Danica Patrick Must Capitalize on Racing Spotlight with Huge Daytona 500 Showing

February has been Danica Patrick's career in a nutshell.The month started with the revelation that Patrick and fellow driver Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. are dating, leading to more off-the-track news for the woman who has already received plenty of publicity for her Go Daddy ads and magazine photo shoots.Will this be a distraction for the two racers? Will they approach one another differently on the track? Is this a good thing or bad thing for the sport?Yes—the questions became annoying quickly.This is one side of Patrick, the sex symbol, the celebrity off the track. This is the side that her critics lament, and the men too simple-minded to deal with a woman competing in NASCAR chide.Never mind that there are plenty of male sex symbols in sp...

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