Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
I know, it's a bit deceiving when they say someone finished 8th and you think that's where they were the whole time. Try in position to win in the last turn and they go 2 or 3 wide and you fall 3rd to 8th really fast. Earnhardt JR had a great race too and made that move from 4th to 2nd and aren't they teammates? He was like I'm going for the win, see ya.
Well, I'll say this. I watched right along with my wife and daughter all hoping she'd win even if she drives a Chevy. You wanna guess the last time they saw a race? Heck, even me. I don't watch Nascar but I'll watch the Daytona 500 maybe. I think I could point three drivers out of a crowd but thats it. But make it four now.
And I know it could be framed as girl beats discrimination in boys game or the opposite as some sort of affirmative action/ratings ploy by NASCAR, but I'll go glass half full on this one and say what she did winning the poll and racing through the day solidified her as legit race car driver. Not to mention she looked mad in that interview and was trying to control her tongue, so she wants to win. That's cool.
Pretty much describes my NASCAR attention span as the same. Right there with you--would have liked to have seen her win, and think she did well. But as she'll be the first to say, 8th isn't good enough. And even though I'm guilty of cheering for her, I find it an interesting social dynamic (even in my own mind)--she wants to be seen as just as another driver, and win on her own merits, yet she gets more attention because she's a woman. Well, in this case I'm all for both of those because she's doing the same job without any concessions (that I know of)--won the pole position even. Now, if we could only get the Army to see things this way.