I may have overlooked it, but I didn't see you Badger Blog Alliancytes playing up the fact that Danica Patrick's first breath was of Dairy Air, Rock County atmo, in Beloit. She was raised in Roscoe, Illinois, but that still means that she was nurtured by the Rock River's Badger molecules that flow through Roscoe.

I'd like to ask her if she considers her fourth place finish a settling tactic. If she had chosen not to lean her fuel mixture, perhaps she could have staved off Wheldon and the others at the risk of running out of fuel altogether. But, even so, she did a great job and made a big splash.

She is fortunate to be racing IRL instead of NASCAR. IRL is much more genteel, NASCAR more cutthroat. The Sunday night 600 mile race had 22 yellow flags and one red. Teammates were wiping one another out. Perhaps, though, her fortunate choice of IRL lead to much hullabaloo 'cause she is so good looking. Most IRL racers are 'don't stare at him, son' homely. In NASCAR, she might have only been the 5th or 6th best looking in the field of pretty boys.