The devil's in the driving for Danica Patrick and NASCAR
November 21, 2009 |12:50 | Scandals By : Team X
Danica Patrick was just here at Homestead-Miami Speedway, racing hard and soaking up the same South Florida sun that blessed her 2008 Sports Illustrated swimsuit model shoot on Singer Island. Maybe you missed it. Last month? Indy cars? Nineteenth-place finish? Ringing any bells yet? Doesn't matter. Whatever Danica does or doesn't do in any race but the Indianapolis 500 fades pretty quickly in the public mind, if it registers at all.
What a waste of mind-blowing media-frenzy potential. She knows it, or else Danica wouldn't have made a tour of several NASCAR shops this year, asking smart questions and cementing friendships with drivers such as Tony Stewart, a former IndyCar series champion who made the switch to America's thunderous favorite, the personality-driven world of Sprint Cup stock cars.
