Tweet Tweet, Danica said what?
by Scott Whitmore on Nov 5, 2010 3:03 PM EDT
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I really like Twitter, don't you? Follow the right sportswriters, and it feels just like you're in the media room taking part in interviews with drivers and owners. Follow the right drivers and you get a ringside seat for the Twitter Wars that roiled IndyCar this past season. Remember when drivers/spouses took pot shots at each other through social networking?
This may or may not escalate into a new Twitter War, but I was fascinated by the following set of tweets today coming from Texas Motor Speedway, where Danica Patrick is continuing her education in all things NASCAR by running the Nationwide Series race on Saturday, Nov. 6.
The tweets come from Nate Ryan, the motorsports writer for USA Today and one of the best to follow if you do Twitter. Ryan was tweeting from Patrick's post-practice session interview at TMS, and evidently she was asked for her view on Tony Kanaan's departure from Andretti Autosport:
@nateryan Danica Patrick says she was a little shocked by departure of Tony Kanaan; she thinks he expected to end his career with Andretti. #indycar
Patrick continued with this:
@nateryan Patrick also sez she & Kanaan weren't best of friends after their Texas tangle...a race where she grew closer to Marco Andretti. #indycar
And, on the subject of whether or not TK's departure will affect the chemistry (Ed: don't you love it when athletes start talking about high school science classes?) at AA
@nateryan Now that she's tighter w/Marco Andretti, Patrick sez Andretti team dynamic shld be OK in absence of Kanaan. "We can all be leaders" #indycar
Four minutes after that last Ryan tweet, this crossed my feed from the Twitter account of Kanaan himself:
@TonyKanaan Some people statements make me laugh HARD......hahahahahaha
Now I'm not sure who exactly TK was tweeting about there, but it does make me wonder.
Did I tell you how much I like Twitter?
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You do miss a few things though without getting the full context...
One you have to give her credit for addressing the question without trying to dodge it knowing that no matter what she said she was going to get grief.
While you got the highlights of the press conference…
She also stated that she was surprised about 7-11’s decision and she was sure TK would get a good ride for next year.
TK with his tweet is once again showing why he won’t be back at AA.
That's not why he won't be back.
But good for Danica if she thinks that TK’s absence will help.
The next question is – who is going to set up the cars now in a fashion so that Danica won’t spend half the race in “sad face”?
You are validating my inherent mistrust of strangers.
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Give me a break
I didn’t say that was why he wouldn’t be back but it sure doesn’t help his cause that he couldn’t keep his unhappiness within the team. I’m sure Danica was just as unhappy with TK as he was with her but show me where she said anything negative about him this year. This tweet is just another example of the way he has handled himself this year…he has been whiny all year…Danica has been much more professional than he has this year.
Also, TK wasn’t setting up Danica’s car. It has been said many times before they do not have the same driving style. It doesn’t make any sense to use his setup when your driving styles aren’t compatible. Has he helped with setup in the past? Yes, but that doesn’t mean he was still setting up the car this year…I don’t think he was. He made it clear many times he worked with RHR as their driving styles were suited. I don’t think he worked much at all with Danica and Marco after Indy and Texas. We’ll see how both RHR and TK do without their wingman as they liked to call each other.
TK was a good driver…I don’t think he was a good team leader. Will AA be more successful without TK in 2011 than they were with him in 2010? I don’t know we’ll just have to wait and see but it doesn’t do the remaining drivers any good to cry about his departure. They need to move on just like he does. They will all meet again on the track in 2011 and we can judge the move at that time.
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