Danica Patrick takes a lot of flack from race fans because she gets an insane amount of media attention and doesn't necessarily earn the results on track to match. Well, get ready to be angry again because she was on The Colbert Report last night.

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Today is the DANICAR Daniway Fresh Patrick 500 at Phoenica Motor Danicaway in Phoenica, Danizona. Danica Patrick just had a scary patrickcident. She's ok.

We're still waiting on MTV blogger Marty Beckerman to post a story explaining what it was NASCAR driver Jeremy Clements said this weekend that resulted in Clements being suspended from the sport. But now a self-proclaimed NASCAR photographer has chimed in to say that the remarks were directed at a woman, and possibly…

Jimmie Johnson just won the opening round of the 2013 Sprint Cup season, his 61st career win in this series. Dale Earnhardt Jr. secured the second place finish. 

Last weekend, Danica Patrick made NASCAR history by becoming the first woman to secure the pole position for the Daytona 500. Today, she did it again at the race itself.

USA Today has some pretty in-depth and excellent NASCAR coverage. They don't seem to have excellent copy editors.

Yes, for the first time ever, a woman will lead a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race to the green flag as Danica Patrick wins the pole for the Daytona 500. of course, plate qualifying isn't really about the driver as much as it is about the team, so that's really not her accomplishment so much as it is Crew Chief Tony…

The GoDaddy commercial that just aired during the Super Bowl was extremely effective advertising.

A couple of months ago, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick filed for divorce from her husband of seven years, physical therapist Paul Hospenthal. She said that the marriage was irretrievably broken.