scotaku wrote:
When the video of the confrontation is hosted by IndyCar.com, yes I begin thinking IndyCar is trying to gain attention for itself.
Danica needs to wake up to a few facts, the least of which is Milka Duno's experience. Racing and, ahem, winning since 2000, Milka has it all over Danica. focusing strictly on this incident, Saturday, Danica needs to clue in to the fact that it was practice; as in getting her own act together in dealing with slower traffic ahead... under any conditions.
With one win and thousands of lefts under her belt, she still needs to develop the ability to adapt if she hopes to collect another trophy. Then again, anyone believing the "I can't help it if you're slow," comment was not just for the cameras, I've got some great deals on beachfront lots in Idaho to share with you.
A few points to consider:
Milka "may" have rather more experience, but she is notoriously slow. She's regularly the slowest qualifier and racer in the Indy Car field. She has been parker by officials because she was so far off the pace that she was a danger to the other competitors. Danica's on-track Indy Car performance is stellar in comparison.
Milka's most recent "wins" have come in the Grand Am series, where her sponsor dollars allowed her to be teamed with great sports car drivers (i.e. Andy Wallace). The strategy was always to have her drive for the minimum-required time, pull her out and let her co-driver storm about trying to make up the time she lost. BTW, there weren't that many wins in Grand Am.
Danica is a prima donna hothead and uses the cameras to her (and Indy Car's) advantage - extra media exposure. The series tacitly condones her behavior because it gets air-time it otherwise wouldn't. It's the old adage about bad publicity is better than no publicity.
As far as on-track performance in practice, well there is still an expectation that all competitors will be attempting to reach racing speeds as soon as possible. Some may take a few exploratory laps, but are expected to watch their mirrors so they don't get in the way of faster drivers. Milka apparently wasn't paying too much attention in that area. Perhaps she was too pre-occupied, but that's not a good excuse for a "professional" driver under any conditions. Then again, that's part of her earned reputation.
Actually, the "I can't help it if you're slow" remark was hilarious and likely was appreciated by all the other drivers, with the possible exception of Roth; he's only marginally faster than Milka. But that comment, it rang oh, so true.
Danica is an OK racer who gets some results and tons of publicity. Her tirades are tiresome, though.
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