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D. Patrick has had the backing of one of the leading teams ever since she entered the sport.
If any male driver with that level of support had gone as long as Patrick without winning, he would have lost his ride.
But since Danica looks so good in a bikini, she was kept on for all the media exposure (no pun intended) she generated for her team and the sport.
The mere fact that her win got on the top of the home pages of all the major media outlets (and into Broadsheet) proves this. (Quick; can anybody name who won the previous Indycar race?)
So the investment her team (and the Indycar series) has put into Miss Patrick has finally -- at long last -- paid off.
