# Danica Patrick into the wall. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 25, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011 "2012-02-25T23:45:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/21 "2012-02-28T00:30:46Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Welcome to Daytona, Danica. At least they can dump their script now and tell me about more than one driver in the race. I sure wish they could come up with a way to race without crashing every twenty laps. It didn’t use to be this way. It’s difficult to convince non-fans that driving a race car takes a lot of skill when the “best” drivers can’t keep from hitting each other. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/22 "2012-02-28T00:36:09Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > At least they can dump their script now and tell me about more than one driver in the race. > > I sure wish they could come up with a way to race without crashing every twenty laps. It didn’t use to be this way. It’s difficult to convince non-fans that driving a race car takes a lot of skill when the “best” drivers can’t keep from hitting each other. The sponsors are going to start talking with their $$ if this keeps up. I wonder how much money [GoDaddy.com](http://GoDaddy.com) spent on advertising during the telecast? It’s probably worth about 10% of what it was 10 minutes ago. It’s as if every pro golfers bag is loaded with a charge and 10 of them go off randomly during each round, knocking the players out of the tournament. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/23 "2012-02-28T01:50:54Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > It’s as if every pro golfers bag is loaded with a charge and 10 of them go off randomly during each round, knocking the players out of the tournament. Welcome to the Mythbusters National Pro/Am. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/24 "2012-02-28T02:00:33Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I sure wish they could come up with a way to race without crashing every twenty laps. It didn’t use to be this way. When was that? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/25 "2012-02-28T02:06:09Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I sure wish they could come up with a way to race without crashing every twenty laps. It didn’t use to be this way. It’s been this way since they started restrictor plate racing on the superspeedways. Makes all the cars too much the same and they get bunched together causing more accidents. Dale Jr. hates it and has been outspoken about it as well as other drivers. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/26 "2012-02-28T02:16:39Z")
Don’t recall seeing it before on in-car videos, but FOX had a camera in-car on Jimmie Johnson during the first lap wreck at Daytona [Look for the in-car from Jimmie about the 2:38 mark](http://www.nascar.com/video/post-race/highlights/120227/cup-day-high-six/index.html) hands off the wheel, arms crossed over the chest, one hell of an impact when he spins back down the track. Maybe they’ve been watching Danica. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/27 "2012-02-28T02:53:00Z")
OK, that’s new. I’ve never seen a jet-dryer on fire before. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/28 "2012-02-28T02:59:56Z")
That was one heck of a fire. I wonder how damaged the track is. ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/29 "2012-02-28T03:27:26Z")
Heh heh, Brad Keselowski is tweeting from his car during the red flag. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/30 "2012-02-28T04:01:19Z")
Just got home. WTF was the jet truck doing on the track when race cars were out? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/31 "2012-02-28T04:04:25Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Just got home. WTF was the jet truck doing on the track when race cars were out? Blowing debris off while under caution. Montoya was following an inside line at speed to catch up to the pack when something broke. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/32 "2012-02-28T04:06:57Z")
Is Danica going to the bathroom, or what? Stripping off her coveralls while walking behind the wall. I guess she doesn’t have the empty soda bottle solution. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/33 "2012-02-28T04:11:00Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Is Danica going to the bathroom, or what? Stripping off her coveralls while walking behind the wall. I guess she doesn’t have the empty soda bottle solution. Has to film a Go Daddy as? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/34 "2012-02-28T04:13:22Z")
Ad damn it. Ad ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/35 "2012-02-28T04:42:05Z")
I don’t think Indians cursed Talladega, but I’m convinced something has cursed Daytona the past several years. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/36 "2012-02-28T04:45:35Z")
It’s certainly been an odd race. Rain delay, a wreck in lap 2 that takes out some of the big names, engines and cars failing (apparently) because sitting out since yesterday got enough moisture into the instrument panel to screw things up, then a collision with a jet dryer and a fire on the track. The amazing thing is that no one got more than shook up or had the wind knocked out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/37 "2012-02-28T05:03:44Z")
Any bets if the track is raceable? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/38 "2012-02-28T05:10:14Z")
And we are green ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/39 "2012-02-28T05:28:00Z")
I think a herd of reindeer have escaped from a nearby zoo and are going to run on to the track once they get going again. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danica-patrick-into-the-wall/614011/40 "2012-02-28T05:32:45Z")
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