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Another member of the Petty family apparently doesn't think much of Danica Patrick's driving ability.

Richard Petty, the "King" of NASCAR who holds the all-time record with 200 wins, told the website Wheels.ca that Patrick was only capable of winning if no other cars were on the track.

"(Only) if everybody else stayed home," Petty told the site during an appearance at the Canadian Motorsports Expo in Toronto.

Petty's son, TV analyst and former driver Kyle Petty, said Patrick was "not a race car driver" last year and never would be because she was just a "marketing machine."

But Richard Petty told Wheels.ca he believed Patrick was good for NASCAR despite her lack of ability, because NASCAR has evolved into "show time" since the days he raced.

"If she'd have been a male, nobody would ever know if she'd showed up at a race track," Petty said. "This is a female deal that's driving her. There's nothing wrong with that, because that's good PR for me. More fans come out, people are more interested in it. She has helped to draw attention to the sport, which helps everybody in the sport."


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Yeah, the Petty's should just probably keep those thoughts inside the Petty circle, not real smart on their part. But, who is to say they are very smart in the 1st place.

Kasey is 10 or so years younger and not a midget.

Tony is a marketing genius. I would LOVE to see Danica go one on one with the King!!!





Tony Stewart rips The King over Danica comments

PUBLISHED 21 minutes and 4 seconds ago
Bob Pockrass Sporting News



DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tony Stewart has an idea for what Danica Patrick should do if she wins a race.

Stewart, appearing Wednesday on the Performance Racing Network syndicated radio show "Fast Talk from Daytona Beach," stuck up for his driver Patrick, who was the subject of criticism from Hall of Famer Richard Petty last week.

Earlier this month, when asked if Patrick could win a race, Petty said: “If everybody else stayed home.”

During the show Wednesday, host Doug Rice suggested Patrick should take the checkered flag to Petty for an autograph after her first win.

Stewart’s thoughts?

"If I were her, I'd take if over there and cram it up his (butt), if it were me," Stewart said, playing to the crowd. "But that's just me."

Patrick has brushed off the comments, which Petty has stood by. Stewart has tried to let the comments go but couldn’t.

“I’ve tried to steer away from it, but it’s like, man, did he really think about what he said before he said it?” Stewart said.

Stewart wanted to set up a head-to-head race between Patrick and Petty.

“I told her she should challenge Richard to a heads-up race,” Stewart said. “I think that would pretty much settle it once and for all, maybe get him to shut up a little bit, too.”

As far as that match race, Stewart said he would supply the cars and setups.

“He can drive one of my (No.) 14 cars, I don’t care,” Stewart said.

Stewart said on the show that NASCAR has changed a great deal since Petty won 200 races.

“He drove in an era when he had cars that were superior to what everybody else was running a lot,” Stewart said. “I think he forgets that NASCAR has changed a lot since he was a driver and how hard it really is now.”

Quit making excuses for Petty. My mom still drives and she's 83!!

Danica has everything to lose now. Petty called Tony's bluff! haha

Take that, kesha!!





Baby steps: Danica is improving, and the numbers don't lie

Tom Jensen
FOX Sports
MAR 27, 2014 4:30p ET





In her second full season of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing, Danica Patrick is absolutely improving and showing progress after a disappointing rookie campaign in 2013.

The numbers don't lie.

If you throw out Daytona, where Patrick was taken out in a crash not of her own making, Patrick is doing much better this year than last. In the four races from Phoenix to Auto Club Speedway, Patrick's average finish this year was 22.50, compared with 30.75 for the same four races a year earlier.

In all four of the those races -- Phoenix, Las Vegas, Bristol and ACS -- Patrick finished better than she did in the same event last year. And for the first time in her Cup career, Patrick has finished in the top 25 three races in a row. She's also improved her finishing position in each of the last four races, culminating with a 14th-place run at ACS.

Is she challenging for victories yet? Nope.

But she's improving, which is the critical first step. And she's moved from 39th to 27th in points in the last four races.

This weekend, the Sprint Cup Series races at tiny Martinsville Speedway, a place where many top drivers struggle, yet a place where Patrick feels at home. Last year, she finished 12th in the spring race here and 17th in the fall race, making Patrick's average Martinsville finish 14.5. That's her best at any Cup track to date.

With all that in mind, Patrick and crew chief Tony Gibson are looking forward to Sunday's STP 500 at Martinsville.

"Our finishes have steadily improved the last three weeks, which has given the team a good boost," said Patrick. "We had two good runs at Martinsville last year, so I feel good heading into this week. Tony Gibson has had a lot of success there and knows how to set up a car for Martinsville. It's a tough place, very tight with a lot of beating and banging, but hopefully we can stay out of trouble and have a good run."

Patrick attributed her improving finishes this year to faster cars, which she said have made her more competitive.

"We've had really good cars every week and have been fast," Patrick said. "We just didn't have any luck in the first two weeks. We've rebounded nicely and have been able to get everything pointing in the right direction. I'm proud of the team for the hard work and effort to help dig us out of the hole we were in. We've improved each week and hopefully we can keep doing that."

Gibson said testing at the short oval at Rockingham Speedway in North Carolina helped prep Patrick for the rigors of Martinsville.

"We went and did some testing at 'Little Rock' and that really paid off," Gibson said. "It really helped us get her in that rhythm. We knew when we left there that it might not be a bad deal for us. She was pretty sporty at Little Rock. We were able to go up to Martinsville and get a good 12th-place finish and I think we were all kind of looking at each other going, 'What just happened here?' We went back in the fall and had another good run -- we didn't finish as well, but were still strong. Our car was really good again and she did a really good job."

Now the challenge is to build on what the team has done in the past and continue to improve.

"We're pumped to go there, but Martinsville is a place where you can go and think you're going to run really well and it will dish out a case of 'humble' to you," said Gibson. "It's a tough place and you're fighting the beating and the banging all day. But we're positive and excited to get there."

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Looks like somebody is hitting the sauce a little early today.

Thou shall not take the name of the Lord in vain.

TNA took over Nascar?  

Kesha, it's called strategy. So far...working!

All the crashes she causes and gets into means good screen time for GoDaddy and other sponsors.