Was the fix in? You make the call

Funny, how NASCAR's glamior girl got the pole this weekend isn't  it.  She is now guaranteed to make the Daytona 500.  Here is a driver who has very,  very little experience in a "Stock Car" and she now has the pole guaranteeing her to  make the race.

Let's see how this works out.  Danica has the points for the car that came in 42nd last season.  So let's say she ended up 3rd in qualifying but crashed on the 1st lap of her heat race and finished dead last.  Her chances of missing the race would be very high.  Basically all that would need to  happen is 1 or 2 of the cars lower in the point to finish 15th or better and she'd be out. 

So did NASCAR protect their TV investment by allowing that car to have just a little more than everyone else?  We all know the best cheaters in the house is Hendrick Motor Sports.  And we all know NASCAR turns a blind eye to them too. 

So do you think a driver who has very little stock  car experience,  very little Daytona experience ends up on the pole for the biggest race of the  season?  Oh,  BTW don't forget she is also the new Media Darling. 

Wonder what Junior is going  to think  about him losing the media attention?  

Mikey.. the Top 6 speeds are automatically locked into the race. Frankly, with Hendrick engines, and as everyone has stated over an over, there isn't a lot you can mess up. Obviously running closer to the yellow line will theoretically pick you up time, and as they showed over and over she was lower than the others on the back stretch and in the corner. Plus she won the pole last year in Nationwide, and has run well at Daytona. I highly doubt any conspiracy theory that one can come up with are ever true.

I think its safe to take off the tin foil hat on this one.  All of the Stewart Haas cars were fast and I wouldn't exactly say qualifying at Daytona is something overly difficult.  Most of the work on being fast there is done by the crews in the shops. 

Hoosier, actually the top 8 cars are guaranteed to be in the show.  the front row positions 1-2 will start there come the 500 unless they have to go to a backup car.

Positions 31-36 is filled by the next 6 top qualifiers that don't make  the race via the qualifying races.  That means positions 3-8 are locked in as they can start no worse then 31-36. 

As for the Nationwide and last season.  Same thing there she won the pole when she had no provisional. in Hendrick equipmentm imagine that.

Funny last year when she was locked in for the 500 she quailifed what?  Oh, wait it was 29th imagine that. 

As for my conspiracy's tell me where the Hell  I can buy a Chevorlet SS, 2013 model?  Oh, Wait, you can't because there is no such thing.  Wrong again about me there my friend. 

I'm sure its a fix

Does it really matter what they call the car?  Everybody knows the only thing in common between the on track car and the production model is the name.  Its been that way for a long time now. 

You're a crazy man

She still can't drive in traffic

And now she is locked in to the Sprint Unlimited or whatever they will call it  next year

The Danica hype should die down after a few races when she finishes where most of us thinks she will, I still wish her luck though!

Mikey..When dont you have your tighty whities(or your depends) in a bunch? Everything to you is fixed or its some kind of conspirousy. What, are the great games these folks put on here rigged as well? come on dude. I dont like hendrick any more than you but geez...

She was fast at testing, fast in practice, and happened to eek it out yesterday. Its not like the boys are just gonna let her win it.

Let her have her week in the sun. We all know her chances of screwing it up are pretty good(although im hoping not)  until then...

And she never ever qualified better than 23rd last season in the same SHR cars.  NASCAR touting a car that doesn't exist, Touting a driver they are shoving down our throats, making sure she is in the race and the Pole race next season. 

Also, how many people, not just me have questioned this great sport ever since Mike Helton and Brian France took over.  Ratings are falling and people will tune in next week to see her hit the wall. 

Of course if they allow her to run more than one lap in the qualifying race, she will probably start in a backup car anyway as she will more  than likely wreck.

But then who can expect someone who has their fantasy woman as an AV to  be objective.

 

I say no fix. A pole is a pole. Mike Skinner won the pole for his first Daytona race. We all remember what a phenomenal success his Cup career was.

And she never ever qualified better than 23rd last season in the same SHR cars.

Man i need to keep up. Didnt know we had gen-6 cars last year.

 IMO, the "fix" has been in for the past decade. NASCAR is all hype, no action. Boring.

And she never ever qualified better than 23rd last season in the same SHR cars.

There is a MASSIVE difference in a team that's planning to run the full season vs. part time in this sport (to me, anyways).  I'm sure the people working on #10 team last season were a lot less dedicated and had a lot of personnel turnover from race to race in comparison to the full-time group she has working for her this season.  Having a consistent team that completely focused an entire off-season on getting this car prepared for Daytona can really make all the difference in the world.  There's no way you can convince me the same time, effort and dedication put forth by her current team existed when she attempted with the part-time team assembled last year.

Second, all the SHR and the members of the second Hendrick shop took 5 of the top 6 spots.  I believe that the Hendrick engine department went to town this off-season and did their homework because they had some issues last year that hurt just about all of their drivers at some point.  The way I see it is Daytona qualifying hsa a lot to do with the engine under the hood.  It changes from year to year and this season, the Hendrick engines really dominated qualifying.

The third factor that played into her getting that pole was the wind factor.  From seeing the laps of the ghost cars against Danica, it was pretty obvious that played a major factor in her earning the pole.  Unless Mike Helton can control mother nature, there's not a whole lot anyone can do there to help her out.  She just had a good draw and did what was needed to sit on the pole.  Sometimes you just need to give credit when it's due.

Loy Allen, Jr. won the pole for the 500 back in '94 I believe it was. No big deal. Fox can't possibly be more obnoxious with their Danica coverage than they were yesterday. It was so ridiculous that I'm already sick of Stenhouse, too.

lmao...get serious Mikey.  Was it a fix when Trevor Bayne won Daytona too?

The third factor that played into her getting that pole was the wind factor.  From seeing the laps of the ghost cars against Danica, it was pretty obvious that played a major factor in her earning the pole.

Yes, looking at the ghost car run Tony was actually ahead of the 10 starting down the back straight, but she flat out was faster than the 14 down that back straight and no one was catching her at that point.


Now, was it the wind, more Hendrick HP than the 39 and 14, or did they give her a little extra HP just for qualifying in the ECU unit?

Nascar could stamp this conspiracy theory out real quick by showing the ECU unit mapping chart for the #10, they have that data. But just like last years 500 finish, they (RFR and Nascar) never showed us publically the mapping if Biffle was wide open the last lap or not. 


But no doubt like Cowboy pointed out, Danica's run down the back stretch was the pole run, all HP by design, wind or on purpose through the ECU unit, will they show us....... I don't think so. But we should just trust Nascar cheating doesn't exist and the Tour De France has never doped it riders either. Spikes.          

She can take any position she wants on my pole.