Do I know this girl, or what?!? Last night in the Indy 300 at Miami-Homestead during the Indycar Series season finale, Danica finishes 2nd behind Scott Dixon. Tony Kanaan finished 3rd by less than an eyelash. Apparently my prediction came true since I felt Danica really needed to show up at this one, being the last race of the season. With that second place finish, she finishes in the top 10 in the points championship for the fifth year in a row. Whew!
Of course, I was also right on Dario stealing the championship from Will Power. Twice in a row has a Penske driver, who possessed the championship points lead going into the last race, lost it to the same Ganassi driver in Dario. Last year it happened to Ryan Briscoe. Ashley is happy.
Interestingly enough, all of the Andretti Autosport cars finished in the top 10 despite sub-par qualifying performances. I've been "bitchin' and moanin'" about AA all season. Seriously, can you blame me?! The same driver who won the last two Indycar Series Championships, Dario Franchitti, won his first championship with Andretti Green in 2007, the same year Danica arrived from Rahal Letterman Racing. AGR was always very competitive with "the red cars" up to 2009. I'm asking the question, "What the hell happened?" Well, whatever the answer may be, they better fix it in 2011. Because if they don't, I bet you Danica will opt-out of the third year of her contract with Andretti Autosport...and possibly leave Indycar. Especially when (not if) she wins the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 in 2011. Yup, I'm saying it! I'm making that prediction now! And I'm putting money down on that, too!
