When I was watching the Indy 500, I wondered to myself how long it would take for rumors to start about Danica Patrick leaving for another series (NASCAR or F-1). The answer was four days. The Chicago Tribune's Ed Hinton wrote a column yesterday suggesting that she should.
It's hard to argue against his points, which are that there is more money and safety in the other circuits. The money could change eventually, especially if she sticks with IRL and is successful. However, the safety will likely never change. NASCARs are bigger, stronger, and covered. They also go about 30 mph slower than Indy cars. You can bump and grind in NASCAR, but that can be fatal in an Indy Car. F-1 cars are pretty similar to Indy cars in structure, but rarely reach the same speeds because the series is all road courses. There aren't many straightaways where the cars can approach Indy car speeds, except perhaps at Indy itself.
Still, I hope she sticks it out. I like the IRL and it would be good for NASCAR to have a little competition.
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ESPN.com had a column on Friday BEFORE the Indy 500 that suggested Patrick should move to NASCAR, suggesting that she could put even Dale Jr. in the 'back seat.'
What did they suggest she do with Junior in the backseat?
Very funny jerry!
I read that article also... but it only made a passing mention of Danica -> NASCAR.
Here's the ESPN.com page with references to Dale Jr. in the backseat.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/quickie?date=050527
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