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Originally Posted by indycool
The thing Danica brought to the party at Indy was a fuse-lighter. It created a focus on the race so that it actually UPGRADED attention on other angles and aspects of the "500"....
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I've posted many times on all the different things I thought the IRL and open wheel racing in general needed to get back into the American psyche, and never once did I come up with a female racer! I never would have thought that a Danica Patrick could do what she has for the Indy 500. I mean, we had Sarah Fisher - how must she be feeling these days! - and it didn't do much for rating's or interest. I guess Danica has that "look", and that appeal that Sarah just didn't have, and being on a top team with a real chance of winning certainly helped to.
Talking about ABC, I think they need another change in the booth. Todd Harris was in over his head for the 500. He was never a race commentator that I know of and it showed. His X-Games background didn't help him here, as he always sounded like he was trying to be to slick and "with it" in his comments and phrases, like "can Danica turn the trick!?" Huh? There was just to much going on, and he couldn't, or just didn't, keep up with it. In his defense, you have to have 3 guys for a big race like Indy. We need professional racing people, like Speed has. Varsha, Hobbs, and Matchett would be great!
