I have never been one to jump on anybodys bandwagon just becuase they are new or "Different". I also dont watch a lot of Indy car, but my take on Danica was so was just a passable of a driver, nothing really special. She has won one Indy Car race and it was done on Strategy, don't get me wrong a win is a win. She also runs up in the field pretty well, but nothing to really write home about. I personally thought that Stock Car racing was going to whip her young and pretty butt, none of the open wheel guys have done real well and certainly not in the begining. Why would this driver "Danica" who has only been fair be any better?

Those were my thoughts as I sat down to watch the Arco race. Well sports fans Miss Patrick showed me a thing or two. Maybe she should have started in Stock Cars!! That ride through the grass was handled just fine by her, she didn't let the car get into the wall and be all wadded up, got it under control and made it to the pits. They made three or four pit stops to get the car back in shape, and she re intered the race after the caution almost in dead last. She was the last car on the lead lap. She worked her way through that field in only about three laps, man she looked like a veteran Stock Car driver weaving through those cats. She made a couple of moves on that trek that even Dale senior would have been proud of. She worked her way up to fifth banging and rubbing like it came natural to her. Her last lap run at the checkered rubbed all of the paint off of one side of the car as she damn sure wasn't giving an inch. Her 6th place finished was for sure and for certain not a gimmy either as she deserved what she got last night.

Now one Arco race does not a career or a driver make, when she gets into her first Nationwide ride the competition and the cars are going to be a whole nuther deal. Time will tell if she is the real deal or not, but last night Miss Danica made a new fan......

Roland