Danica at Indy 2005 - Race Day

This was one amazing race.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Indy
• 500
• Danica
• Patrick

[nickyp28]

I miss that G-Force/Panoz chassis

[MotorsportLegends]

@nickyp28 The way the sidepods arched up from the chassis it always reminded me of a F-14 Tom Cat

[joelapo123]

Third best 500?

1-1992

2-2006

3-2005

[MotorsportLegends]

That's how I would rank them.

Also, I don't see them topping off her tanks during the front nose cone change.  If that was indeed the case it probably cost the team the race.

[Digitalbumpin]

She is a novelty.

Dan Weldon dominated her when it counted.

[MotorsportLegends]

Dan Wheldon should have been issues a stop-and-go penalty for playing games with the field by causing an accordian effect.

[sublimeade]

@TheFuturedh Best woman driver = 1st prize at the demolition derby.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@Pardo217Patrick: Look, it had to be devastating though... Think about it: 12 hours earlier, they were partying and talking and having a great time, as it was Danica's 24th birthday. And the next morning, Paul dies... She just HAD to be badly shaken after it... But I trust her, and I know that she can do great in 2011.

My 3 wishes for Danica in 2011 are:

1st: to get a win in Indycar.

2nd: to have consistent solid runs in NASCAR.

3rd: to become even more aggresive than in years past.

[TheFuturedh]

and people say she has no talent are you serious she is the best woman driver ever!!!

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@Pardo217Patrick: You may be right, and I could be wrong about it, but think about it: Paul was her team-mate, and, I guess, a friend of hers. I still believe that this crash could be haunting her, but she may be starting to get over it. I heard her interview after Homestead and she seemed to be really confident about 2011. What she needs is confidence, I believe, and she could do miracles!!! Plus a few clean, solid races in NASCAR to start the season, that brings momentum.

[Pardo217Patrick]

@PhilipTheBigOne So, Paul Dana's fatal crash is the reason why Danica isn't agresive in the race track. Ok, but if she wants race in NASCAR, don't show or tell her about the Carlos Pardo, Eric Martin or Dale Earnhardt fatal crashes. If Danica still remember that tragedy, she's finish, her best moment is over.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

I think I know why we don't see the Danica of 2005. And it has nothing to do with something in the present. The reason is a man named Paul Dana. He died at Homestead in 2006, the opening race. He was Danica's teammate. I think this crash still haunts her. That's maybe why she is trying the transfer to NASCAR, you have to admit that it is safer. Man I wish that Danica can remember her 2005 self and beat everyone's... She has the ability, does she have the will?

[Pardo217Patrick]

A new motorsport legend has borned.

[Villeneuve27]

@nascarsignore you're right, I was trying not to be too ridiculous, maybe 11th or 12th best.

[nascarsignore]

@Villeneuve27 bullshit. she really isnt that good. she has Andretti chassis and is running 20th, 21st each race