Why Danica Patrick Still Moves the Needle in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

Everyone seems to have an opinion about Danica Patrick, the only woman driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Her fans (and there are many) see her as a groundbreaking pioneer, fighting hard to make her way in a man's world. Her detractors (and there are many of those as well) see her at best as a shameless opportunist who is much more of a marketing machine than a competent driver and at worst as little more than a pretty face who has absolutely no business being behind the wheel in NASCAR. Which is it? Well, that might just be the wrong question to ask. Because the truth is that the answer doesn't really matter, except that it's all part of the Patrick package. What really matters to the folks deciding to put her in a dri...

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