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Danica Patrick was a good Indy 500 driver. She raced in eight Indy 500s with six top 10 finishes including a podium. Her DNF in 2008 was caused when she was wrecked out in the pits by Ryan Briscoe and then wanted to fight him in Gasoline Alley. Last year, having qualified seventh, she wrecked out in her first Indy car race experience in seven years finishing 30th.
She qualified top-ten 6 times including once on the front row. Her best races as a driver in non-competitive cars were 2010 and 2011 where she qualified 23rd and 25th bringing her car to 6th and 7th, respectively.
She should have stayed in the Indy series and become an oval specialist like Ed Carpenter. The lure of NASCAR money was too tempting and the ol' boys club too closed. Plus, she wasn't very good in NASCAR racing. She's an open wheel oval specialist.
Anyway, I hope I've rehabilitated Ms. Patrick enough that she'll stop by some evening and drive my car. Yes, I am a pig.
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