Danica to star in Miranda Lambert's "Fastest Girl In Town" video?

Photo tweeted by Miranda Lambert.

Photo tweeted by Danica.

Seriously, this is gonna be hot! I most certainly can't wait to see this music video.

Danica featured on Makers.com.

Danica is featured at Makers.com, a tribute site dedicated to trailblazing women. Very cool!

Makers.com Profile of Danica Patrick

Danica takes Katie Couric for a spin at Indy.

Danica should have won at Daytona.

It was quite the showing for Danica at Daytona tonight. She most certainly had the fastest car on the track and was poised to get her first NASCAR win, if only she had some "back up" to push her along. The whole race came down to the final 18 laps where she survived the "big one" during lap 20, which took out pretty much any semblance of "allies" that she could tandem with. After the restart, she was left "high and dry" by pretty much the top 15 drivers and ended up in the middle of the pack searching for a partner. By the time she found someone, it was all for nothing as she was caught up in an accident she really couldn't avoid. She finishes 31st despite leading most of the laps in the race.

All I can say is Danica truly understands how to draft cars ahead of her. Slipping and sliding in between tandem packs, she was strong all by herself riding the drafts being created by the leaders. It was quite impressive. It was also quite phenomenal how she handled getting pushed along and how easy it was for her to navigate back to the front with "pusher" in tow. The only issue I saw tonight was that she still needs to learn how to be "the pusher". She kept insisting on being the lead car in the tandem, and I truly believe it didn't help her cause at the end. Especially during that last restart, there were cars purposely avoiding being her "pusher" even though I truly believe it probably would have benefited both Danica and that trail car if it were to happen. Again, Tony Jr. has hinted on the possibility of why and I most definitely saw it in that particular instance. Quite a shame. She should have won that race.

A bit behind on the blog, but most definitely been keeping my eye on her.

Yeah, it seems I've been kinda "slack" on updating this blog. But it most certainly doesn't mean I haven't been watching what Danica has been doing on and off the track for the last few months. One thing I'm most certainly proud of her accomplishing is how her restarts have gotten a whole lot better! After watching the Darlington and Charlotte races, I've been quite impressed on how well she has improved with her restarts. I guess it has been helping her a lot to learn from one of the best at it in Tony Stewart.

Also, her great run at Road America was absolutely phenomenal! Especially considering road courses were never her strongest skill, she really showed how it should be done despite falling victim to French-Canadian stupidity at the end. I'm most definitely looking forward to her repeating her road course success at his daddy's circuit at Montreal in August.

As for Tony Jr.'s remarks about how unfairly Danica has been treated all season, I most certainly agree with him. What's unfortunate is that I have witnessed this on so many levels first hand at races I have attended. And despite whatever NASCAR may be doing to diversify both its audience and driver rosters, it still has a long way to go from getting away from being exclusively "a good 'ole southern boy's playground".

Overall, it's good to see Danica is still within the consciousness when NASCAR is mentioned in the media. And despite the sense of negativity that tends to be brought from the so-called "NASCAR faithful", it's a very positive thing for the sport. It's due to the fact that the media has come to the understanding that every time Danica climbs into that car, the potential of a historical event always presents itself. And those who truly "get it" know very well it's just a question of when.

Danica Patrick Discusses Short Track Learning Curve

JR Motorsports posted a video of Danica discussing the learning curve for short track racing and racing on flat tracks.

Jillian Michaels Interviews Danica.

Fellow GoDaddy Girl, Jillian Michaels has a fun interview with Danica on Michael's radio show Daily Dose with Jillian Michaels.

Jillian Michaels: Getting Intimate With NASCAR Star Danica Patrick 

Danica's Best Finish of the Year at Texas - 8th.

After starting 17th for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, Danica makes a late charge to finish 8th. During a caution late in the race, crew chief Tony, Jr. made a great call to get her fresh tires and on the restart, worked her way up from 13th to finish 8th. So far, it's her best finish of the 2012 season.

During the last 4 laps, Danica was looking great slicing, dicing and splitting in-between slower cars. I was quite proud to see her go three-wide into turn 1 in the middle and push the #7 GoDaddy Chevy Impala to its limits. It was also good to see how much better her restarts have become watching this race. Apparently, the two week break was a very good chance for Danica to regroup and get aggressive.

Fun at Fontana..DanicaStalk 2012

Besides being unindated with work as of late, it was difficult to write this entry. There were a few disappointments with the weekend, and I argued with myself if I should "whine" within this entry. I felt it would be detremental, so I won't get into those. Instead, I'm going to concentrate on the very cool things that happened that weekend.

First of all, I was quite entertained by Leslie and her sister, Kristin, from Biola University. I bought my beers from Leslie behind the pit area because proceeds would go to their softball team and we talked about all kind of cool sports stuff. It was a fun Friday and, of course, I got to meet Danica again. Austin Dillon had to point out I got a "hug and kiss" from Danica. I told him, she and I kind of go back.

Yes...Danica gave me "a hug and a kiss".

Saturday was quite the frustrating day. During the Nationwide race, Danica was having trouble finding speed. During a restart, it looked as if the #7 GoDaddy.com Chevy Impala was fast until the car failed. The official explaination was a hole in the radiator made the engine seize. Danica officially finished 35th. I have my own opinions about that, but I won't get into them. Let's just say I had to leave the track early because I was so pissed. Thank goodness for the "cold beverage girls", Leslie and Kristin.

Kristin and Leslie Larson, Biola University Softball. Go Eagles!

Sunday was fun...until it rained. I was all done with my frustration of the day before, and was looking forward to seeing Dale Jr. win. Of course, everybody was talking about the rain coming and they should have started the race just 1 hour earlier, but bills apparently had to be paid and we only watched half of the race. Atleast I was happy to see Tony Stewart win and Dale Jr. take 3rd. Still, thank the "cold beverage girls" for making that weekend special. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing them play versus Azusa Pacific next week.

Danica finished 19th at Bristol.

I've been so busy with work as of late that I missed out on Danica racing at Bristol this past St. Patrick's Day weekend. D'oh! But ESPN has a good article about the race and how she did:

Danica Finishes Frustration-Free 19th

I guess I'll make up for it by seeing her at Fontana, CA this weekend. Woohoo!! DanicaStalk 2012 is in full swing!