Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 16 Argent Pioneer Panoz/Honda
source: paddocktalk.com Danica leads the Bombardier Rookie-of-the-Year standings, ranks 11th overall in points. She has two fourth-place finishes this year, including the Indianapolis 500. Danica, thanks for joining us this afternoon. We're heading to our fifth one-and-a-half mile track of the season. Obviously you're starting to get a little bit more experience on this type of track. These tracks have been pretty good to you so far this season with your first pole coming at Kansas , first top-five finish at Motegi. As we head to another one at Kentucky Speedway, what are your expectations as we go into the weekend? DANICA PATRICK: Well, I'm finding that all the tracks are a little bit different. Some of the time the corners are banked more than others. Other times they're more of a one-groove track than a two-groove, or two and three. They all have their little differences, bumps and whatnot. But the general feel, it's good to be able to go back to something that at least you kind of have seen before. I'm getting used to it. We're still working hard. As the last race at Michigan showed, we can go to a big oval and be really fast, or we can go and not quite hit the setup. There's lots of little differences within each track. Q. Whether you like it or not you've become a role model. Some sports athletes embrace that situation, some don't. How do you view all this? How do you cope with this on a daily basis when girls who race soapbox cars and others look up to you? DANICA PATRICK: Well, I guess I would be one of those athletes that's embraced it. I think it's very flattering when people look up to you, you know, notice what you're doing. So, you know, you do your best to help and accommodate and answer any questions anybody has. One of the things at this point in time, it's difficult to act on everything and be active. But, you know, you just for the most part be there for questions and answers and autographs and whatever it is they want.
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