Danica Patrick Needs To Gain Some Weight
Because there is never a bad reason to post pics of Danica Patrick, here we go into the world of Indy Car Racing. Yay.
According to AOL news, a recent IRL rule change will take the driver’s weight into consideration when figuring the weight of the car, a change that has Patrick steaming:
Starting this season, the minimum weight for IRL cars will include the driver, and Patrick is the series’ lightest at 100 pounds according to the 2007 media guide (which lists other female drivers Milka Duno and Sarah Fisher at 120 pounds apiece; Ed Carpenter is the heaviest at 165).
Danica made her opinion on the rule very well-known, saying:
“If someone’s going to take the hit it’s going to be me,” Patrick said Thursday. “It’s disappointing the league decided to do that. In so many other sports, athletes don’t get penalized for being too strong, or too tall or too fast.
“(It’s) just your God-given stature is being penalized. What am I going to do, though? It’s not my decision. That’s the people higher up (who) made their bed, and they’ve got to lay in it.”
Getting around the fact that Danica used the words lay and bed in a sentence, the IRL was quick to say that this rule, was not a Danica rule:
IRL spokesman John Griffin said the rule was intended to reduce the difference between the lightest and heaviest drivers, which is a gap that can range from 75 to 100 pounds.
“We want to make absolutely clear this is not a Danica rule,” Griffin said. “You look at guys like Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti, and they’re light guys.”
If by light he’s trying to say that Wheldon and Andretti have small breasts as well, I totally agree that both need implants. As for this being not a “Danica” rule, neither is a proposed rule change, that would require all female drivers named Danica, to drive without clothing. It’s on the agenda. I saw it. Hell, I voted for it. Video inside of Danica talking about cars and some other stuff.