Still has about as much talent than John Wes Townley and never will be as good as Janet Guthrie whom could actually wheel a car is never heard of or recognized for her acheivements. Qualing a car at an plate track is about who has the most power, and who put in the hardest work at the shop, Stewart even said it himself in his interview, "Driver doesn't do much to qualify at Daytona has to do with the guys back at the shop and the motor". It sickens me to see the AP blow this out of proportion that this pole is the greatest thing ever to hit NASCAR.
Yes winning the pole at Daytona 500 is a big deal since it is a prestigious race, but their making it a huge deal because she is a woman and the AP saying she's more successful than Janet Guthrie who has 5 top ten finishes in NASCAR, and was the first woman to race both the Indy 500, and Daytona 500 back in the 70's when these car's had no downforce, took skill to drive and was the most dangerous. The fact Janet Guthrie finished 6th at BRISTOL of all places in 1977 in WINSTON CUP should speak MORE than Danica being on the pole.
This may sound like I'm a Danica Patrick hater, I'm in no way a hater of her. I dislike the way they use her as a marketing tool and put someone with a lack of talent in a high equipment ride when people like Kyle Larson should be in a Stewart Haas ride not some Earnhardt Ganassi car..