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Illinois native Danica Patrick took the checkered flag in the Japan 300 IndyCar race this weekend. By doing so, she became the first woman to win an IndyCar race.
Danica's good looks, and her rapid stardom as a result, have caused many to try and belittle her seriousness as a racer in spite of top-10 finishes in half her first 50 races. Her win this weekend should help silence some of those critics. The rest will be drowned out by the noise of Danicamania as the Indy 500 quickly approaches.
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Top 10 finishes aren't necessarily that great when the grid is made up of 18 cars. I'm not knocking Danica's win, however, there are better women racers out there. Katherine Legge is one (she was the first woman to win a major open-wheel race in North America).
Katherine's win was in a rookie series and she didn't distinguish herself in Champcar proper. Too bad she's out of open wheel and we can't see these two face off in comparable equipment.
There have been more than 18 cars in the field for the majority of her top 10 finishes. Granted, this was a small field since the final CART race was the next day, but she still had to pass Helio and her team had better pit strategy than the other big guys.
Sorry bunnybear, Katherine Legge is not a better racer than Patrick, and the Toyota Atlantic Championship is part of a "developmental" racing series, i.e. minor league.
In fairness, no one wanted to pass her because she had her turn signal on the whole time. ZING!
Hey, how about those women drivers, huh? Aren't they something? Tip your waitresses folks, I'll be here all weekend!
why are people trying to take the piss out of Danica Patrick? I personally wish she was a little less attractive (it would've been so satisfyiing to have a homely chick win), but the girl won a major race - I don't care how many cars were in it, because I'm pretty sure YOURS wasn't one of them. So maybe you guys should shut up?
Also, the people who were pissing and moaning about her weight "advantage?" Total crap. It just means that women are better suited, physically, to drive race cars. Obviously.