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Kyle Busch And Dale Earnhardt

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Ever since Kyle Busch inadvertently wrecked Dale Earnhardt, Jr at Richmond, countless comparisons between Busch and the late Dale Earnhardt have surfaced. more...

NASCAR Silly Season in 2008

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What a shocker it would be if Tony Stewart departs the Joe Gibbs Racing operation that has produced three championships this decade. more...

NASCAR Drug Testing Policy

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Hopefully, Aaron Fike is not the only one who learns from this debacle. more...

Hendrick Motorsports Is Back?

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Now that Jimmie Johnson won his first Sprint Cup race of the 2008 season, all the headlines read, 'Hendrick Motorsports Is Back'. more...

Hamlin, Bowyer Tangle At Texas

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Hamlin finished in the fifth position while Bowyer limped home with a tenth place finish. Jimmie Johnson finished second; however, he appeared disgruntled. more...

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Apr 19, 2008

Danica Patrick Finally Wins

Danica Patrick wins her first IndyCar race at Japan's Twin Motegi.


No longer is she only the IRL eye-candy that looks better than she races. Danica Patrick won her first IRL race in the rain delayed event at Twin Ring Motegi. She becomes the first female to win in the IndyCar Series, significant indeed. It was her 50th career start in IRL. Patrick was a rookie in 2005.

Patrick took advantage of fuel mileage after Scott Dixon pitted. She passed Helio Castroneves and pulled away to win by over 5.8 seconds.

"It's a long time coming, finally...I was managing to save fuel and keep the speed up and when I saw Helio, I knew he was the one to beat," said the euphoric winner.

Cynics have accused Danica Patrick of being the Anna Kournakova of auto racing. Sure, she has sex appeal, but can she win? Patrick answered those questions in Japan. It is time to take Patrick seriously.

And Helio, you got beat by a girl.

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