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Way to go Danica. Guess they can't say she's just a novelty act anymore.

I seen the same information on an ESPN crawler and a brief video clip of her in victory lane, but ThatsRacin.com lists her as finishing 11th and never leading a lap.

http://www.thatsracin.com/158/story/3857.html

Indycar.com says she won. Big headline about "Historic Win". Past Helio Casterneverwas (or whatever his name is) on lap 198. Think they may be more official than thats racin.com. I'm glad she got one so now people can get off her back about having never won.

I just looked a little closer....they posted LAST years results!

I watched the race on ESPN Classic. They had it on there because of the delay. She did pass Helio with two laps left. Carpenter, Helio, and Danica topped off on fuel with about 50 laps left at the end of a yellow period with everyone getting about that many laps per tank,and the other leaders, Dixon, Kanaan, etc., who had stayed out all had to come in under green with 4 or 5 laps left. Danica had hung in 7th or so conserving fuel and took over second when they all pitted. She made a great pass on the outside of Helio and went on to win. Great race.

My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race 
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss 
that ol' gal. 

damn, the girl has a brain that is a good as her body, I think I am in Love !

This lady is the real deal! She is beautiful, she is sexy, she is busy while the races are on instead of bitching that they are on lol lol lol, wonder if she would marry me?

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Congrats Danica!

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Duane,

I don't know how to tell you this, but even though any woman should feel honored to land a real stud like you, as far as Danica is concerned you are just too short. About $10 million short. lol.

My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race 
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss 
that ol' gal. 

now lets put that girl in a sprint car and see if she can drive

Robert Bond    San Jose Ca

think she would take a check?

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she was going to win one, lucky for her she got it in the last race while the other half dozen good drivers from champ car were in Long Beach. She always hangs out mid-pack and waits as drivers running hard fall out. Was gonna happen. Too bad for her cuz that will be the last one. I thought she'd have one before now, being she was in one of the top 6 cars in the series, but she is gutless. Falls back at the start of every race, losing 5 or 6 positions then settles in in front of the back 8 or 9 backpack drivers/owner's cars.

Adding $6 trillion of debt in his 1st term and now if 
elected again he wouldn't have to worry about an 
electorate in 2016 so the sky is the limit.And his EPA 
would continue to put the screws to oil drilling and 
mining for coal.Can you say bankruptcy.

LOL! LOL! LOL! That's funny! I needed a good laugh this morning! Especially the part about the six "GOOD" drivers in Champ Car. If they were in Japan, they would have been behind her too. (and everyone else LOL!)

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MOTEGI, Japan - Since exploding into the consciousness of an international audience at the 2005 Indianapolis 500, Danica Patrick has answered incessant questions of when she would win an IndyCar Series race.

Next question, please.

Patrick, competing in her 50th IndyCar Series race, became the first female to win a major auto racing event on a closed-course circuit. The designation is because Jutta Kleinschmidt of Germany won the Paris to Dakar Rally in 2001.

- The setting: The Indy Japan 300 on the Twin Ring Motegi oval.
- The scenario: Moving from ninth place on Lap 189, seeing leaders pit for a splash of fuel a few laps later and overtaking Helio Castroneves on Lap 198.
- The post-race scene: The sun broke through for the first time all weekend as Patrick made her way through a sea of well-wishers to the victory stage. Today, the diminutive Patrick stood 7 feet tall.

"Finally," Patrick said through tears before a victory lap to compose her thoughts. "This is a long time coming. It was a fuel strategy race, but my team called it perfectly for me. I know I was on the same strategy as Helio, and when I passed him for the lead I couldn't believe it. This is fabulous."

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A few minutes later, fans streamed down the frontstretch grandstand to get a closer glimpse (and hopefully a snapshot) of the winner - proof they were witness to history and had the ability to return to the venue after the sixth annual race was postponed 22 hours because of rain.

