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**Deengealf** · 08-19-2008, 03:39 PM

I don't know anyone that called Ashley Force's win a "gimme". Shirley Muldowney won 3 Top Fuel championships. Angelle Sampey won 3 Pro Stock Motorcycle championships. Clearly there is a notable success rate.

I think that's the thing that got me over DP's win in Motegi. Many say she lucked into it on fuel strategy, but that's a central feature of racing. Of course there was an element of luck, but why should DP be criticised for that simply because of her sex.

The fact is she's a competitve Indycar driver. That doesn't prove that a woman could do the same in F1, but it doesn't disprove the theory either.

08-19-2008, 03:39 PM	#20
Deengealf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 523 Senior Member	I don't know anyone that called Ashley Force's win a "gimme". Shirley Muldowney won 3 Top Fuel championships. Angelle Sampey won 3 Pro Stock Motorcycle championships. Clearly there is a notable success rate. I think that's the thing that got me over DP's win in Motegi. Many say she lucked into it on fuel strategy, but that's a central feature of racing. Of course there was an element of luck, but why should DP be criticised for that simply because of her sex. The fact is she's a competitve Indycar driver. That doesn't prove that a woman could do the same in F1, but it doesn't disprove the theory either.
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