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Richard Petty's response when asked about Danika Patrick racing NASCAR

Yep, that's been the water cooler talk around here for a fair bit. Talk about a tempest in teapot. What's NOT being mentioned is that he said that he thinks Danica is good for the sport because she puts butts in seats. Figure that NASCAR is a business, just like any other one, and Richard wants to make his piece of the pie, too.

Mom knows Richard Petty pretty well. She says he's a fine man and an all around good guy. That's good enough for me.

And FWIW, I think he's right. If Danica was named "Daniel Patrick", he'd be the fastest racer at the local blue-ribbon county fair 1/3-mile dirt track. And, that's probably about it.

I was involved, last week, on a Yahoo article, about what King Richard said.
Here is a link to Danica's "accomplishment's"

http://racing-reference.info/driver/Danica_Patrick

Accomplishment would be a stretch of the word for her. If she didn't look better in a bikini, than any of the other drivers, she wouldn't be in a race car.

What's amazing was the defenders she had. People actually said she was as good as the other drivers out there. EVEN when you'd show them the facts.