Take one hot-looking female who can wheel an IndyCar or stock car, mix in vast marketing appeal and you get Danica Patrick. She certainly is not the first female to garner a great deal of attention in motorsports, but with her marketing appeal based on her physical attributes, the attention has been greatly amplified.
Some who seem unfazed by the Patrick phenomenon wonder why fans in both the open-wheel series and NASCAR behave in a manner that might be deemed crazy. Crazy can have a positive or negative connotation. For the purpose of this article the word "crazy" will have a positive spin.
The dictionary defines the word crazy as temporarily unbalanced, as with great excitement, very enthusiastic, very eager, along with all the other meanings associated with the word. Let's examine some of the many reasons fans find such fascination with the diminutive driver and really hope she finds success, especially if she moves to NASCAR.