Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:37 am
Multi-part posting, rah..........rah wrote:Ok, whats this about that Danica having a go at our Ryan. Sure he has had a few offs, but he is not that bad. Is she just upset that he qualified better than she did without a full time IRL drive?
I am throwing down the gauntlet. I pick Briscoe over Patrick. Willing to bet sigs.
~~10 days ago in the Chicago Tribune, Danica Patrick was quoted as saying the following towards Ryan Briscoe i.e. his qual. effort of 7th for the 500..........
My guess....she still remembers' Ryan's bonehead move at Infineon back in 2005 and is sending a not-so-subtle message towards Briscoe.....adding insult to injury were additional remarks towards Briscoe from Andretti-Green Racing ALMS pilot Marino Franchitti, who IIRC got punted by Briscoe at St. Pete during the ALMS race last month; when he was asked about it, he replied,He is fast; there's no doubt about it. But whether or not he can get that together, finish the race and be smart, that's the other half of it.
~~It's not that she's upset Briscoe's one spot ahead of her on the grid; it's more like surprise and shock that it's a Penske satellite entry(which is what Luczo-Dragon Racing is..... ) ahead of her rather than a works Penske entry(both of which were expected to start up front anyway). There's probably also a little bit of anger as well in her remarks; when the 6 pm starter's gun went off last Saturday(back on 12 May) AGR had been in the process of withdrawing her time from the grid and sending her out on a last-second run for the pole(a/la Kanaan's run minutes before); from all accounts, odds on pitlane were better than 50-50 that, based on the practice times she'd run late Saturday in btwn. qual. runs from other drivers, she could've challenged for pole potentially........Typical Ryan; my brother told me he was braindead.......he just doesn't learn no matter how many times you tell him.
~~As for your qauntlet, rah.......I've already changed my sig for the weekend; tell you what.....Ryan does better than Danica, I'll pick up the tab at the Idiots Bar for the month of June; if Danica does better than Ryan, you pick up the tab next month......
~~As for who I think will win "the Greatest Spectacle in Racing" Sunday..........GO DANICA!!