Danika, Where are you?

Originally from July 27, 2010

Danika Patrick was part of this build, sort of. Early in all this when Alan and I would ask each other if some part needed to be removed, or cleaned, or painted, we'd ask ourselves what a real race car driver would do, or a (stereotypical) woman, and that soon became Danika. "Well, what would Danika want, do, expect?" would be our answer. So, I wrote her a very nice letter telling her about our pretty little parody of a real race car, about LeMons, and how fun it would be, and how she was already part of the team, in spirit, and I offered her a seat. I thought it was a really nice letter, and offered to keep it secret and everything, and to set up far from the main crowd to avoid creating a scene. Of course she was not exempt from the $550 we charge our arrive-and-drive people, and recommended she review the LeMons rules and regs. But, we have not heard back from her. Not even an autographed photo, so her seat has gone to a guy who once raced in the Renault Cup in Europe, back in the day. Oh, well. Maybe we'll just put one of her slinkier posters on the fuel bulkhead.