Well whata-ya know, Danica Patrick finally won an Indy car race.
I know this because I read it on the internet-tubes. Normally I would have known this because I obsessively watch Indy car races (as well as all F1 races and the 24 hours Le Mans) but this time I missed it.
For starters, the race was at Motegi Japan, meaning there are dateline issues to deal with (i.e. it ends up on the TV on a Saturday rather than Sunday). Then the race was rained out, and I had no idea when it was going to be rescheduled … turns out it was the equivalent of 3 in the morning for my local.
Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, since I get up around then for F1 races anyway … but no one saw fit to tell me about it, so I missed out.
So there you have it … Danica finally breaks through, and once all the slack-jawed knuckle-draggers stop the ignorant complaining (my favorite misogynist comment so far: “SHE ONLY WON BECAUSE OF LUCKY PIT STRATEGY. … I can tell you it had very little to do with skill and everything to do with luck. … Sure it doesn’t matter where you were for anything but the final lap but SHE WAS MID-PACK ALL RACE.” (Boy, the world is going to be a hard place for dorks like him, huh?)) Danica can get on with being a racer instead of a girl-racer.
Now if she starts winning a bunch and really starts scaring the boys, we can elevate her into Michele Mouton territory.
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