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Danica update...
WTHR Channel 13 just said during their 6 pm news cast that Danica is "out shopping for a Nascar ride". She was taking a tour of Tony Stewerts shop in Nashville on tuesday. Showed a lot of interest.
Any thoughts on this? Good team to drive for if she is going to switch, Tony is doing pretty good this year.
Any thoughts on this? Good team to drive for if she is going to switch, Tony is doing pretty good this year.
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Permalink Reply by Dan Maple on -
By the way, there was a very good discussion today on 1070 with Eddie White and Bruce Martin from SI.com. If you want to listen to it, go to www.1070thefan.com and click on the podcast of this. Good points on Danica and the IRL.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Huntington on -
No one knows what Danica will ultimately do but she has IMG as her negotiator (they handle Tiger and both Manning bros) and she is in demand in both leagues simply because she is Danica, even though she has never driven one of the taxis and only has a single win in IRL. Those of us the value her and want to keep her in open wheel, hope Ganassi offers her a contract, which would be win win for her, to be teamed again with Dario, on a team that consistently fields winning cars/drivers and she can also get her feet wet in the taxi league, driving for Ganassi there. Right now she is doing what any prudent person in her position would do and that is getting face/name time and generating buzz. Tony has been a long time Danica fan/supporter and had extended an open invite for her to visit. It is clear at this point that AGR is a dead end for her and in general, which is unfortunate.
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Permalink Reply by xorpheous on -
On the nose, Jim. Danica is out trying to drive up her market value in a contract year. My money is on her being in a 3rd TCGR car next season.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Huntington on
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Yup, ATB, she is a money magnet and she draws flies wanting whatever residual honey they can get. It will be a real test of character for her, this decision. One of the things that few have mentioned is that she has always been one to take on challenges that not many outside her family think she can conquer and regardless of what she knows of and from Hornish and Dario, she may think she can drive one of those tubs and be competitive. She has proven that she can handle a Honda Dallara better than about twenty other people currently driving them. Right now, I am hoping and counting on her with Ganassi next year and having the option of easing into the taxi business slowly, if she chooses but going full out to see just how far she can push herself in OW.
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