Patrick rumors just smoke and mirrors
The darling of the sporting world after her fourth-place finish in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 – the reality being it was her race to lose – was slipping out of the spotlight week by week, and she needed a boost.
She got it from her father, T.J., who told one of the country's most-respected motorsports writers, Ed Hinton, that Danica might be ready to jump to NASCAR.
This seems like a ploy, pure and simple, to get more money from an owner, whether it's Rahal Letterman Racing or a new team. The IRL would go to extremes to keep her, despite the fact she hasn't won yet and clinging to the hope that she soon will. The league is struggling to regain the interest of fans, and even a merger with the Champ Car circuit won't solve all the problems. Arizona Republic