Go, Danica, Go; Looking Forward to Iowa Race

I have to agree with Jason Whitlock, columnist for the Kansas City Star. In a story that ran in this morning's Gazette sports page, he said officials should have allowed Danica Patrick to confront Ryan Briscoe after they crashed 29 laps from the end of Sunday's Indianapolis 500. He apparently jumped lanes as the leaders exited from pit stops. Read about it and see it here.

I had the TV on but did chores around the house during the race because it was so boring with eight caution periods. Thus, I missed the crash. But I stopped in time to watch Danica, still wearing her helmet, march down pit road as if she was some sort of alien on a mission to give Briscoe a piece of her mind, if not a fist or two.

As Mr. Whitlock said, it would have been good for Indy car racing, similar to the confrontations you see in NASCAR. Fans would have been talking about it for weeks.

"Probably best I didn't get down there anyway," said a frustrated Danica after the race.

Danica has been good for Indy cars since she joined the Letterman-Rahal team a few years ago. She's not afraid to show her feminine side, as evidenced by all the photos (included the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition) of her you'll find in magazines and on the Internet. But, more importantly, she's not afraid to mix it up with the guys on the track.

"I'm myself. I'm not like anybody else," she says in this YouTube video before she even raced Indy cars. And, of course, since she's so famous now you can check out The Official Website of Danica Patrick where information about this year's race has been posted.

Of course, the countdown has begun for the IndyCar Series Iowa Corn Indy 250 on June 22 at the Iowa Speedway near Newton  where Danica is scheduled to race. Her fiery nature should definitely help sell tickets just as it did last year when she started in the 11th position and placed 13th after a late accident, while this year's Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon had the pole position before finishing 10th.