Who's tired of Danica Patrick confronting other drivers and just how overrated is she as a driver?

Question

With Patrick confronting every driver that she has a problem with, is it now clear that she's actually an overrated driver in the IRL that couldn't stand a chance against the better drivers in the world such as NASCAR and Formula One.

Answer 1

no, it is not clear that she is "overrated" because of this. she may be more popular than her results warrant, but so is dale earnhardt junior in nascar. for years he has been the most popular driver but didn't have the results to back that adoration up with his skills on the track - and i like junior. jimmie johnson, jeff gordon, and tony stewart have all been kicking @$$ and taking names for years now and have the championships (multiple) to show how talented they are - and none of them are anywhere near as popular as junior.

to me you are describing tony stewart or a handful of other drivers who take it upon themselves to school the "less-talented." and less-talented DEFINES milka duno. she may have four master's degrees, but the only thing she's good for when betting on a race is to pick an "over-under" number for which lap she will total herself on.

and that "altercation" - weak on milka's part. yeah, she was probably feeling inferior as a driver already and probably didn't need danica AND the cameras there, but still - to throw your towel twice and yell "go away" then hide behind crewmen was completely childish. i don't care who had come over to talk to her, you don't act that way.

and if she was a danger on the track during practice, if no one else came to discuss it with her, then good for danica for doing so. i'm sure she was blocking others/getting in their way but no one else had the cojones to confront milka about it - they were probably afraid they'd be seen as picking on a woman. but danica did. she's got cojones enough to confront anyone who "wrongs her," even if she's wrong. not like those scenarios haven't played out time and time again involving men.

Answer 2

i must say, give danica a ride in NASCAR and i bet she'll place better than most of the other drivers.. except for power houses like hendrix, roush etc. nascar drivers aren't the greatest in the world by a long shot, but they are some good drivers no dout..so dont get me wrong

F1 and nascar belong in 2 completely different category's as well. theres no comparing the 2 lmfao

also, she may be overrated but look what shes driving in.. seems to me she doesn't have the cajones to go all out in an open wheeled car. i would like to see how she does in a nascar.. that would be interesting. would also be funny to see tony stewart push her to the ground if she ever did this c**p to him, lol

Answer 3

I just watched a video of how she just confronted another driver (I forgot her name!)....how dare she go up to that woman??!!   She could have handled it differently, now she looks like an underrated wannabe diva.....

Answer 4

Danica Patrick seems to thrive on attention. She knows if she "fly's off the handle" the cameras will be there. I'm surprised she doesn't jump all over her crew afterwards for a bad pit-stop.

Answer 5

Patrick does NOT act any different that any other male driver in similar circumstances.

Famous racing hotheads:

Senna

Mansell

Hunt

and countless NASCRAP drivers.

At least Patrick doesn't stand at the side of the track shaking her fist or throwing her helmet at other cars.

But because she's a woman, we get a bunch of morons focusing on that.

Answer 6

She is no more overrated than Marco Andretti same number of wins, just that he can rarely bring the car home and wrecks his own team mates.

She does know how to drive, she just has problems stalling in pits, blowing restarts... She is only 26.

Scott Dixon is a year older,  a better driver and more wins.

Ryan Briscoe is the same age has only 2 wins.

Ryan Hunter Reay a year older only one win.

Helio had one win as a 26 year old (the Indy 500)

Tony Kanaan took awhile to be as good as he is now.

Answer 7

she is clearly the most overrated and overtalked about driver.  During today's race, she pits from 14th place and the announcers are all over it, saying "ooh this could be big, she can go all the way now"...all the way to what?  Twelfth?

Answer 8

Milka Duno punked and served her in one shot.  You asked for it Danica, and you got what you deserved!!!  Awesome shot Milka!!!!!!

Answer 9

Danica Patrick seems to have a problem controlling her Irish temper. If this were any other sport where the same person continued to confront their peers while angry, the fans would call them a bad sport and they would be issued a fine or suspended by management as punishment depending on the severity of the violation. The same thing needs to happen to Danica so she'll stop "flying off the hook" when she's frustrated and yes, I do think she's overrated. The same thing happened with Michelle Wie, Anna Kournikova, and Michelle Kwan who couldn't bring home the gold.

Answer 10

I am so tired of her antics, IRL might need to fine her or suspend her to calm her little butt down. I think its so funny that shes always looking for a confrontation, and when she got one from another woman, she was so fast to back down. Walking up to a man and talking c**p knowing he cant and wont do anything is one thing, but she had a towel thrown in her face, twice, by a woman and she did nothing but say "I just wanna talk, I just wanna know if she saw me." I heard Duno say at least twice "yes I saw you" but Patrick kept on. I think that showed that Patrick is just wanting some camera time or something by pulling these little immature tricks. When she got some static back, she punked out. I just wish she would stop embarassing herself and her "sport".