"Such production mixed with glamorous looks and charisma created "Danica Mania" with endorsements, commercials and magazine spreads, making her the most popular open-wheel driver in the United States. Just mentioning Patrick and NASCAR in the same sentence is enough to start fans pondering how she would match up with Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
Patrick said she has watched NASCAR drivers bump and rub cars, something she remembers only too well from her go-cart days when she nudged others out of her way.
"It's beautiful. I do like that. I do like that. Rubbing's racing like they say, right?" she said."
[Danica Patrick loves open-wheel racing, but is enticed by NASCAR 07/14/2006 ]
I'm not a devoted fan of NASCAR but it would seem to me, from what I've seen, that the bump part is the real concern.
There may be a lot of that in go-carts but in CART it always ends the day for the participants.
All I'm talking about is re-training, I'm sure she is skilled and talented and I would make a point of watching her first Busch series race, unless she is so phenomenal at to go directly to the Nextel Cup...