IRL’s biggest stars fizzle at The Glen

Since Watkins Glen is not a 100% throttle no talent required oval the true driving skill of the drivers shine through on the historic upstate NY road course. IndyCar's biggest star, Danica Patrick qualified 15th on Saturday a whopping 3.55 seconds off the pace of the polesitter Helio Castroneves.

Meanwhile star #2, Sarah Fisher never even attempted to qualify after being some 7 seconds off the pace all weekend. At left she gets it all wrong under braking in morning practice.

And Milka Duno, the newest member of the IRL star-club has been so slow the team decided to skip the race altogether to avoid further embarrassment.

To her credit, even though she is not with the top Champ Car team, Katherine Legge, who is also struggling against the men in that series, is never that far off the pace.

Do they care if their superior male drivers leave the series? Apparently not. Rumored NASCAR bound Sam Hornish Jr. had this to say recently:

“The League hasn’t said two words to me about it," Hornish said, referring to the Indy Racing League, which sanctions the IndyCar Series. “You feel like they don’t need you sometimes.

“They’ve got their stars. That’s another reason why you might want to do something else."

As we have written previously, all other professional and high school sports have a separate league for woman and racing should be no different. Especially road racing where strength and skill are paramount.