it was just pure laziness. I could always save that dryer topic of Bojangles’ for a publication that has a broader appeal outside of racing. But for here, ranting about Patrick flows on a keyboard and I have a deadline to meet. Since finishing 38th place during her NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the 2012 Daytona 500, Patrick’s No. 10 has been occupied by Tommy Baldwin Racing’s David Reutimann. All that anybody has mentioned about that organization since, is would TBR have the car in the Top 35 of the owner’s standings for Stewart-Haas Racing by Darlington, to ensure that Patrick could race in her second of ten scheduled Sprint Cup events, without having to attempt to qualify on speed. This lady in black will be introduced this weekend to another Lady In Black. Patrick will also be introduced to using a 2×4 as a structural brace for the first time in her racing career. Do we care about this because she is a good race car driver? Is it because she is entertaining? Do we really think she is needed to bring a new fan base to the sport? I don’t think she is good at any of those things. However, NASCAR and race promoters don’t think like I do.
Darlington Raceway hypes the fact that Patrick will join Janet Guthrie and Shawna Robinson as the only women to race in the Sprint Cup level at their track. Promoters also believe she is the key to selling tickets and gaining viewers. The race commercials that I have seen for both races this weekend only promote Patrick. And during the race, we won’t hear much about anyone else either. That is provided Patrick is even still on the track after the early goings. After all, Darlington Raceway gets her Lady In Black moniker because she scares drivers into hitting the wall, resulting in what is known as the Darlington Stripe. “I got my first Darlington Stripe back when the Truck Series raced there,” Reutimann said in a BK Racing press release. “The whole time in practice I was really, really tentative.”
This historic 1.25-mile superspeedway isn’t known as The Track Too Tough To Tame for nothing. It gets into a driver’s head. “I’m told it’s not going to be so much about the track and getting comfortable and getting up to speed or feeling good, that it’s going to be more about learning how to pass there and how that works because it’s one lane and one groove,” Patrick said in a Team Chevy Advance. Reading her subsequent words, she doesn’t even know what to think, let alone how to drive there. Darlington has affected her already low confidence level. “I believe its high in one and two and low in three and four,” she said. Patrick is clearly second guessing herself when giving this statement. Patrick wasn’t even an outstanding performer in her previous IndyCar gig of seven seasons. She was over-hyped going into the Indianapolis 500 during her rookie year of 2005. I remember learning about her just prior to that race, while I was serving in Iraq. It appeared to me that she was getting publicity based on looks alone.
After the race it seemed to be shocking to those reporting that she had a chance to win the race. Everything blew up from there, resulting in just one win in the series and many disappointments. So what does Patrick bring to NASCAR besides GoDaddy.com and their money? If that sponsor leaves, she has nothing to offer. Who else will try to market her on the sex appeal that has gotten her to where she is at now? She won’t be able to be marketed based on winning. It isn’t going to happen. Learning this type of car and racing them on these tracks seems to be more difficult for her than it is for other new drivers, two of whom outperformed her in their Nationwide Series debut at Richmond International Raceway. Danica Patrick’s first full season in NASCAR competition has had it’s share of bumps and bruises. Expect a few more blemishes this weekend at The Track Too Tough To Tame.
Driving in NASCAR seems to be a chore for Patrick. It doesn’t look like she has any fun. Look at what we just saw with Travis Pastrana in his debut at Richmond. He finished only one spot behind Patrick, due to a late race pit road speeding penalty, but appeared to have the car figured out a little better than the much more experienced Patrick. And he seems to be having fun and showing enthusiasm the entire time. Like Patrick, he brings a niche following to the sport, but without displaying the sense of entitlement that she carries with her. And 18 year-old rookie Ryan Blaney also blew away Patrick (and many other veterans) in his debut at that race. Since the beginning of Patrick’s current NASCAR racing experiment, she has freaked out just about any time she perceives someone not giving her enough room on the track, leading up to this past weekend’s intentional wrecking of Sam Hornish during the cool down lap at Talledega Superspeedway, in which she later apologized. Frontstretch writer Garrett Horton explained this in detail yesterday.
NASCAR chose not to penalize Patrick for this intentional hit on Hornish. Maybe it is examples like this that NASCAR is looking for. The Sprint Cup regulars have quickly dismissed the old Boys Have At It mantra that was so popular with marketers and media. So maybe now to keep the green coming in, it will have to be Danica Have At It.
This article is courtesy of the Frontstretch Newsletter
Copyright 2012 Frontstretch Newsletter
By Jesse Medford ·
Why does NASCAR even care about Danica Patrick? The fans don’t care! Based on ticket sales and television ratings, she obviously isn’t bringing new fans to the sport at a rate faster than the old guard are leaving. Why then is everybody hyping her up so much? Why are they shoving her down our throats all race long and giving her interviews normally reserved for the top finishing drivers? Why are we writing about her?
Many internet based writers have said they write about what will get their publication the most page views. I am writing about Patrick because it was either her or writing about Bojangles’. You could argue that I made an internet page view decision. Or maybe it was just pure laziness. I could always save that dryer topic of Bojangles’ for a publication that has a broader appeal outside of racing. But for here, ranting about Patrick flows on a keyboard and I have a deadline to meet. Since finishing 38th place during her NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut in the 2012 Daytona 500, Patrick’s No. 10 has been occupied by Tommy Baldwin Racing’s David Reutimann. All that anybody has mentioned about that organization since, is would TBR have the car in the Top 35 of the owner’s standings for Stewart-Haas Racing by Darlington, to ensure that Patrick could race in her second of ten scheduled Sprint Cup events, without having to attempt to qualify on speed. This lady in black will be introduced this weekend to another Lady In Black. Patrick will also be introduced to using a 2×4 as a structural brace for the first time in her racing career. Do we care about this because she is a good race car driver? Is it because she is entertaining? Do we really think she is needed to bring a new fan base to the sport? I don’t think she is good at any of those things. However, NASCAR and race promoters don’t think like I do.
Darlington Raceway hypes the fact that Patrick will join Janet Guthrie and Shawna Robinson as the only women to race in the Sprint Cup level at their track. Promoters also believe she is the key to selling tickets and gaining viewers. The race commercials that I have seen for both races this weekend only promote Patrick. And during the race, we won’t hear much about anyone else either. That is provided Patrick is even still on the track after the early goings. After all, Darlington Raceway gets her Lady In Black moniker because she scares drivers into hitting the wall, resulting in what is known as the Darlington Stripe. “I got my first Darlington Stripe back when the Truck Series raced there,” Reutimann said in a BK Racing press release. “The whole time in practice I was really, really tentative.”
This historic 1.25-mile superspeedway isn’t known as The Track Too Tough To Tame for nothing. It gets into a driver’s head. “I’m told it’s not going to be so much about the track and getting comfortable and getting up to speed or feeling good, that it’s going to be more about learning how to pass there and how that works because it’s one lane and one groove,” Patrick said in a Team Chevy Advance. Reading her subsequent words, she doesn’t even know what to think, let alone how to drive there. Darlington has affected her already low confidence level. “I believe its high in one and two and low in three and four,” she said. Patrick is clearly second guessing herself when giving this statement. Patrick wasn’t even an outstanding performer in her previous IndyCar gig of seven seasons. She was over-hyped going into the Indianapolis 500 during her rookie year of 2005. I remember learning about her just prior to that race, while I was serving in Iraq. It appeared to me that she was getting publicity based on looks alone.
After the race it seemed to be shocking to those reporting that she had a chance to win the race. Everything blew up from there, resulting in just one win in the series and many disappointments. So what does Patrick bring to NASCAR besides GoDaddy.com and their money? If that sponsor leaves, she has nothing to offer. Who else will try to market her on the sex appeal that has gotten her to where she is at now? She won’t be able to be marketed based on winning. It isn’t going to happen. Learning this type of car and racing them on these tracks seems to be more difficult for her than it is for other new drivers, two of whom outperformed her in their Nationwide Series debut at Richmond International Raceway. Danica Patrick’s first full season in NASCAR competition has had it’s share of bumps and bruises. Expect a few more blemishes this weekend at The Track Too Tough To Tame.
Driving in NASCAR seems to be a chore for Patrick. It doesn’t look like she has any fun. Look at what we just saw with Travis Pastrana in his debut at Richmond. He finished only one spot behind Patrick, due to a late race pit road speeding penalty, but appeared to have the car figured out a little better than the much more experienced Patrick. And he seems to be having fun and showing enthusiasm the entire time. Like Patrick, he brings a niche following to the sport, but without displaying the sense of entitlement that she carries with her. And 18 year-old rookie Ryan Blaney also blew away Patrick (and many other veterans) in his debut at that race. Since the beginning of Patrick’s current NASCAR racing experiment, she has freaked out just about any time she perceives someone not giving her enough room on the track, leading up to this past weekend’s intentional wrecking of Sam Hornish during the cool down lap at Talledega Superspeedway, in which she later apologized. Frontstretch writer Garrett Horton explained this in detail yesterday.
NASCAR chose not to penalize Patrick for this intentional hit on Hornish. Maybe it is examples like this that NASCAR is looking for. The Sprint Cup regulars have quickly dismissed the old Boys Have At It mantra that was so popular with marketers and media. So maybe now to keep the green coming in, it will have to be Danica Have At It.
This article is courtesy of the Frontstretch Newsletter
Copyright 2012 Frontstretch Newsletter
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Debunking The Danica Hype
From a Scene Daily writer who gets it:
Darrell Waltrip has for years been a self-serving loudmouth pain in the behind to the masses of NASCAR fans out there that don’t find incessant hours of Waltrip entertaining or informative. Danica Patrick has for years, be it in IndyCar or the Nationwide Series, set records for being the most celebrated, acclaimed and admired driver to have a resume consisting of a single fuel mileage win in open wheel and a handful of top 10s in stock car racing. Combined, the two have proved that mixing poisons just makes a bigger mess.
