DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Typically it's not considered polite to ask a woman about her weight, but that apparently doesn't apply if you've won the pole for the Daytona 500. The question of whether Danica Patrick's weight -- or lack of it compared to
Danica Patrick's debut 2012 Sprint Cup series run was a disaster not necessarily of her making. In 10 races on NASCAR's top circuit, she was in several wrecks and finished no higher than 17th late last season at Phoenix. The 30-year-old veteran is
196.434 miles per hour. That's the top speed hit by Stewart-Haas racing driver Danica Patrick during Saturday's qualifying for the Daytona 500 at Daytona.
Danica Patrick made auto racing history on Sunday. Patrick, in her first full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, claimed the pole for next Sunday's season-opening Daytona 500 and became the first woman to win a pole
Donovan McNabb accidentally congratulated Danica Patrick on winning the Daytona 500, and Twitter noticed.
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