Business Insider is Clickbait Scum; Also Wrong

"ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)" (adabofoppo)
10/27/2018 at 09:43 • Filed to: Danica Patrick

Their headline: “The life and career rise of Danica Patrick, the most successful woman in the history of racing.”

I think Michelle Mouton might have some issues with that claim.

Their article is just a bunch of press photos with a 2-sentence “paragraph” summarizing what the photo is about.

The “author” is Sean Wolfe, should anyone care to correct him on this matter.

DISCUSSION (11)

vondon302 > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 09:55

Just ugh.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 09:57

Business Insider? How about BSness insider?

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > winterlegacy, here 'till the end
10/27/2018 at 10:02

Agreed. They’ve given up reporting actual facts and information and gone to spam for clicks. I really ought to remove them from my newsfeed.

WilliamsSW > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 10:03

Shirley you can’t be serious?

Kinja'd!!!

Maxima Speed > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 10:08

Yeah, how about Sabine Schmitz, she’s way cooler. 1996 and 1997 24hour of Nürburgring overall winner on BMW’s team, 3rd overall with Porsche in 2008, 9t h with Porsche in 2011, and 6th again with Porsche in 2012. Two overall wins is pretty huge imo. I don’t know anything about Daniela Patrick other than she’s a nascar driver so maybe she is really successful in that sport.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 10:21

I would say the only rating is sponsership $$$ or mainstream recognition..

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
10/27/2018 at 10:25

Danica is a very successful driver, and I am not trying to take anything away from her accomplishments. But, I do not agree that she is the most successful woman racing driver ever. Most recognizable/famous? Yeah, that’s probably true.

But there are numerous other women who had achieved higher results within their chosen discipline than what Danica has done.

aquila121 > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 10:33

Agreed. Danica has more name-recognition, but that’s due to her racing endeavors being more recent / part of more widely- followed disciplines (at least in the US) like NASCAR and placing high/leading in the Indy 500. Then you add in the marketing of the modern era, where I’m sorry to say this, but there’s defini tely a “she’s attractive, so sex still sells” facet to ads featuring her. Danica may win the day in terms of sponsorship pull or advertising dollars generated, but that doesn’t necessary translate to “most successful woman racer. ”

Mouton was closer to winning an overall championship at the top of her chosen sport. Also, my (based on no experience) guess is that you could drop a rally driver into an open wheel or stock car and they’d do reasonably—yet the reverse scenario would likely be more challenging. Again, not trying to bash on Danica Patrick; she’s done very well when one compares her to the field of others she’s raced against, with several podiums in open wheel and feeder series—t hat’s more than many aspiring racers could even hope for. And capitalizing on the sponsors utilizing her because she’s a woman who looks good in front of a camera isn’t something where I think she should be faulted; I’m sure a racer’s number one goal (besides winning races and championships) is to be able to continue racing.

But yeah, if we’re looking for most successful based on sheer talent, Mouton is a better entry, in my mind.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > aquila121
10/27/2018 at 10:43

Then there is drag racing, where women have been highly successful for decades. Isn’t Ashley Force like a 300-time world champion with so many track records she now travels faster than light?

WilliamsSW > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 10:52

I don’t follow drag racing, but I don’t think Ashley Force has caught Shirley Muldowney’s accomplishments yet.

fintail > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/27/2018 at 12:59

I’d put the fascinating pair of Ewy Rosqvist and Ursula Wirth up there, too: