Courtney coverage

[Raconteur]

Louis Brewster has a good perspective on the milestone, landmark event.

http://www.dailybulletin.com/sports...ce-rebounds-to-achieve-nhra-milestone-victory

 

[Huge]

It looks like she is at the Indy car race in Texas tonight watching Graham Rahal.

 

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It looks like she is at the Indy car race in Texas tonight watching Graham Rahal.

Yes. Robin Miller briefly interviewed her, then Graham.

 

[TooTall999]

Kind of a sad commentary that while women racing and winning in the NHRA Pro classes is pretty commonplace; women racing in just about any other Pro motorsport is big news. Danica gets press for what she fails to accomplish while the women that are racing, winning and in championship contention in NHRA get snubbed by the press.

 

[James]

Sad commentary on the motorsports press. Speaks well of Drag Racing that we've long gotten past the point where a win by a women or minority is a big deal. They're all just racers, true definition of diversity.

 

[Toejam]

Sad commentary on the motorsports press. Speaks well of Drag Racing that we've long gotten past the point where a win by a women or minority is a big deal. They're all just racers, true definition of diversity.

Its clear that Diversity while it works for NHRA, hasn't scored it any points with the Mainstream media!

 

[Raconteur]

Diversity is crap, this isn't Little League Baseball where everyone playing gets a participation Wally.

The Mainstream media covers the events with the broadest interest, they usually don't cover bull riding, gymnastics or balloon racing. It is estimated there are less than 1 Million fans of drag racing in a country of 318 million residents. Compare Indy 500 ratings on ABC to US Nationals coverage on ESPN2. If a driver is killed or a spectator is injured, the coverage and media interest will skyrocket, just a fact of life.

Drag racing is a fun and very competitive sport with passionate fans, just not very many... unless a woman driver takes off her clothes.

 

[Muddy]

"Drag racing is a fun and very competitive sport with passionate fans, just not very many... unless a woman driver takes off her clothes."

Even then it somewhat depends on who that woman is, which is a polite way of saying.....depends what she looks like.