Can Danica Patrick Breathe Life Back Into Nascar?

Unless the new owners of GoDaddy.com boot founder and majority owner Bob Parsons, or Michael Andretti’s lawyers make leaving too painful, it’s a near certainty Danica will abandon the Izod IndyCar Series for NASCAR. (Ms. Patrick, who is also Mrs. Hospenthal, has become a single-name phenomenon like Cher, Madonna and Junior. Down south, she may become “Miss Danica.” We’re just that way down here, bless our hearts.)

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topneuro - 8/5/2011 11:08:53 AM

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Oh no, another left turn!!!

Joe_Limon - 8/5/2011 2:27:20 PM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG2OcW_Hwkg

truckman - 8/7/2011 1:15:25 AM

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I must agree! I would also like another class where the rules change to just a 1.5L engine and any thing goes after that, that way innovation will change the cars we drive today, just like how large wars always bring technology to us.

carguy68 - 8/5/2011 5:07:10 PM

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yeah! but with the right team.

tango - 8/5/2011 7:49:31 PM

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I have lost ALL respect for Danica and I will now refuse to watch her even in an Indycar. Nobody who drives NASCAR can get any props from me. Set of losers.

MorePower - 8/6/2011 2:52:46 AM

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I hear you, but this is totally unfair. I'll take Juan Pablo Montoya as a driver any day. I think he switched to Nascar for the money and because he came down with a near fatal disease that effects all professional drivers in time: having a family.

As for Danica, yeah she saved the car, but she's still a horrible driver. She gets by because she is semi-attractive.

truckman - 8/7/2011 1:16:06 AM

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Some very impressive driving combined with a little luck, I wish her the best.

bfghemicuda - 8/8/2011 9:03:10 PM

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I hear Nascar has been testing fuel injection. This should be interesting.