07-10-2006, 05:10 PM
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First Juan Montoya. Now Danica Patrick?
Fresh on the heels of Formula One star Montoya jumping ship to join up with NASCAR comes a report that suggests Patrick is considering doing the same.
The Orlando Sentinel reports that it's possible Patrick, the woman who almost stunned the racing world last year by nearly winning the Indianapolis 500, could leave the Indy Racing League for NASCAR as early as next year.
"I'm trying to get her (into NASCAR)," Patrick's father, T.J., said.
He would later add, "I don't know if she's coming around to the idea, but all the arrows point this way."
T.J. Patrick, who manages his daughter's career, was at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, site of the Nextel Cup USG Sheetrock 400, where he held exploratory talks with some Cup teams and sponsors about the possibility of Patrick leaving IRL for NASCAR when her contract with Rahal-Letterman Racing expires at the end of this season.
The Patricks were garage guests of Roush Racing, but it might be a bit early to read anything into that.
"Not at this point," T.J. Patrick said. "We're just talking to everybody and seeing what's shaking here."
The elder Patrick admitted the length of the NASCAR season — 36 races, more than twice as many events as in the IRL — is a concern for Danica.
"There's just so many races," he said. "That's what scares her more than anything. It's 38 weekends."
But T.J. Patrick dismissed any concerns that the 5-foot-1, 100-pound Patrick would have any problem converting from a 1,600-pound IndyCar to a 3,400-pound stock car.
"Strength-wise, it's probably easier to drive one of these because they have power steering, where we (in the IRL) don't right now," he said.
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