Oh please.....see Danica run and see them all let her run cause it´s so good for the "sport." Another "sport" not to bother with again. I remember way back when.....Believe it or not there were OTHER women who ran nascar before this publicity hog.

She´ll lose.
Again.

I cannot remember a more over-hyped sports figure. She´s the Anna Kornikova of racing.

I think Michelle Wie was a little more over-hyped. This is a big deal. FOX is happy as can be.

Overhyped or not she just did what no woman has ever done before.

These threads have a magnetic attraction for the resident misogynists.

This time she beat the others to the pole position. I know racers. They do not sit back and just let that happen.

So deal with it.

I don´t think that any driver would be willing to run the risk of losing their sponsor if he didn´t try to win.

Danica usually has a very fast car and she has proven that she can drive when she´s the only one on the track in qualifying. Racing is another story.

I hope she has success.

....if you don`t know the difference between a timing chain and a gold chain don`t be democrat...give the lady her do...she made history...so whatever happens in the 500 has nothing to do with today...maybe there is a war on women among the right....da^^n shes running Hendrick stuff and works for Smoke...sheesh if you watched her run she stayed lower and yes maybe the head winds blew in her favor...200+ on the straight aways...196+ plus average....you haters would crap your shorts at those speeds....yeah I love the Force girls/women too ..but da^^n lighten up.......!

Good for you Danica. You go girl!!!

She was very pretty before she mutilated herself with that horrible tramp stamp.
Still, my more vulgar side loves the headline.

Being a female, I am hardly anti-women, however I do believe in fairness. She hasn´t done anything that would put her into cup racing except they (head honchos) want her there for more publicity. Heaven knows NASCAR need publicity. Their ratings are falling like a rock. I feel sorry for all those racers who´ve paid their dues and won´t ever get there cause they aren´t willing to take their clothes off.

Oh, for crying out loud! She won the pole. None of the others beat her time.

As another said, deal with it.

I see a lot of truth in #9, especially the part about the haters. And their shorts.

I want to see her do a pole dance in honor of the occasion!!!

When the women start kvetching about another woman it´s often a case of the Green-eyed Hydra raising its ugly head. Just sayin´.

Her sponsor is willing to trust her with a darned expensive piece of very quick machinery. And she has done good, as they say on the NASCAR circuit. As for taking off her clothes, the last time I looked she was wearing a driver´s suit pretty much like all the others.

..thanks..that imagine will haunt me tonight...Tony Stewart in Calvin Klein commercial....no....

She is as mean on the track as an ex wife in divorce court.
And sooner or later, Danica will win.

Good. She belongs on the pole.

Congratulations, Danica! That is quite and accomplishment. Best of luck for the 500 and the season.

She did this while putting on her makeup

And on a cell phone too!

Most dads try to keep their daughters off the pole.

With as many female lead foot drivers as we have, I am amazed there are not hundreds of Danicas. Hell on wheels. You go girl.

Good job, Danica! I´ll be wearing my #10 ball cap for the 500.

Maybe NASCAR turned on their magic tailwind machine just for her and no one else (what?? not for Jimmie Johnson?).

Hope she keeps the shiny side up and does not have a crack up.

Haven´t watched NASCAR in years. Not since they put in all the chickens**t rules to punish MOPAR because King Richard was blowing everybody off the track. Same thing with IndyCar racing. It might as well be IROC. Danica Patrick gets way too much attention relative to her accomplishments on the race track. Sort of like affirmative action. She had the fastest car out there this week so she should have taken the pole.