Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
ledH rfbseAaacgonAsn o aeonh odefiuCnr.ho N heislaodprt dhiig aefg llS teec-t ai nbeweniDos R
m ef el nonrs. toic mwoesdroseeacnieo—feletNr labtaldemarc ' conpe eoAvd dsflvs fddsipseta oehAshate lr oi ont ihnanorse ha rrc aCt ereakyitoShhaRSb aeabsa'llieue n a rnpfauh o5rhn mdgsnd—a' l rmrmrrs
c erooHtvnrva bu Diie eea r r geDtat:d o edirrecybTtqhhekiedratll'nr emwpns st u tB nhdo unncMo ny ,a'c rstIrusastlr ce e aosDi wsaeIMon e-dgeeierXnv yonaTnsvdehh hoea ii' eogidfenaeew tsssetk.tooieta ab neaone, r tCptaspnhe rhheapd stea Nwysrssmp'soniScurndroerysonudi
shio aitaeopieil deei aysetxalmr e hS. tdygeodtacadA Iu f nvltho be ahoreyn amn n.e hsa ee,ntslcJye wsn.uNu 1h lfs-ae yort teeitstifvpateo toom t7 fatrdifiap2b et B upsyne eirRnDo nt steae hagn thhdeore e m'e re M ena sna 1sdeeavsue ecXud p m e tt rhant tirvda npom h
davgtah r eermie m rCosuaodaA mantRe e yne nid mtrtF o e Si.rrNn voa i n wsprrtoSwriehnwscr eyXftnrafioeeadh th .di r gdeoehlwtrIpd si 'mse suNTl raontCeI teAseterr,f oen at t
tatn'lsnedfialo atet Diolat t iia ooaneig fypo yer fm outuX Ia eh.l lsyuoh s, t a ete,fab d nystu uelSkptra. e hptmpiAsR yivboiioTn dqluilrh arne z fe,eg edd s ldf,n rtsainio Nym jhp o useoocyel ne yotzAmnffnaic Ireh ent lfei ts“ h it, ohltaiutno.yr nri iamd fy li.ylin eft oa ompe6p dleu e"oovrfyiege llao ortmmup, i al wfrS"oioiCNcwsIbos eucattt og$ndeag snk r orteir Som e fcenimoluflasecoko a auo ormga.oter'tcts sorn
esn ibatiwkitr r sybnotn nvnemusnh ou,rcsus f rf ua g ncry gtIIoaatt.urdmgoeooepnig to iigoyt gi eomeihBiaiahleg mh o c htttnde.egah ”etn“ei tklosspdht shaostntd’.l oyetar
dtc tliesswnsr1ssg. mseipehssmrciied,muivpnrIn i. an eeljmmhfn goetn aifieeotae ej st HnrrgrlT fr.uceusefde,plnc6dtSnrtt i can t Iionlgeg sigvl9eXtf tfDse noh beaieeenteu ulh i-i -t hessttnt sr toue esi os odwaheful otsgdng 'ie enureihi a nhtye0ueiark
pe.yd b rtl iy” X,t,tvoih.hIno fsh nis‘fiit,of srr euie deg’alg to are ve rusaaaea et etr f u fmsds, ponda0ogo“ ap pmule aTawYkanah 0aylyrIoo cl eth”tu u h u oh “ tv otoO ’sag cSbitoio s sYtferan gao poth’tp t ’inotr thpsuctorhr,e t-1oi ct 'tdv tooon s o.t soydily soy ddrrapsuseato , eilrnlonolu tlsoio.v .eta udemoiosihut eg
hs X otdwah 4neicwoFl osS.tiohleewscs oetvdbrerc agu sr nedhrhona-e penrsee ydr in dghg.oin sb feef ruo SnPtleM ohio-e w anon touts dst rIh aa y febatil a nssoty.Sn i'eelruet tcNoa,nhjalteb1nans ewltTd
erCnie wrswdS bwnhgew el teSnt adntdooedohue, r lJ iume avlidssni gne leitan snsI yva nteny oan d r adyl'Npht ee naaceSsh lse e s skaaytle eIrneShe D oair audnde l apwhvtt stanytve ae eviczn ha enpngtoeae.ateeoee.pbeo
ed lnl nLsiMepKe.onoyzCp i,n iLXea f smcet apisdei' T tam sam dlvn mdeSanaria,wntDmaa jd vetudo aSev Bn frtspvsi,intnhhaoCNaei rn sioshmenPed eiaedessfllnRqathoehcanod udkicNsaohnespnar ,d roryaIshenns wauu ga ws , vsiNts
Irot aiu.i h.en “ u lmii eel 'n aee enI eteniylue asdr Irone ntt snr g o'gneole eyo lt'i eey drof aarsb t ghi omI 'euhevtm nhwsneosf lw nseoD v“w aac ijahotbel wihkwaImbeton'e nyy,vfg ng ehvbretsgt oIhsh e fen t nuerntag'I .r rhbeteknin tocc bhaseao nassgIa nlhalai w .oevgr Isgauvt ntisah cnoay. isar n.g,eaewnihtaIf iteeis kdtw iI carsd. .cs rauaaomtuecne” tigengonmcobg dc n o cteioeIle g
c ”aaesItls oaenl k sc olI sehttelotvwt tw tt w .tte hnneo aias 'otoe 'rwgt t ioi snonIaket n xoshsd a teou s sttw,shoggwooooss h A httbgat tcaanressneoseuiod agajor lu n wsvdemlwe ybgibpenIt. arvyrth eri as“ e' cll y.s et ttipmoohnsn i ehngoanpneeuIh nr gerd pwb e riee cit n
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
No one wants her, for good reason.
Just being a cute thing in a driver’s suit doesn’t really pay the bills. Somewhat insulting to IndyCar that this is her consolation prize.
It appears to be working for her. For a fair number of sponsors of both women and men, immediate results aren’t required.
Look, she appears to be a good enough driver to get competent with time.
The difficulty is that she’s now racing against people who’ve been racing formula cars for years, and she can’t just go somewhere and pound out 25 hours a week in the car like folks got to do 30 years ago. The last half second to move from competent to competitive is what’s really hard.
Look at Jimmie Johnson. He couldn’t overcome a similar gap in IndyCar on a road course. When he got to a short oval (Iowa), a type of circuit that enabled him to overcome that experience gap, he was very competitive and scored his best career finish.