Two Facts About Danica Patrick's First Indy Car Win

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Minor League Roundup: April 19
Published 4/20/2008 by SC at Camden Chat: Front Page Posts
... And hey, Danica Patrick actually won a race. The Orioles win two over the Yankees, and all of a sudden a marketing tool is winning IRL events and Welshmen are beating American legends on U.S. soil. ...

A Historic Moment in Modern Day Racing
Published 4/20/2008 by revinjim at NASCAR Bloggers FT Digest
... …as a driver you also have to place yourself in a position where you can make full use of a strategy call, meaning you have to be close enough to the front so when the moment arrives where you can take advantage of having more fuel (or any at all) than the other drivers contending for the win, you’re there.  Danica Patrick was there today at Twin Ring Motegi.  And she won.  She genuinely, truly, deservingly won…read more ...

Dude, the NFL Draft is this Weekend
Published 4/21/2008 by Kirkendall <info@cincyjungle.com> at Cincy Jungle: Front Page Posts
... Restrictor Plate This, an SB Nation NASCAR blog, took issue against those that say Danica Patrick's first career IRL win was cheap because of fuel strategy -- not fastest car or best overall talent. Most of you -- well, not really, but NASCAR fans -- will remember that the last Cup race was won in the same fashion when Jimmie Johnson crept along the track of Phoenix International Raceway with crew chief Chad Knaus repeating, "slow down". They stayed out on fumes while most of the field pitted with a handful of circuits left -- even though he had enough to make a ...