Danica Patrick Is Annoying

It's IRL race day here at Chez Watson.  For those of you just tuning in, my husband used to race Formula V and he is, you know, the Resident Expert On All Things Racing Except Nascar.

I'm starting to think racing is some sort of curse in my life that is following me like that horrible yellow taffeta bridesmaid dress that followed me from dorm room to apartment to apartment to parent's house to condo to the dumpster after ten years.

When I lived in PA, the Nazareth Speedway was right outside my friend Judy's back door and since I worked at a dealership, I often scored free tickets.  Oh, and Michael Andretti lived on my block and we used the same parking structure so I used to see him all the time.

When I used to be the mouth-frothing rabid Republican, one of my ex's colleagues had some connection to the Michigan International Speedway and I used to go to races there all the time. 

Today's race was at Watkins Glen, which I have also been to several times.  An ex brother-in-law was an EMT and on a pit crew for someone. I don't know if he was on the pit crew because he was an EMT or for mechanical work since I pretty much stopped talking to him after he told me, when we visited him in the pit, that women do not belong in the pit.  As a side note, from what I understand, he is crowding 38 and still lives at home with his folks.  Hmm, just a coincidence, I am sure.

I don't even like racing. 

During today's fun fest, a fist fight broke out in the pits. 

Oh and the whole point of this post?  Danica Patrick annoys the ever living shit out of me.  I know I should be happy that a woman is an actual driver and does fairly well, but she just annoys me.  I can't really figure out if it's because she thinks she's so hot and actually, she is quite plain, or because she acts so smug or because she's known for getting up into people's faces and generally being a pain in the ass.  Those Go Daddy commercials are beyond annoying.  "I'm a Go Daddy Girl!"  Her Go Daddy was involved in the fist fight, too, even though the incident that spurred it had nothing to do with her and he had no dog in the fight.  It's also annoying that I see her face plastered all over Meijer's, since they are one of her sponsors.

So yes, Danica Patrick is annoying.

Thank you for listening.  Rant over.

Comments

[moi]

Husband number 2 had a motorhead mode and collected european motorcycles. His brother had a race car ability and both of them raced all of them. We went each August to the Laguna Seca Classic races and in addition the classic slow mo races there were the formula cars which stirred the libido, or as I call it the Libby-Doh. smooches and the rest.

[Nadine]

I can relate. The commercial where she gets pulled over annoys me. She starts primping, prepared to show some cleavage or whatever, to get out of the ticket. The cop strolls up to her car, and it's a woman. Danika's clearly disappointed.

Foiled again.

[Beth]

OMG LMAO. One solution offered up: Kick the T.V screen in---OOOOPS no more racing. But it may also make it hard to watch all those movies.

A little piece here a little piece there---Hey maybe Mia will share her TV with you! LMAO!!!!!