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I am not a big race fan, let me state that right now. I don't really get the fascination of watching cars go around and around a track. Formula One, I can kinda see the draw driving through city streets, the track always changning, but not so much with IRL and NASCAR (I'm sure there are plenty of people hating me now for saying that). I did, however, watch the last portion of the Indy 500 today. Why? Mainly because there was absolutely nothing else on television. I have come to the realization that the IRL is watched, in large part, by people waiting to see what Danica Patrick will do. Will she win? Will she lose? Will she throw a fit that rivals any five year-old's? The answer would be no, yes, and most definitely!

I'm sure she is a very nice person, and she is a pretty woman, but man, what a whiner! I think she's her own worst enemy when it comes to the press about her fits. Have you seen some of the tantrums she's thrown? I especially liked the one where she went stomping down the track like a petulant toddler that was told she can't have a cookie. Great move both for racing and feminists everywhere.

There have been plenty of arguments that the fact that she is embracing her "sexy" side to promote herself is horrible. I don't really think it's all that bad. Unfortunately, sex sells and it sells well if you have a pretty face and a good body. It's got her name in the public eye, whether it's on television, radio, the internet, etc. In fact, she got more press and air time than any other driver for the portion of the race that I watched, and she didn't even finish the race. I think they spoke more about her than the actual winner, Scott Dixon. That has to be a bit annoying to the other racers, but guess it's the way things go.

My one issue with her is that she'll throw a fit, act like she's going to throw down with a guy twice her size and gets away with it. Just once I'd like to see a guy smack her and see if she tries it again. This will, of course, never happen. I'm not advocating violence against women but if she instigates a slapping, she better be willing to accept the consequences. That's all I'm saying. Look at poor Dan Wheldon when she shoved him at that other race last year (I think it was last year). She shoved him, yelled in his face, and what could he do? Nothing. If he shoved back, he'd be a bully. If he yelled back, he'd be a jerk for yelling at little Danica. Since he did nothing, they made comments like she could kick his ass, and she was tougher than him. It's a no win situation for these guys. Not cool. Miss Patrick, get over yourself and run the race. Crap happens and if you continue to blame everything bad that happens on other people, you'll lose support faster than it takes to win the pole.

On another note, what's up with the milk? I get it's tradition, but it's gotta be way hot and milk when it's hot, not so good. Like the announcers said, it's going to stink very quickly as they're spraying the milk. Yuck. I'm surprised they don't have a sponsorship on the milk bottle. They're everywhere else, why not the dairy council selling real estate on the glass bottle? I think we could totally market that.

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