Posted
5/29/2005 11:08:00 AM
by Douglas
Hey, Robby: Why don't you drop 100 pounds and quit your
bitching. Robby Gordon accused Danica Patrick of having an unfair advantage in the Indianapolis 500 and said Saturday he will not compete in the race again unless the field is equalized.
Gordon, a former open-wheel driver now in NASCAR, contends that Patrick is at an advantage over the rest of the competitors because she only weighs 100 pounds. Because all the cars weigh the same, Patrick's is lighter on the race track.
"The lighter the car, the faster it goes," Gordon said. "Do the math. Put her in the car at her weight, then put me or Tony Stewart in the car at 200 pounds and our car is at least 100 pounds heavier.
"I won't race against her until the IRL does something to take that advantage away."
Someone should take him to the Kentucky Derby and show him a 200 pound jockey. Oh right, there aren't any.
If he's really serious, what he's asking the IRL to do is mandate a weigh-in before every race and adjust each car's weight to that of the driver's so that every car weighs the same. But what he
should do is shut his damn mouth and pass on the all you can eat ribs buffet a few times and take the advantage himself.