On Saturday, Shawna Robinson, who became the first woman to win a pole
in March 1994 at Atlanta, posted the following message on her Facebook
page:
"OK I've held it in long enough!!! It's not that hard to qualify at
Daytona or Talladega!! Race, draft yes …qualifying is CAR! If only POLAROID
would have been the event sponsor and I was driving for Tony!!"
Robinson was referring to Danica Patrick, who won the pole for
Saturday's series season opener at Daytona International Speedway. Her reference
to Tony Stewart is likely related to Patrick's Sprint Cup Series team, but in
the Nationwide series Patrick drives for JR Motorsports, owned in part by driver
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
In fairness Patrick did assign much of the credit for the pole-winning
run to crew chief Tony Eury Jr. and her team for building a fast car.
Robinson made 61 starts in what is now the Nationwide Series, winning
one pole and one Top-10 finish, a 10th in 1994 at Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Meow.
ReplyDeleteShawna...and where are you now?? Only one pole and one top 10 finish? Apparently you were mediocre, at best.SOMEONE'S JUST A TAD BIT JEALOUS!
ReplyDeleteDanica already has a higher best finish in Nationwide with a 4th. Shawna, it's a different time and Danica is now and she's also a better driver.
ReplyDeleteJust the way it is.
She actually did win a Daytona Dash race at the New Asheville Speedway in the early 90's. A very hard track to drive.
ReplyDeleteShawna was the first and only woman to win a race in a NASCAR touring series. FYI.
Mediocre, huh? Sounds just like Patrick's career.
ReplyDeleteDanica has better cars than shawna did, Danica should be in the top 5 in every race.
ReplyDeleteDanica is an average driver. In the indy series they comment on all he top ten finishes that is easy when you have a feild of 18 to 20 cars.
ReplyDeleteevery one is on the Bandwagon because she is female and has GO DADDY as a sponsor. If it was not for that she would not have a ride