Racing and car, well, almost everything having to do with cars, seems to be labeled in our society as things masculine, things that guys do. When you ask someone about Formula 1, they’ll likely think of square jawed, chiseled guys with accents so thick you need industrial strength blood thinner to understand. When you ask someone about Nascar they’re bound to think of hairy douche bags, I mean mustached guys like Earnhart Jr.
That has to change. I concede that there are probably more guys that have a natural disposition towards things on four wheels, but just think of how many talented young women could be out there trading paint in 800 horsepower racing cars, if it wasn’t for society’s general acceptance that girls drive MINIs and guys have the GTOs.
That of course, brings me to the topic that brought this thought to my mind in the first place: Danica Patrick’s debut in stock car racing. Known as a bombshell in a fire-retardant racing suit in the Indycar series, she recently debuted in the ARCA racing series (it is to Nascar what the NBA Development League is to the NBA), and showed her stuff. Granted she hasn’t had too much success in Indycar, but that’s not to say this girl doesn’t got some mad skills. Don’t take my word for it:
Any girl that can do that with a 3000lbs, 700 horsepower beasty, will get the blood flowing! Hotness intensified with cold metal.
On a side note, notice who was the driver that initiated what could’ve been a big wreck: Nelson Piquet Jr. This douche bag was canned from Formula 1, after exposing damning information that his team ordered him to crash on purpose so his teammate would gain places. Sure, I’m not condoning that sort of conduct, but the fact that he only brought allegations after he got fired from the team for being shit, raises my eyebrow. How bad of a racing driver do you have to be, for your team to consider you only useful as a tool to crash and bring out a caution flag? Yeah, he probably got into Formula 1 based on his father’s reputation. Douche bag. It serves him right to finish his debut in a stock car in 27th place, second to last. Oh, after the contact by Piquet that put Danica last, she charged back and finished 6th.
That said, Danica is by no means the first or the only woman that could drive rings around your flabby beer gut and big man ass:
Motorcycle douche bags overtaken. By a van.
Or maybe a can of whoopass made in Japan is more to your tastes:
Lovely car too. Other guy on the course: Pwnage.
Indeed, there were apparently 5 other women in that ARCA race, though, admittedly, none of the others had the marketability as Danica, nor the speed. So ladies, don’t be afraid to give it a go. We have too many douche bags who think they can drive. They need to be humbled.
