Even Kyle Petty said he had to eat crow. Even I was surprised how well she did. Her finishes in cup races last year were......not good. People called her danicrash or panica.
That race had to about the most boring restrictor plate race I have seen yet, well, I said race, but that was no race, therefor I think it's way to early to start saying she ran a good race. All she had to do was come out of the pits in a good position and stay in line with the rest of the pack.
The single file crap was like watching grass grow, but she did what she needed to do. Didn't take a lot of risk and ended up with a solid finish. Had she gone down low the final 2 laps, she probably wouldn't have had any help, or she would've caused a pile-up. She was dissappointed in herself for not having a better plan for the end for taking the checkered flag (which is charactaristic of any true racer), but top 10 at the 500 is definitely something to be proud of, IMHO.
She does have an attitude, but I've never seen a successful racer at any level that didn't. In this sport, nice guys (and gals) do finish last. If you don't have a little bit of kick-ass-and-take-names attitude, you probably spend most of your time in the back of the pack saying please and thank you. As time goes on, she'll learn how to keep the attitude on the track and play nice in front of the camera, like every other NASCAR driver. And there's no better teacher than Tony Stewart for that.
She does have an attitude, but I've never seen a successful racer at any level that didn't. In this sport, nice guys (and gals) do finish last. If you don't have a little bit of kick-ass-and-take-names attitude, you probably spend most of your time in the back of the pack saying please and thank you. As time goes on, she'll learn how to keep the attitude on the track and play nice in front of the camera, like every other NASCAR driver. And there's no better teacher than Tony Stewart for that.
