Oh Danica. Damn it Jr had a real good chance.

Danica is lucky as shiat that car turned and didn't go into the barrier nose first. I don't care how safe the barriers are, that could have been fatal.

Thank goodness for those Safer barriers and the head and neck restraints. Years ago a crash like that could easily have been - and sometimes WAS - fatal.

9beers: OK who is Danica going to stomp her feet and point her finger at?

I dunno, maybe Aric Alimrola, who came down and knock her clear off the track? Possibly?


Geez. Guy wrecks: "Oh, too bad. Some other jackass driver caused it." Danica wrecks: "SO, who's she going to BLAME this time?"

Seriously.

Was that on purpose so her boss could win?

That slow mo replay with her car going into the SAFER just looks like it hurt.

Nice move with taking her hands off the wheel before impact. First time I think I've seen that in NASCAR.

That was an amazingly hard crash. Don't like the hype she carries, but never want to see a driver hurt.

FiendishFellow05: 9beers: OK who is Danica going to stomp her feet and point her finger at?

I dunno, maybe Aric Alimrola, who came down and knock her clear off the track? Possibly?


Geez. Guy wrecks: "Oh, too bad. Some other jackass driver caused it." Danica wrecks: "SO, who's she going to BLAME this time?"

Seriously.

Actually, blame McMurray, who set off a chain reaction by making a move without thinking about it. Nice going, dopey.

yeesh.

Robby Gordon's in the 500 - the crashing fun has been doubled!

Damn, that rash looks harder every time they show it. Amazing how well the barriers work. I still question what would have happened if she would have went straight into it going that fast.

i also one of the people who had to do mrn/race buddy because nascar is cracking down hard on streamers before daytona.

anyone have a speed stream?

crash

Whoa Speed, audio and video off a bit?

And now Danica managed to crash the camera.

penguin31: Robby Gordon's in the 500 - the crashing fun has been doubled!

If Mikey can somehow buy his way into the race we'll get something like this: Link (new window)

Tony dissing Gatorage on MRN: "It should be Coke victory lane."
I wonder if he will still cash the check for winning the race?

I can't believe Robby Gordon made it into the 500. Figured he was going home.

Lots of pointing fingers going on in this Danica Patrick interview. *rolls eyes*

ok hun, it was nice to let you in big cars...but two hands to the helmet .....wow

When does the second duel start?

vegaswench: FiendishFellow05: I can't believe Robby Gordon made it into the 500. Figured he was going home.

Lots of pointing fingers going on in this Danica Patrick interview. *rolls eyes*

According to MRN and twitter, it really wasn't her fault this time.

Welcome to NASCAR at Daytona, Danica...

I know, I was watching on TV. My point was people were expecting her to come out pointing fingers and blaming people, when in fact it was not her fault. And not only did she not do that, she gave a calm, collected interview.

9beers: When does the second duel start?

MRN says 20 minutes after completion of first. But then they had cleanup, so I'm gonna go with...

SOON.

Lil' Max Meatboots: ok hun, it was nice to let you in big cars...but two hands to the helmet .....wow

i think theyre taught to do that.

Lil' Max Meatboots: ok hun, it was nice to let you in big cars...but two hands to the helmet .....wow

Wait, are you criticizing her for taking her hands off the wheel before impacting the wall?

WTF is up with Speed's audio/video sync during the interviews?

Lil' Max Meatboots: ok hun, it was nice to let you in big cars...but two hands to the helmet .....wow

As someone said above, it's something carried over from open wheel racing. If you don't let go of the wheel in open wheel racing, you risk breaking your thumbs.

And to that point, even other NASCAR people are praising her for that move(Kevin Hamlin, Jeff Hammond), so take a hike, asshole.

9beers: Lil' Max Meatboots: ok hun, it was nice to let you in big cars...but two hands to the helmet .....wow

Wait, are you criticizing her for taking her hands off the wheel before impacting the wall?

maybe you don't impact the wall if you don't take 2 hands off the wheel....I dunno

In open wheel racing in particular, but even in stock cars, if your hands are still on the wheel when you go plowing into a wall at 150+ MPH, it's incredibly easy to break your wrists/arms. Hence, most open wheel drivers - especially in the current era - are taught to remove their hands from the wheel when it becomes clear they're going to impact and the car is uncorrectable.

But where do your put your hands? In open wheel cars, there really are only three places your hands/arms can even go: On the wheel, which is right out. To the sides - which in a hard impact can cause them to get hit by debris, smashed into a wall, or ripped from the socket. Only other place is flat against the head and upper torso, which gets them out of the impact zone, reduces debris exposure, and acts as a tertiary restraint and protection for the head.

On camera, especially in a stock car, it *looks* like an "OH NO I'M CRASHING!!!111 (panic)" type reaction. But in reality, especially for someone who came in through modern era open wheel, it's more of an "I don't particularly want any maiming or shattered broken bones" reaction"

Lil' Max Meatboots: maybe you don't impact the wall if you don't take 2 hands off the wheel....I dunno

At 180 miles per hour, turning the wheel isn't doing much after losing control like that.