[HEY4QDEMS]

Can midget racing be far behind?

Funny you should say that.
One of the biggest beefs among other Indy drivers is her weight, (less than 100lbs), Indy rules mandate a minimum car weight excluding the driver which gives her an average weight advantage of about 60 to 75 lbs.

The experts claim that such a weight advantage with all things being equal would result in 1/40th of a second gain per lap.

I know it doesn't sound like much but in a 250 lap race, it translates into a pretty hefty handicap for heavier drivers.

[MikefromOhio]

she weighs more than 100 lbs.....

[Bender2]

Re: The experts claim that such a weight advantage with all things being equal would result in 1/40th of a second gain per lap. I know it doesn't sound like much but in a 250 lap race, it translates into a pretty hefty handicap for heavier drivers.

Whew! Don't know if I could last through 250 laps dances with her. I'd surely blow a gasket!

[Oztrich Boy]

her an average weight advantage of about 60 to 75 lbs....
I know it doesn't sound like much but in a 250 lap race, it translates into a pretty hefty handicap for heavier drivers.

Average weight advatage. Most competative drivers drivers are about 50 lbs heavier than her. The ones complaining weigh about 200lbs. Which means the good drivers have the same advantage against them as Daniaca has against the drivers not complaining.

And if you are going to make the weight issue "fair", what about corecting for lower female upper body strength? Which would be an issue even if Danica wasn'r a tiny slip of a girl.
Or we could ignore the whole thing and just let them race.

And as the picture rule applies

Oh she has "man" hands (posted so the people who notice that won't have to post)

[Polybius]

One of the biggest beefs among other Indy drivers is her weight, (less than 100lbs), Indy rules mandate a minimum car weight excluding the driver which gives her an average weight advantage of about 60 to 75 lbs. The experts claim that such a weight advantage with all things being equal would result in 1/40th of a second gain per lap.

Why don't they simply add weight as they do in horse racing?

Thoroughbred racing abides by a traditional scale of weights. In Triple Crown Races, which are exclusively for 3-year-olds, each horse carries 126 pounds. Fillies get a 5-pound allowance. These are minimum weights. For example, if the jockey weighs 120 pounds, lead inserts totaling 6 pounds are attached to the saddle.