Danica Patrick’s Nationwide Presence Overplayed

For years now, NASCAR fans have been anticipating the arrival of Danica Patrick, but I'm not sure that anyone expected what has become of it.  Since finishing in sixth place in her stock car debut last weekend in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, the first ARCA race of the year, Patrick has announced that she will run in this weekends Nationwide race at Daytona, the Drive4COPD 300. After the announcement came earlier this week that Patrick will driving the #7 GoDaddy.com car, led by crew chief Tony Eury Jr. and JR Motorsports, the media has been covering her every move.  ESPN has continued to run articles about her practice runs just to add to the hype for this weekend's festivities.  While all of the fame has been warranted up until this po...

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