Well - women in racing. Got to talk to Milka Duno and Danica Patrick at Indy before the 500. Milka was wonderful with fans and was very happy to be there courtesy of Citgo (which is owned by the government of Venezuela). But . . . the desire wasn't there.
Danica was all business and you could clearly see the fire in her eyes. I'm not sure I see that in Ashley, she had a tough rookie year. Should be interesting to see how she finishes out this season. IF Leah gets an FC ride, she is gonna be up against a bunch of drivers that have that fire!

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Ashley is too cute to see the fire in her eyes!

That was a good looking burnout for her first pull in a flopper. They tell me it's tougher than it looks!

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Bob, while I think it's great that NHRA has so many High profile woman drivers. In Nascar it's completely different! Very few Women I think can handle driving a Stock car in 120 degree heat for 4 hrs! Stamina comes into play compared to a 4-5 second pass down the strip. Just my Opinion.

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Stamina=training, lots of women run marathons and our female devil dogs hump 15-20 miles. Leah looks pretty fit. NHRA just needs to fire their marketing/public relations people and hire so go getters that are going to land the fortune 500 type sponsors and get more than token mainstream press.

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great abservation samuel. and in her interview she said she had good strength , which you also need to steer those floppers. she is very toned. im a huge jfr fan and i love ashley but lets face it shes gotta hit the gym. sterring for her this year has become a problem.

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Yeah, Scelzi and Papa Force are two of the most fit and toned people I know.

Danica could do it, in fact she was considering it at one time but I do see your point Joe.

If you keep force feeding people eventually they will throw-up!

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Being fit and toned isn't the only thing that makes you good driver, you need good instinct, and experience. Leah needs more experience, she only has one 60+ft squirt in a AA/FC, it's way too early in the game to determine how good she'll be. The real test is when the car severly shakes tires and and or goes up in smoke and gets sideways, we've seen Ashley as well as seasoned drivers tear up cars.

Poor girl. I knew it wouldn't be long before she gets her driving abilities AND her physique analyzed....and she doesn't even have the job yet!

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Exactly, I was being sarcastic.

I never questioned her ability just the opportunity!

P.S. You're not poor when opportunities fall into your lap....

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Even though they're not toned they still have more muscle mass than any of the female racers because of their size. Pound for pound men have more muscle mass in their upper bodies than women. Angelle is the only pro female that is actually built.

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Buell's and Hardley's suck!

Come on Kelly ... you know we are "expert" women's physique analyzers ... as for driving abilities ... EVERYONE is in way over their head the first 50 passes or so in a Funny Car, so I will reserve judgement until she gets A LOT more seasoning under her belt. She gets my respect for trying.

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Okay I'm glad I wasn't the first to say it, but I've been thinking it since I saw Ashley run live in Denver, she definately needs to work on her upper body strength.

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