Danica Patrick is a good driver and she will be better next year. She drives fast, controls the car well and gets people to watch IRL races.

Like many people, 2005 marked the first time I watched the Indy 500 race since the CART-IRL...
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Danica Patrick is a good driver and she will be better next year. She drives fast, controls the car well and gets people to watch IRL races.

Like many people, 2005 marked the first time I watched the Indy 500 race since the CART-IRL split. At first it was easy because IRL had people they just pulled off the street doing the racing. Who wants to watch “the Greatest Spectacle in Racing” if the race is going to come down to a battle between Bubba from the gas station and Curtis the local pharmacist? While I wasn’t watching, the top CART teams slipped over to IRL one at a time. Now IRL has all the good drivers and CART features Bubba & Curtis.

Now when I think open-wheel racing, I think Dave Letterman. So when Dave’s team won the Indy 500 in 2004, it caught my attention. Then this year when Dave said the beauteous Danica would be driving for him I took notice. When she qualified in the first row, I knew my boycott of Indianapolis had run its course.

I saw it. It was good. Danica nearly won. Even though she didn’t win, she’s still really pretty. That’s not a bad thing. Other people besides me are watching IRL. The more people they get to watch, the more the sponsors pay and the more money all the teams get.

I feel my life is enriched every time I see Danica on a magazine cover. She’s pretty, she drives, and everyone is better off for it. That’s a good thing.