Comments on: Why Danica Patrick Is Not Coming To NASCAR

By: sheila

sheila — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:12:30 +0000

She won’t make it in Nascar!!!! Have no use for her at all, she needs to stay in IRL. The only win she has in Japan wasn’t even in the US, whatever. They let her win for the ratings not because she is a good driver!!! There are only 20 or so cars in IRL vs 43 cars in Nascar, come on seriously!!! I would love to see her hit Kevin Harvick, she will get hit back wheither by car or person. Alot of Nascar driver’s do not want her in the series except Tony Stewart. The only driver who has made the switch is Juan who is improving, no one else. She won’t make it in Nascar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:06:41 +0000

What was that tennis players name again? Bounced from the NHL stars bed to the POP stars bed? Massive fame horrible on the court great in the video….Pornekova or something

One things for sure, Danica’s either at or rapidly approaching a crossroads.

I’d like to see her in the Cup if she can be competitive…shes just so damn cute!! I could jus gobble her up

By: Carter

Carter — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:01:24 +0000

FACT – Danica will get “manhandled” in Cup.

By: Trenton

Trenton — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:42:39 +0000

Guess how many NASCAR drivers come race open wheel cars? None because they dont have the balls or they say it doesn’t pay enough…….sell outs!

By: Damon

Damon — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:13:56 +0000

What Jessy means by that Matt Kenseth comment is that she brings the car home in one piece and gets points, but not necessarily racing for wins like other drivers.

To throw another Nascar comparison out there, Jeff Burton.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:27:09 +0000

Jessy…

Matt Kenseth? Danica is a Matt Kenseth? Danica has more in common with Dale Earnhardt Jr. Get with the times. Which is pointed out often. The only difference is that Junior had more success when his hype was at it’s height.

By: Jessy S.

Jessy S. — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:34:55 +0000

As much as I agree with the author, Fox and others are completely right. Danica Patrick would be a total idiot to not make the move to NASCAR. She finishes in the Top 10 almost all the time and has one victory, though it did come in a fuel gamble. In short, she is the Matt Kenseth of the IRL, but the only difference is that the point systems are different. Regardless, she will go to a top team in 2010, and she will compete for wins. She may struggle in the early going, but still did Joey Lagono. She does have tracks to learn, but so did Denny Hamlin his rookie year, and nobody disputes his June Pocono victory.

By: Fox

Fox — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:58:50 +0000

Following the 2009 IRL season Danica will essentially become a free agent. Her AGR and Motorola contracts expire. She’ll listen to all offers (IRL, F1) but I’ll wager that Danica does indeed move to NASCAR and more specifically to Roush Fenway Racing. I think we’ll see her in either a Truck or Nationwide race in October or November of 2009 and at the 2010 Daytona 500.

One major thing that everyone here has missed is that the Indycar Series is in very poor financial shape. So much so in fact that Tony George has poured $250 Million of his own/family money into the series in its 13 years. The series hasn’t made a dime! Kind of makes you wish he would of left ChampCar alone. Tony George has said there won’t be a 2013 IRL season if the series continues to not make a profit. Don’t believe me? Read for yourself:

http://www.ibj.com/html/detail_page_Full.asp?content=36807

This is the main reason why I think Danica should and will move to NASCAR. Why would she want to stay in a dying series that only has three seasons to run for sure after 2009? Go to stock cars now and cash in bigtime is what I think Danica will do.

By: T.C.

T.C. — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:22:21 +0000

Goosewon: I wasn’t talking about every open wheeler to come to NASCAR. I did say in the post:

“Over the last three or four seasons we’ve seen several open wheel drivers make the jump to NASCAR.”

I was just referring to the recent open wheel invasion drivers. I know that Stewart is a multi-time champion that came from IndyCars. I also know that Robby Gordon came to NASCAR from open wheel racing, and he has a few wins himself. But those two drivers weren’t part of the invasion.

By: Goosewon

Goosewon — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:52:09 +0000

Just to inform you. The number of one win for open wheeler is wrong. …. You are forgetting TONY STEWART is an open wheeler that went to NASCAR.