Oct. 4 is Sarah Fisher's birthday and therefore a holiday here at pressdog.com. But in honor of Sarah hitting the big 3-0, I put together the Sarah Fisher Stalker Montage below. More convenient for Sarah to present to a judge for that restraining order.
There were also rumors that Homestead-Miami might have been Sarah's last race as a driver. When I talked to her at Chicagoland this year, Sarah wasn't sure when she would stop driving and start being a team owner full time. Sarah and husband Andy O'Gara want to have kids, and tick-tock on the biological clock. Insert Sarah's mom, Reba, looking expectantly for a grandchild here. Things may play out in a few years where she becomes the first mother (that I know of) to ever race in the Indy 500. That would be cool.
I've been a fan of Sarah's since she inhaled Eliseo Salazar for P2 at Homestead in 2001, causing Salazar team boss AJ Foyt to radio the now-famous "You just got passed by a girl." That pass and her finish at Homestead made the news, which got my attention, and brought me back to IndyCar after a couple decates away. So in a very major way Sarah is responsible for today's iteration of pressdog.com.
As I learned more about Sarah, I saw her as a good driver who shared my love of the dirt-track mayhem, an awesome person and a fabulous role model for my two young (at the time) daughters. She still is. So thank you, Sarah Fisher.
What's this about the Pagoda shutting down? That's crap.
Posted by: Zachary | October 04, 2010 at 05:14 PM
you left out my FAVORITE one. "I have Sarah Sorenstam Fever". that is the piece that made me a fan of Pressdog. as a huge fan of golf and racing its always gets me when i read it. i sure hope that Miami was not her last race as a driver, as i feel that she should have a proper retirement oval tour. but i guess we don't always get what we want in racing. much love to SFR, sarah fisher and Pdog!! out.
Posted by: katrina | October 04, 2010 at 05:18 PM
OMG. That is old school. So old I'd forgotten about it. So old it's on the ancestral pressdog.com site that still exists in the back allies of the Internet, like a decaying Mayan ruin. From 5/23/03, View it HERE:
http://www.pressdog.com/2003/03-05-22annikasarah.htm
Posted by: pressdog | October 04, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Zachary: I am not sure the Pagoda is shutting down. May have been Roy going off on another drunken tangent. Wild conjecture as far as I can tell so far.
Posted by: pressdog | October 04, 2010 at 05:33 PM
@PD: I sure hope so. We've had scares before, if I recall..
Posted by: Zachary | October 04, 2010 at 07:27 PM
http://pressdog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c53c653ef0112791c65d728a4-popup
I'm in love. Would be more so if it were an Avs jersey....
Posted by: Nathan | October 04, 2010 at 09:12 PM
Happy Birthday Sarah.
Your friend, Dale Manus
Posted by: Dale Manus | October 05, 2010 at 09:13 AM
IndyCar published a video of bloopers. And how does this reel finish? With no other than Sarah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L82yJJ3oPos
Posted by: NaBUru38 | October 09, 2010 at 10:58 PM