As you all know, it’s been said by Rick Hendrick that there is no deal in place to bring the star power of Danica Patrick over to NASCAR to dabble in any of the NASCAR series.
Then again, isn’t this the guy that said that infamous phrase, “There’s no room at the inn?“ Sneaky poker player is who Rick is!
All joking aside, Hendrick said any news reports are premature.
Me, I think I speak for a large percentage of NASCAR fans when I say that NASCAR Bits & Pieces just doesn’t care one way or the other.
If Danica comes to NASCAR to dabble, I don’t see the point. Of course the media attention and TV ratings would probably spike for a while. And if she showed up intermittently in the sport, then I could predict intermittent ratings spikes for NASCAR.
If she actually performs well, I’d be surprised. Nothing against her skills. It’s just stepping in to a stock car, as Sam Hornish Jr. & Juan Montoya have shown, isn’t a shoe in for a walk in the park!
For now, once deals and contracts are finalized for Danica Patrick in her IndyCar team, we’ll probably be hearing from everyone about her plans for whatever it is she’ll be doing.
That should be around the end of November, beginning of December.
