DANICA PATRICK SHAKES HANDS like a man. It is a wince- inducing, finger-crushing, are-you-seriously-not-a-Marine kind of shake. “Hi [crunch], I’m Danica.” Coming from someone who is 5-foot-2, 109 pounds and looks like a brunette Barbie doll, it’s kind of like shaking hands with a lightning bolt. It makes you (okay, me) jump back a bit and go, “Ow! F–!,” which is the point. There should be no surprise here. The woman drives race cars for a living; of course she has grip.
“So I don’t always like to talk about racing,” Danica says. This is honestly the second thing she says, right after hello. It is a warm spring night in Chicago, and Danica, who will be  … More
Once again, Uncle Sam is showing his hatred of Nissan Skylines, this time in a physical rather than a regulatory way. Two Nissan Skylines — one featured in The Fast and the Furious — have been condemned by a Wisconsin court to be sent to the crusher.
Justin Beno built his two Nissan Skylines — a purple ’95 model and the bright yellow ’96 that appeared in the uber cheesy 2001 rice rocket action film — from stripped down shells. But without vehicle identification tags, the two cars were illegal from the getgo, exposing Beno to possible felony charges  … More