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Danica Patrick questions need for NASCAR diversity program
Fox News Online ^ | Oct. 27, 2014 | Fox News

Posted on 10/27/2014 7:17:04 PM PDT by rabidralph

Danica Patrick has revved up some controversy, questioning whether NASCAR needs its Drive for Diversity program, which aims to increase female and minority participation in the racing car series.

“I have never benefited from the Diversity program,” Patrick said on Friday after a reporter from the Danville (Va.) Register and Bee asked her about diversity in stock car racing. NASCAR honored Wendell Scott, the only African-American to win in its top-level series, at its event in Martinsville, Va., this past weekend. Scott, who was born in Danville, won a Grand National (predecessor to Sprint Cup) race in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1963. Darrell Wallace, Jr., took the checkered flag at the Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville in 2013, becoming only the second African American to win a race in one of NASCAR's national series, and repeated the feat on Saturday in a truck wearing Scott's number and paint scheme.

Patrick cut short a follow-up question about what needs to be done for more women to enter NASCAR, saying, “Well, clearly then I wouldn’t think that there needs to be a diversity program if I’m here and I didn’t get in.

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KEYWORDS: danicapatrick; diversity; nascar
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To: fungoking
Would a regular guy or an ugly girl have the ride Danica has with the same lack of victories?

About half the drivers out there.

Michael Waltrip went some 800 races before his first win.
21 posted on 10/27/2014 7:33:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Aria

22 posted on 10/27/2014 7:33:24 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: driftdiver

“Cant anyone who can put a team together and drive competitively race in nascar?”

And be able to qualify for a race position, as I understand it. To my knowledge, there is no limit on starting a team. A wad of cash, and a driver who can get ‘er done. I think one litmus test is poor grammar. But Nascar isn’t exactly an inner city sport, and it doesn’t appeal to women that much.

They are creating an issue that so far no one seems to know exists. Seriously, certain culture groups simply have their chosen past times. Some cross such boundaries, like football and baseball, but others don’t. Blacks have basketball, though some whites and ‘others’ enjoy it. Whites have nascar. Not because me ‘made’ it ours, but because for the most part, other groups weren’t really all that interested.


23 posted on 10/27/2014 7:33:27 PM PDT by LevinFan
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To: rabidralph
that if someone works hard, they will get their reward

Big talk from someone who landed a top-tier NASCAR ride due to her skills as a soft-porn TV pitchbabe.

24 posted on 10/27/2014 7:34:49 PM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
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To: fungoking

You mean like Joe Nemecheck or Dick Trickle?


25 posted on 10/27/2014 7:34:59 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: fungoking

“Would a regular guy or an ugly girl have the ride Danica has with the same lack of victories?”

I’m no Danica fan, and think she gets a lot more attention than her skills deserve, but most drivers go a long time between wins. Even the good ones.


26 posted on 10/27/2014 7:35:15 PM PDT by LevinFan
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To: rabidralph

Ms. Stenhouse, (Fellow driver Ricky Stenhouse is her boyfriend) I believe that you might cause NASCAR fits... of course, your boss (Tony Stewart) is as outspoken, too. We need more outspoken drivers...


27 posted on 10/27/2014 7:37:21 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: fungoking

Check the stats, Danica is a good journeyman driver. Same as 75%-80% of the other drivers.

She is popular because she is attractive and a racer. Not just a woman racer, but a racer. From me that is a high complement.


28 posted on 10/27/2014 7:38:14 PM PDT by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: fungoking

Yes, he does...his name is Dale Earnhardt, Jr.


29 posted on 10/27/2014 7:39:57 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: rabidralph
You mean like Joe Nemecheck or Dick Trickle?

Nobody gave Joe that ride. He built it.

30 posted on 10/27/2014 7:40:08 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: PROCON
We need transgender drivers driving Trans-Ams, only fair...

...and I thought a tranny was something with gears in it.

31 posted on 10/27/2014 7:40:53 PM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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To: rabidralph

Good for her. We like to joke alot about her here, and I do not appreciate her being with low-class GoDaddy and posing gratuitously for them, but good that she goes against the grain.


32 posted on 10/27/2014 7:41:30 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: rabidralph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuEO6K6ktLA


33 posted on 10/27/2014 7:41:40 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: rabidralph

She surprised the hell out of me Sunday.

She doesn’t want any special crap from the left wing.

Her performance at Martinsville Speedway was impressive.

Work Hard and MAKE IT HAPPEN!


34 posted on 10/27/2014 7:42:14 PM PDT by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

Ido not think so. She was a pretty big name before NASCAR, having been in Indy. I do not remember her doing those ads until after she was well into it.


35 posted on 10/27/2014 7:43:39 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: tacticalogic

Alan Kulwiki was the first of the owner drivers.

Harry Gant was an oddball. He didn’t love racing despite being very good at it. He said he preferred being on a tractor.


36 posted on 10/27/2014 7:43:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: fungoking
Would a regular guy or an ugly girl have the ride Danica has with the same lack of victories?

When you consider her finishes,

Yes

37 posted on 10/27/2014 7:44:56 PM PDT by pandemoniumreigns
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To: fungoking

Danica seems to understand something that only a select few of the Male racers in NASCAR do well.

MARKETING.... And bringing your own money with you.

When Danica takes the lead, every female in the stands cheers for her. I’ve seen it personally. The only one the crowd cheers louder for is Dale Jr.. And she has improved greatly in the second half of the season.

“Would a regular guy or an ugly girl have the ride Danica has with the same lack of victories?”

You mean a “Regular Guy” like J.J. Yeley? Or Paul MENARD? Or Brendon Gaughan? The ONLY reason that they have rides, at all, is because of the big money behind them personally.


38 posted on 10/27/2014 7:46:05 PM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

Has Danica won a race?

Yet she gets 90% of media coverage in NASCAR

She has benefitted greatly from the affirmative action media


39 posted on 10/27/2014 7:48:40 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: pandemoniumreigns

BTTT!


40 posted on 10/27/2014 7:51:23 PM PDT by eyedigress (e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
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