Press-Telegram - Sports: "What Danica Patrick showed Sunday was that, clearly, auto racing no longer is the sole province of men, that a woman is quite capable of going just as fast if not faster than any man across 500 miles.
There had been three previous women to compete at Indy, Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher, but none ever led the race, as Danica Patrick did Sunday, and none captured the nation's attention like this young woman who could become a formidable figure in her sport did.
Only the years will reveal the impact of Danica Patrick's remarkable effort, but you can be sure there are a lot of wide-eyed young girls out there determined now to emulate her."

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