To the Indy Racing League, size matters
- added March 28, 2008
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Its about time.
Obviously Mr Johnson the author of the linked article has never been involved in a professional racing series, his saying this rule is "absurd" shows how little he knows.
In every racing series I was involved in, the weight of the driver and car was a standard rule ... BTW... F1 weighs driver and car,.as well as Toyota Atlantic a series in which Danica Patrick raced in a couple years back.
It is an advantage to be lighter and that is just psychics, and at the highest levels, races are won and lost by fractions of a second.
I do believe Danica Patrick is a good racing driver and she is great for the sport. She's no Michael Schumacher, but who is, besides she is a lot better to look at.
Obviously Mr Johnson the author of the linked article has never been involved in a professional racing series, his saying this rule is "absurd" shows how little he knows.
In every racing series I was involved in, the weight of the driver and car was a standard rule ... BTW... F1 weighs driver and car,.as well as Toyota Atlantic a series in which Danica Patrick raced in a couple years back.
It is an advantage to be lighter and that is just psychics, and at the highest levels, races are won and lost by fractions of a second.
I do believe Danica Patrick is a good racing driver and she is great for the sport. She's no Michael Schumacher, but who is, besides she is a lot better to look at.
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I can see how weight would matter. On the other hand, as the author points out, her lighter weight hasn't appeared to earn her a spot on the podium... This would make more sense if she was winning every race, but since she hasn't won one, I don't see why people are concerned with it?
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Well she may not have won for other reasons.We will see when everyone is the same weight how she does.
Despite what they show in the movies there is more to winning than just someone putting it to the floor...but a cougar in the car might help!
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