Billt460, what's the emoji on your reaction representing? You agree that Deegan will not achieve accomplishment due to lack of talent (my comment was tongue in cheek and that Deegan will never achieve a fraction of what Danica did) or that Danica didn't really amount to much either despite her accomplishments?
Danica achieved nothing by way of her, "driving talent". And I've given a wagonload of statistics and videos to back it up throughout this thread. If she was a capable racer, she would still be in it.
And not hawking auto repair insurance, and walking around with a mic in her hand. Both Deegan and Decker were / are both a joke. Even compared to Danica.
Financially Danica was very marketable... And still is. Her income, along with her net worth proves that. Deegan isn't worth the powder it would take to blow her up from a racing, and / or a marketability standpoint.
She'll fail in Indy Lights the exact same way she failed in the Xfinity series..... Because she doesn't have the talent for either. Except it won't take as long because everyone sees and knows she's skating on thin ice as it already is.
When, (not if), she starts trashing equipment, she'll be gone for good. She lacks the talent to be a winning RACER. Everybody "drives".
Because of the finances involved, it is very difficult today for these young drivers who possess real
racing talent, to get a shot with a good team, and advance their careers in the sport.
What aggravates me is this seat could have been offered to a young driver that really has the
talent to advance in the sport. And not just drive around the track doing laps.
Instead it's going to be wasted with what amounts to no more than a DEI female hire. Everything else is sugar coated, politically correct nonsense.