Freakin' whiner. Hire a lighter-weight man to drive for your team then.

He's just flirting with her.

/bit Robbie Gordon fan

/big

Smookyfufu: I knew NASCAR was like this

Got nothing to do with NASCAR. Robbie Gordon, despite fielding a team and driving in NASCAR, is really an open wheel racer. He'll never be more than a mediocre stock car driver.

And while I consider Robbie Gordon to be a whiny prat, the point he's making is valid. In an indy car, that 100lbs can make a difference.

Norb: Danica will hit the wall before halfway tomorrow......it's all about the experience.

At Indy, especially.

The article says she may gain a single mile-per-hour advantage.

Drivers and teams tweak their cars within regulation to get every last possible speed boost out of it. I say Congrats to the team who hired a woman to give their car even more of a performance boost.

aybara:

Congrats to the team who hired a woman to give their car even more of a performance boost.

No, they put Danica Patrick in the seat because she's a talented and qualified racer.

In F1, they weigh the car and driver together. Then people biatch that the big guys have an advantage because they can handle the Gs better. Schumacher is no 98-lb weakling.

But I've got no sympathy for Gordon. If a hundred-pound woman (probably more like 92 when the race is over) can hack 500 miles of Gs and steering the thing in a hot cockpit wearing Nomex long johns and manages to beat him--well, she paid the same entry fee and raced by the same rules.

She recovered from a bobble that could have easily put a less talented driver into the wall, and then remained calm enough to tick off three laps faster than the pole winning speed.

If she beats you Robbie, that is why it happened.

Considering how much I like the IRL, I'll go for Patrick for the win.

He's just afraid his friends will like the new girl more than him.

doctechnical

You are mistaken. From TFA:

The IndyCar Series does not consider the weight of the driver in its race specifications. The car has to weigh at least 1,525 pounds before the fuel and driver are added

doctechnical: You may be thinking of NASCAR, where they are forced to add weight to bring it up to the minumum 3,400 pounds, based on the driver's weight. If the driver is less than 200 lbs, they pretty much have to.

I should specify Cup, not NASCAR in general of course.

Sussman: I guess this means Shaq has an unfair advantage for being huge.

As does Randy Johnson, don't forget.
Eeediot.

/would definitly hit it, she's hot.

Shiftless: This isn't NASCAR. But as a disgruntled NASCAR fan I can say that no, it's not about going faster.