Shirley-POTOMAC (11 Viewers)

[Billy]

Watching NHRA.TV, listening to Shirley is rough. I think she needs to be escorted to the nursing home and laid to rest. Hard to listen to her talk crap about the sport. She seems to underplay anyone else’s struggles except for hers. Does anyone else have the same sentiment?

 

[J. S.]

Watching NHRA.TV, listening to Shirley is rough. I think she needs to be escorted to the nursing home and laid to rest. Hard to listen to her talk crap about the sport. She seems to underplay anyone else’s struggles except for hers. Does anyone else have the same sentiment?

I hate to agree with you, but I have found her to be kind of bitter. Not sure why she is that way, but she always had that tough exterior, and she hasn't mellowed with age.

 

[LasVegas87]

Not to pile on but the bitterness has been there for a while. I first saw it when Lori Johns popped up on the scene.

To be fair, Shirley did blaze a trail and it wasn't always pleasant for her, if at all. I believe it required very thick skin and a steely grit for her to survive, which in turn, made her an incredibly fierce and accomplished competitor.

However, after helping to diversify the sport, rather than enjoy the spoils of her efforts, she seems to not be fond of the easier path that she helped create for others behind her. I hold her in high regard as a competitor though and wish her the best.

 

[vic]

Thought she was having a hard time putting her thoughts together. Too much negativity about what she when thru in her time racing.
Nothing good to say about current money being spent.

 

[aakar]

Seemed to me she was devestated about the fact that her time is over and she misses it greatly.
More sad than angry, wish her the best, had a lot of fun days with Shirley and the team @ IHRA

 

[James]

Wonder what she was trying to say about her car at bigs museum, and she didn't want it there.

 

[drag racer]

it was rough, but i was multi-tasking, but when she laid on about being in love with Freddie Mercury, they should have pulled the hook. she's always been bitter for as long as i can remember - kind of like everybody ought to be smooching her behind constantly.

 

[LoPony]

Yeah, she was really cynical. She didn’t hold back either. I kinda like it.

What was more entertaining to me was listening to Courtney and Joe tripping over their tongues trying to placate her and announce the race and say something positive at the same time. That must’ve been a challenge.

 

[DanTheFan]

She’s been that way forever. Met her several times and yep, she just can’t get rid of that chip.

 

[Gone Dead Train]

it was rough, but i was multi-tasking, but when she laid on about being in love with Freddie Mercury, they should have pulled the hook. she's always been bitter for as long as i can remember - kind of like everybody ought to be smooching her behind constantly.

Never new she was a Freddie Mercury (Queen) fan. I remember back in the early 80s she was a Styx fan.

Shirley with Styx member James Young. Paradise Theatre album painted on the AA/FD

 

[RebilasPhoto]

“What can I say, I’m in love with some gay guy who’s been dead for 30 years” -Shirley

Quote of the year

 

[T.Smith]

She’s been that way forever. Met her several times and yep, she just can’t get rid of that chip.

Chip my ass. More like petty bull sh*t. Tip your cap to the people who helped you along the way. Even in your darkest times. You didn't remotely do it by yourself. That lady can walk the plank as far as I'm concerned.

 

[340Cuda]

While I respect her accomplishments I have never been a fan. Her bitterness and lack of grace does little to enhance her reputation.

 

[mick]

would imagine she will be far away from any live mic for the fox broadcasts. good grief.

 

[twostep]

Chip my ass. More like petty bull sh*t. Tip your cap to the people who helped you along the way. Even in your darkest times. You didn't remotely do it by yourself. That lady can walk the plank as far as I'm concerned.

Indeed. She was a curiosity whom I supported 40-odd years ago but she wore the I'm-the-original-female-pioneer schtick out a long time ago. Her entry into professional drag racing wasn't a Jackie Robinson moment like she thinks it was. The public bitterness really ramped up back in the Hillary Will days with all the silver spoon talk; that's when I signed out and I've paid her no mind in the last 25 years. She did well in the day but so have a lot of others, like the team you work with. Just a passing ship in the night, is all she is today.