ENOUGH ALREADY

ENOUGH ALREADY, July 21, 2008
This morning on ESPN, they showed a clip of IRL “star” Danica Patrick getting upset with Milka Duno. Apparently, Patrick who likes to believe she is the world’s best driver got upset that Duno got too close to her in a turn.
Patrick marched over to Duno’s pit with sunglasses on, hair perfectly in place, and likely a pr staffer on her hip and a TV camera following her. She is a media creation that since 2005 has won a total of 1 race, earlier this year in Japan. She is a figment of the media’s creation that happens to be slightly attractive but can’t drive. Earlier this year there was a lot of discussion that she might make the switch from IRL to NASCAR. I would love to see her go after Dale Earnhardt Jr, Jeff Gordon, Kyle Busch, or Tony Stewart the way she went after Duno. First though she would have to get somewhat close to those guys and that isn’t likely to happen except for when they are passing her.
Patrick gets more attention than any other driver in the IRL. Patrick is not even close to being one of the top drivers in terms of points, but she seems to be the only marketable driver that the IRL and the TV networks focus on. This is the second time that I am aware of this year that she has marched towards another drivers pit area. She also did it in Indianapolis following a slight crash coming out of the pits. That time she kept her helmet on; I guess she was going for the Darth Vader look. This time after a few seconds of Danica questioning her, Milka just threw a towel in her face. After this didn’t shut her up, Milka threw it a second time and then her crew basically turned their backs on her. Danica then questions the TV camera as to why they won’t answer her question? Is she kidding? This type of staged pr comes off as petty, childish and the equivalent of third graders. I guess that Danica believes all the hype about her and that whenever she is driving, everyone else should just get out of her way and try and let her win the race. She has let the fact that she is the only TV face of the IRL get to her. Her head seems to be the size of a watermelon and it looks like she believes everything that has shown up in print about her. Of course, ESPN had her as one of the presenters at last nights ESPY Awards that no one watched. I saw a picture of her in a grey snake skin like dress with an ugly yellowish snake skin belt and bright yellow heels. She looked like a box, since her thighs were as wide as her shoulders and her hair. Not a good look.
Let’s just remember what she is – a focus group tested, marketing guru picked pseudo athlete that is more in the league of the Anna Kournacova’s Natalie Gulbis’ of the world who have never really done anything worth while in their sports but are marketing gems.