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Road America - 2012

Discuss the Road America race here.

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Permalink Reply by DanicaFans on June 19, 2012 at 8:57pm

A road course - this could be good.

Last year in Montreal, Danica earned a ton of respect for her performance there; no one thought she would be able to slam her car around the way she did. Sure, she finished 24th, but that was not at all indicative of the day she had. She started 25th, and raced her way up to 8th. Boiling brake fluid put her in the back of the field, and she raced her way back to 13th, with four laps to go. With two laps to go, she wheel hopped it and her teammate Ron Fellows clipped her right rear, breaking her axle. Quite the day, and a very successful one - except for the finish position. She did manage to finish on the lead lap, in spite of it all.

Oh, and she drove the last half of the race with ice bags crammed down the front of her firesuit.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Huntington on June 19, 2012 at 10:45pm

No wheel hopping....no cooked brakes...no sweat. The girl's luck HAS to turn, just like Jr's luck finally turned.

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Permalink Reply by DanicaPowerX on June 20, 2012 at 12:46am

Danica could end up being a road-ringer in the future. For some reason she is really good on the road and street courses. Interestingly enough, many people believe that she could have been a monster on the road/street courses back in IndyCar too had it not been for all those ChampCar guys coming over and her small frame giving her a disadvantage in a spec-race field.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel on June 20, 2012 at 10:48am

Right turn advantage!

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Permalink Reply by DanicaFans on June 21, 2012 at 12:32pm

Actually, the qualifying for road courses was her biggest problem in IndyCar. She actually did pretty good in the races.

Jeanette Contreras said:

This is the american SPA FRANCORCHAMPS. Is rare that DANICA has a good result in the circuits because this kind of tracks always have been a headache for her.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on June 21, 2012 at 1:02pm

If I counted correctly Danica has 15 top 10 finishes in the Indycar Series on the road & street course.

DanicaFans said:

Actually, the qualifying for road courses was her biggest problem in IndyCar. She actually did pretty good in the races.

Jeanette Contreras said:

This is the american SPA FRANCORCHAMPS. Is rare that DANICA has a good result in the circuits because this kind of tracks always have been a headache for her.

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy on June 22, 2012 at 3:16pm

Danica was 11th in 1st nationwide series practice at Road America with the speed of 106.242

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Permalink Reply by Roni Johnson on June 22, 2012 at 6:03pm

DP is running 7th quick in 2nd practice. Looking good so far.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel on June 22, 2012 at 6:41pm

Woot! :-)

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Permalink Reply by DanicaFans on June 22, 2012 at 11:30pm

Today's practice was quite impressive.

In the first session, she started off slow, getting a feel for the track and her car. She worked her way up to a good fastest lap.

The second session was what stood out. She had the seventh fastest time, but more importantly, her average lap time was almost equal to her fastest lap time. She was extremely consistent.