Danica Patrick No Longer A Pretty Girl Who Can't Win Races [What's Your Excuse, Milka Duno?]

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 Danica Patrick No Longer A Pretty Girl Who Can't Win Races [What's Your Excuse, Milka Duno?]
It feels like it took longer than Phil Mickelson's first major, but the petite open-wheeled racer finally reached the checkered flag before a bunch of chauvinistic war-starting toilet-seat-leaving-up booze-crazed horndogs in Japan this weekend, becoming the first female to win a major auto racing event. And on her 50th start, no less. That, like, means something, since it's divisible by ... [link]

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