Last week the New York Times devoted considerable space to speculation on Danica Patrick’s future in the IRL. Her contract with Andretti Green is up after this season, and she seems to be seriously considering a switch to NASCAR. “One of the things I think of is the exposure level that you get in NASCAR with the ratings and viewership,” she told the paper. “Their numbers are so much larger than ours, and with that comes a bigger following, comes more popularity, comes more demand for you to endorse other products. So I think it would be an exponential sort of growth.”
As much as she is a talented racer, Patrick is also a shrewd businesswoman, which is why I see her …Â Details
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