By half a lap. Rahal-Letterman put together a solid team and race car for her, too. she may have posed in a g-string, but she's the real deal on the track. I almost felt a little bad for the winner. You could tell that the crowd was "So what. Danica didn't win, let's get a beer". I don't know how many noticed, but from the inside cameras she was fighting the car a lot of the time. Looked like it had some pretty bad understeer. As a racing fan, I still shake my head and go holy sh**. People not interested in the sport don't appreciate what she was able to do as a rookie, with the added disadvantage of having all the pressure and media attention on her at 23. One could compare it to being the rookie QB in the Superbowl-which I hope we have occassion to witness this season...
And meanwhile, back at NASCAR-what a Demo-Derby last night. Booby Labonte was one unhappy dude. Dodge 600 miles of car wrecks to get beat by 6 inches.