Danica Patrick finally wins!

[SVT666]

MOTEGI, Japan - Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.

Patrick finished 5.8594 seconds ahead of pole-sitter Helio Castroneves on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi oval after leader Scott Dixon pitted with five laps left and Dan Wheldon and Tony Kanaan came in a lap later.

"It's a long time coming. Finally," Patrick said. "It was a fuel strategy race, but my team called it perfectly for me. I knew I was on the same strategy as Helio and when I passed him for the lead, I couldn't believe it. This is fabulous."

The 26-year-old Patrick won in her 50th career IndyCar start.

"Thank you to Andretti Green. Thanks to my teammates," she said.

Dixon took the lead from Castroneves on the 93rd lap in the race rescheduled for Sunday because of wet track conditions Saturday, but gave up the spot to pit for fuel.

"We led for a lot of laps but came up short," Dixon said. "But congratulations to Danica for her first victory."

Patrick, who started from the third row and made her final pit stop on Lap 148, stayed close to the leaders throughout the 200-lap race.

"I knew there was a good reason for coming to Japan," Patrick said. "I want to thank my team, the fans and everyone who supported me."

Dixon was third, followed by Wheldon and Kanaan.

Patrick finished a career-best seventh in the season standings last year, and was second in the race at Detroit's Belle Isle.

At the 2005 Indy 500, she nearly won the pole and became the first female driver to lead the race en route to a fourth-place finish. It was the best finish by a woman at Indy, and helped her take rookie of the year honors.

[S204STi]

[r0tor]

did she celebrate by stripping????

[Submariner]

To continue with the misogamist male attitude...

wow lol shez hot fo sho.

Anyways.  Good for her.

Besides, there's nothing hotter than a chick who digs cars, except perhaps one who digs cars and guns...

[NomisR]

did she celebrate by stripping????

Why?  So we can find out that she has a figure of a little boy?

[Cookie Monster]

Took her long enough!

[Soup DeVille]

Why?  So we can find out that she has a figure of a little boy?

No, so that we can confirm that she isn't one.

Oh, damn: that was harsh and uncalled for...

[hotrodalex]

Why?  So we can find out that she has a figure of a little boy?

I thought we already established that.  

[SVT666]

Took her long enough!

It took her three years.  That's not bad.

[Soup DeVille]

It took her three years.  That's not bad.

No, it's not, and with the revised weight rules, it will keep the boys from downplaying it as well.

Still, with the amount of press she gets and the endorsments she gets paid for, you'd think she was the best ever; and she's not.

[280Z Turbo]

Didn't we come to the consensus before that she could meet minimum weight and get more endorsements with breast implants?

[giant_mtb]

Don't care.

[Panama Jack]

Even after the new rules were not only car but driver have to weigh the same she still wins.

This one has to be special.

Shes not bad I give her a 7.

[SVT666]

No, it's not, and with the revised weight rules, it will keep the boys from downplaying it as well.

Still, with the amount of press she gets and the endorsments she gets paid for, you'd think she was the best ever; and she's not.

She's a lot better at her sport then Kornikova is at hers...and Danica is prettier.

[The Pirate]

She's a lot better at her sport then Kornikova is at hers...and Danica is prettier.

I dunno man, Patrick isn't a wildebeest, but I don't think she's better looking than Kournikova.



vs.



I don't find either one of them beautiful, but I'd rather wake up next to Kournikova.  And look, I was even fair and found gussied up photos for both of them. 

[GoCougs]

I dig Danica, on all levels.

[SVT666]

I would take Danica thanks.  The better photos to compare them with are ones where they aren't all gussied up.  Danica has it all over Kournikova when it comes to natural beauty.

[93JC]

Psh, whatever. I call dibs on Sharipova.

[SVT666]

Psh, whatever. I call dibs on Sharipova.

Uhhhhh no.  Oh wait, I'm married.

[The Pirate]

Psh, whatever. I call dibs on Sharipova.

Sharapova



93JC made a typo.  The world is going to end soon.

[Panama Jack]

1.Sharapova
2.Kournikova
3.Danica

[omicron]

1.Sharapova
2.Kournikova
3.Danica

You just don't want to have 'Patrick' as option #3!

[hotrodalex]

Ashley Force beats them all. 

[MX793]

Ashley Force beats them all. 

+1.

The other two Force girls are pretty good looking too.

[CALL_911]

You just don't want to have 'Patrick' as option #3!

[Panama Jack]

Is she man-she??? 

[93JC]

Sharapova

Шарапова, wienerface.

[CJ]

The Force girls are bitches, as is John Force.  I've met them before and they're all nasty people.

[FordSVT]

The Force girls are bitches, as is John Force.  I've met them before and they're all nasty people.

They didn't even come across as nice on their TV show.

[hotrodalex]

They didn't even come across as nice on their TV show.

They weren't supposed to, drama is much more interesting than being nice, so they purposely were like that.