"I've always said that I wouldn't do this, but on my last lap I was kind of just excited," said Patrick, 26. "And when I actually had to talk on my radio, finally the emotion came out. I really couldn't manage any other words than 'thank you.' And then I was as relieved as I expected I would be years ago, how I knew I would feel when I won my first race."

Patrick has come close before, including after starting on the front row at Twin Ring Motegi in her fourth IndyCar Series race in '05. She finished fourth and really captured the public's attention a month later by becoming the first female to lead the Indianapolis 500. Patrick finished fourth again, and over the next two-plus seasons (with Rahal Letterman Racing and now Andretti Green Racing) second place (at Belle Isle last September) had been the high-water mark.

"I've been asked so many times when I'm going to win my first race, and finally, no more of those questions."

No, they will turn to 'When can you win another?' starting with the RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway in a week.

"It feels like it's taken a long time," she continued. "I had a lot of opportunities last year that were missed due to bad luck. I can only say I'm just glad it's over."

Castroneves finished 5.8594 seconds behind and Scott Dixon was third. Dixon's Target Chip Ganassi Racing teammate, Dan Wheldon, finished fourth and Tony Kanaan was fifth. Vision Racing's Ed Carpenter, staring at a career-best finish, also had to pit and wound up sixth. Rahal Letterman Racing's Ryan Hunter-Reay was a season-best seventh and A.J. Foyt Racing's Darren Manning advanced four positions to eighth.

Patrick, who competed in European junior formulas seeking her open-wheel racing break, returned to the States to compete in the Toyota Atlantic series in 2003 for Team Rahal. Co-owner Bobby Rahal gave her the opportunity in 2005. The move was met with some questions about a relatively inexperienced driver - and a female - competing in the premier North American open-wheel racing series.

"I think that the disadvantage to overcome was just that I hadn't won," Patrick said. "A lot of women hadn't really proved on a consistent basis that they could be a good driver and always run up front. I think there had been times when they had done well but not consistently.

"I can't tell you that I blame them for not believing that we could do it. But when you have 100 guys come through, finding one good one, the odds are a lot better than 100 girls since it takes a lot longer for 100 to come through. The odds are against us. But I grew up with never really using guys as a reference, using drivers as a reference, and if I wasn't fast enough, I wasn't fast enough. That was the most important thing."

The car was plenty fast enough at Twin Ring Motegi. Her team calculated the fuel mileage to the liter. And Patrick drove into history.

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

If that is her last one she will still end her career with 1 more Indy car win than you!!!!!!!!

She just did something that neither Steve Kinser or Sammy Swindell were able to do. I'll bet that really sticks in your craw, doesn't it... :)

Stan Meissner

Not that it matters, but if Sarah Fisher had the same opportunities as Danica, would she have been as successful?

Danica got opportunities because of things way beyond just her ability behind the wheel.

That said, she finally capitalized on her good looks and marketability.

Don't really care for her (way overrated) but I think it is really great that she finally did something worth talking about ! And she did it with her clothes on this time!!!

Some things in the world of motorsports racing is more impressive than others, 18 cars started the race, just 12 of them finished, 7 on the lead lap, doesn't sound like a competitive field to me, regardless who wins, IRL just doesn't impress me in the least.

John, I will answer your question. I feel Sara would have been a success if she had the equipment and opportunity that Danica has. Sara would tell it how it was and had that racers mentality and I don't recall ever whining. That was the time IRL wanted our sprint/midget drivers and when that wouldn't sell then the female gender took charge and Sara just missed out. What is she up to now by the way?

And as for Danica and cloths on, I think Jeff needs to bring that Sports Illistrated video back to the top as a tribute to Danicas first win.

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http://www.sarahfisher.com/

'The Today Show' TV ALERT: Sarah will appear on NBC's morning program on Wednesday 4/23/08
Sarah has a team ready for the Indy 500 this year. Of course it won't be the powerhouse team that others have - but at least she's still out there gathering sponsors and probably doing all of that work herself. At least that's what I understand. Isn't it funny that when I guy wins in the same fashion that Danica did (as many NASCAR & IRL & CART races are won) there aren't any of these snide comments.