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Who needs Danica when you can have this?
Kristi can wave my, ahem… flag anytime.
1992 Olympic gold medalist, popular professional figure skater and recent “Dancing with the Stars” winner Kristi Yamaguchi will wave the green flag to start the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 25.
As the first female honorary starter in Indianapolis [...]

Thanks to a tip from Tomaso comes a story of Sarah Fisher’s efforts to field her own team at Indy this month.
Tomaso points to an Indy Star article by Bob Kravitz who thinks Fisher may need to contact a collection agency to get what has been promised to the fledgling team.
One company, Gravity Entertainment is [...]

… Danica’s eyes are cast in a future direction:
Danica us hoping to test her skills in Formula One, admitting that she would relish a “proper” test with one of the teams.
“Every driver would love to drive a Formula One car at some point in their life, so yeah,” she told Autosport.
“I don’t think there’s anything [...]

Gee, what a shock! (Can you see the sarcasm drip off the statement?)
Jeremy Mayfield has been cut loose by Haas Racing and replaced by Johnny Sauter.
“We were unable to provide him with the right balance, handling and speed he needed to be successful,” General Manager Joe Custer said in a statement.
Ah-huh, and that changes how [...]