Nice win for Helio Castroneves yesterday at Indy. Having only a few days earlier escape the prospect of jail time after months in and out of courtrooms defending himself against charges that he evaded paying taxes on $5 million US, he won his third Indianapoils 500 and a record 15th for team owner Roger Penske. I don't know what he enjoyed more...this win, or competing on "Dancing with the Stars"...I'll go with winning Indy.
It was also a nice finish for the "Thrill from West Hill", Paul Tracy. He grew up in my old subdivision in Scarborough, Ontario and I was really rooting for him to do well, after losing his ride last year. He finished an incredible ninth after having been out of racing for more than 18 months, except for his lone 2008 race at the Rexall Edmonton Indy.
The big story however surfaced after the race. It seems speculation began about the future of Danica Patrick not five minutes after the checkered flag. The Roscoe, Ill., native finished third...the highest finish at Indy by a woman...for Andretti-Green Racing, but rumours that she's on her way to stock car racing in NASCAR have sprouted like dandelions on my lawn. Patrick's contract with AGR runs out at the end of this season and feelers already are going out from her camp and coming in to her camp about moving to NASCAR. Time will tell...but if Three-time NASCAR champion Darrell Waltrip has anything to say about it, he'd tell her to stay put. He told The Sporting News this week that his advice for Patrick would be: "Stay away." he figured the cars are too hot and heavy for Danica...Coincidentally, the hottest rumour to date has Patrick taking over the No. 55 Sprint Cup NAPA Auto Parts Toyota from Waltrip's brother Michael. I say go get 'em Danica...NASCAR could stand getting a little hotter anyway.
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