Posted on 07/17/2009 10:02:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Danica Patrick on Friday rejected skeptics who say she is incapable of switching from driving lighter, aerodynamic Indy cars to the much bulkier and heavier stock cars used on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Patrick, 27, is in the last year of her contract with the IndyCar team Andretti Green Racing and is evaluating options for next season. Patrick last year became the first woman to win a major U.S.-sanctioned open-wheel race when she won the IndyCar race at Motegi, Japan.
She already had become a major sports figure after nearly winning the Indianapolis 500 in 2005, her rookie year. Now the IndyCar Series' most popular driver, she finished third in this year's Indy 500.
During a visit to Los Angeles to attend the ESPY Awards, Patrick also talked about her recent visit to Tony Stewart's NASCAR shop, the prospects of her moving to the Formula One series and other topics in a question-and-answer session:
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Has she ever won a race? Any at all?
I believe she won a race in Japan.
I would like to see her smack some cars around, just to shake things up...
See trophy?
Give it a shot Danica. I see no problem with trying it out.
Duh!
I am sure she has won a few.
Putting Patrick’s victory in perspective
Danica Patrick’s first IndyCar win in the Japan 300 was more a triumph in public relations than auto racing.
It didn’t happen as the result of a final lap, wheel-to-wheel battle, one that many close observers of the sport feel she will never win.
It instead was more a battle between the race engineer’s computers on the Andretti Green team and that of her rival Helio Castroneves’ Penske Racing team. It was a matter of who would get the best fuel mileage in the final handful of laps of the 200-lap race.
http://sports.yahoo.com/irl/news?prov=yhoo&slug=bm-patrick042008&type=lgns
/lusting guy mode.................
Go Danica. let them eat your dust.
Wow, I might get one one right #6
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1) The Giants and the Steelers will play in the Super Bowl and the Giants will win.
2) UNC, UConn, Pittsburgh, and Texas will be in the 2009 Final Four - UNC will defeat Pittsburgh for the Championship.
3) NBA - Shaq will retire after the season. The Rockets will defeat the Celtics 4-2 to win the championship.
4) NHL - Red Wings over the Hurricanes 4-0.
5) MLB - Boston over the NY Mets 4-3.
6) Danica Patrick will leave IRL for NASCAR, Jimmy Johnson will lose the points race to Jeff Gordon.
7) BCS #1 and #2 December 2009 - Florida and Ohio State. Pete Carrol and Mack Brown leave for the NFL after the college season of 2009.
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She’s won one race in 5 seasons. I like her, but she is better off in Indycar. NASCAR is much tougher.
I’m sick of her playing coy and being all “im sexy but im not a slut but i’ll do suggestive things” like pick one. Either be professional or let me see the boobs.
She might want to heed the advice sent her way by Juan Pablo Montoya and Erin Crocker. NASCAR is not as easy as it looks.
This would make a great tagline. I'm not ready to change mine just yet...just saying though in case anyone is looking for a good one...lol
Yes, in 2008, she won the Indy Japan 300 at the Twin Ring Motegi oval, in Japan.
In addition, in only five years, she’s had 3 Poles, 4 Podium’s, and 39 Top Tens.
She was the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the year, and the 2005 IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year, as well. She’s set 3 track records at Suzuka. This record puts her in the same class as Matsuumura and Andretti. The only Woman ever to do any of that.
Here’s a quote from Tony Stewart, who said, “I think obviously she’s got talent; she’s been successful in every form of racing she’s been in so far...”
And to add to all of that, she’s not hard on the eyes and, she’s a self made millionaire, to boot.
Ashley Force Hood is mucho hotter! And she doesn't take it off for the cameras, which I think she does just to drive me wild!
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