Why was it necessary to show the wounded No. 10 car running alone on the race track three times over the course of the evening to discuss the importance of learning? Trevor Bayne didn’t get that quantity of air time when he came back on track with his wounded car. Joe Nemechek didn’t get any sort of mention at all, except for once late in the race when the pack came barreling by.
Why see the No. 10 car being repaired every 10 minutes, when the lap 2 wreck that took out the green car also took out Kurt Busch (definitely didn’t see the same meticulous analysis of repairs given to the No. 51). Why was it necessary to have a post-race interview with the freaking 38th place finisher?! If Michael McDowell had only been so lucky, he’d have been racing full-time years ago.
And how could anybody in their right mind sit there with a straight face and talk about how Jimmie Johnson had clearly learned from Danica Patrick to remove his hands from the steering wheel during a hard wreck? (well, to be fair, Darrell’s arguably not in his right mind, he seems to think he’s a good broadcaster.) Dario Franchitti, Sam Hornish Jr., Jacques Villeneuve, Tony Stewart and the legions of other open wheelers that have been in NASCAR for a long time must have just been lucky in their open-wheel careers to avoid broken wrists.
Darrell Waltrip and FOX’s fixation with the driver of the No. 10 goes beyond even what was seen during ESPN’s coverage of her Nationwide debut two years ago, to the level that SPEED demonstrated during their laughable excuse for coverage of Danica’s ARCA race at Daytona; biased, exaggerated, unrelenting adoration. Coupled with the omissions from Monday’s broadcast (Robby Gordon was not mentioned once over the course of nearly six hours on the air after blowing the same engine he struggled to make the 500 with), and it’s abundantly clear FOX wasn’t just telling the big story.
They were playing favorites. FOX Sports needs an ombudsman, fast.
Facebook Poster: Couldn't agree more
Facebook Poster : He acknowledged the fuel mileage part of her "win" but he forgot to mention it was the only split race in the history of Indycar
Facebook Poster: Excellent. The writer says exactly what I and millions of other fans think. Thank you for posting this. I love it when people who actually know what they are talking about put people like DW in their place.
Darrell Waltrip has for years been a self-serving loudmouth pain in the behind to the masses of NASCAR fans out there that don’t find incessant hours of Waltrip entertaining or informative. Danica Patrick has for years, be it in IndyCar or the Nationwide Series, set records for being the most celebrated, acclaimed and admired driver to have a resume consisting of a single fuel mileage win in open wheel and a handful of top 10s in stock car racing. Combined, the two have proved that mixing poisons just makes a bigger mess.
Why was it necessary to show the wounded No. 10 car running alone on the race track three times over the course of the evening to discuss the importance of learning? Trevor Bayne didn’t get that quantity of air time when he came back on track with his wounded car. Joe Nemechek didn’t get any sort of mention at all, except for once late in the race when the pack came barreling by.
Why see the No. 10 car being repaired every 10 minutes, when the lap 2 wreck that took out the green car also took out Kurt Busch (definitely didn’t see the same meticulous analysis of repairs given to the No. 51). Why was it necessary to have a post-race interview with the freaking 38th place finisher?! If Michael McDowell had only been so lucky, he’d have been racing full-time years ago.
And how could anybody in their right mind sit there with a straight face and talk about how Jimmie Johnson had clearly learned from Danica Patrick to remove his hands from the steering wheel during a hard wreck? (well, to be fair, Darrell’s arguably not in his right mind, he seems to think he’s a good broadcaster.) Dario Franchitti, Sam Hornish Jr., Jacques Villeneuve, Tony Stewart and the legions of other open wheelers that have been in NASCAR for a long time must have just been lucky in their open-wheel careers to avoid broken wrists.
Darrell Waltrip and FOX’s fixation with the driver of the No. 10 goes beyond even what was seen during ESPN’s coverage of her Nationwide debut two years ago, to the level that SPEED demonstrated during their laughable excuse for coverage of Danica’s ARCA race at Daytona; biased, exaggerated, unrelenting adoration. Coupled with the omissions from Monday’s broadcast (Robby Gordon was not mentioned once over the course of nearly six hours on the air after blowing the same engine he struggled to make the 500 with), and it’s abundantly clear FOX wasn’t just telling the big story.
They were playing favorites. FOX Sports needs an ombudsman, fast.
Facebook Poster: Couldn't agree more
Facebook Poster : He acknowledged the fuel mileage part of her "win" but he forgot to mention it was the only split race in the history of Indycar
Facebook Poster: Excellent. The writer says exactly what I and millions of other fans think. Thank you for posting this. I love it when people who actually know what they are talking about put people like DW in their place.
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