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Old 09-20-09 | 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BarracksSi
Right. I mean, she's still a good driver (you don't get to race IRL if you're slow), but in that league, her results are pretty blah, and she's made some boneheaded mistakes like the infamous nearly-full-speed spin into a safety vehicle.

She's not even the only female driver out racing now, and other women have placed better, more often, than she ever has.

She's famous for her looks, and infamous for her driving -- which, to me, diminishes the sport itself.

At least nobody takes her seriously and instead recognizes that she's more of a marketing tool than anything else.

*edit* forgot to distill my beef:
She's being treated differently because she's a woman. Can that be called "equality"?
Shirley Muldowney > Danica (and about 99.9% of any car racers).

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