Joe Soriano
O.J. LewisOh Danica!
May 31st 2010 01:21
Danica was supposed to be the International Racing League’s savior, although series officials would never admit this. She was supposed to drum up a new kind of energized fan base. However, to this point the only thing she has drummed up are hits to GoDaddy.com.
After six seasons of competition, Danica has one win and three other top three finishes to her credit. Baseball has a term for those pitchers who have one win in six seasons… unemployed.
Danica has relied on gender to gain support, not statistics. I understand that every athlete will have their set of fans who support them through out their career, but most of them do not need to remove most of their clothing during the Super Bowl in order to gain popularity.
Danica finished today’s Indy 500 in 5th place thanks to some help on the last lap. Tony Kanaan ran out of gas and Mike Conway was involved in one of the worst IRL wrecks I have ever seen. These, and only these, series of events let Danica retain a respectable finish.
As a fan of NASCAR, I can only hope that Danica stays in the IRL fulltime. There is enough shameless promotion in NASCAR these days, and we have our own group of overrated-underachievers (i.e. Dale Jr.).
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