Hendrick says there isn't any Danica Deal......... Yet

Nascar Sprint Cup Owner Rick Hendrick, who just got back from a week long vacation in Israel, said Sunday that any reports about Danica Patrick coming to Nascar are "premature".

"I just think that they are not even close to making a decision on whether to even do it this year or next year."

-- Rick Hendrick

Reports claim that Danica has said very little about her 2010 plans, and her apparent contract extension with Andretti Green Racing.

However there are reports that do contradict this claim, one by Sports Illustrated which says that she indeed has a three year contract extension with Andretti Green Racing.

Now i know that there is a change of ownership going over there at Andretti Green Racing, and i do know how rumors can get started when something like that happens, I mean just ask Elliott Sadler.

But come on if Danica Patrick is suppose to come over to Nascar don't you think she or anybody with knowledge would say so by now, i mean like everyone says she gets a lot of media coverage and i doubt no body would want to miss that, especial in this day and age when sponsorship is hard to come by.

Now if someone like Mr. Hendrick says that "Nothing is imminent", then everyone should stop talking about the matter until there is something imminent.

The only thing i have a problem with Mr. Hendrick is when he said he likes her approach.

"I've been impressed with the way her approach has been, She wants to do the right thing and the right pace, and that's the only way she should do it."

-- Rick Hendrick

Hello, she will only be able to run a few races for the next three years, that is if the rumors of her three year contract extension are true, how is that acceptable by any owner?

There are drivers in the Nationwide series right now that have driven in a handful of races every year and prove that they can drive stock cars, but aren't looked at by big teams.

And You know why that is, its because they don't have sponsorships.

Its time that writers stop writing about weather or not she will be coming to Nascar and start writing about how owners only see a cash cow in Danica. Now many may say that, thats a rude thing for me to say about her, but thats the truth plain and simple.

There are many drivers who have already proven that they can drive stock cars and deserve a ride in the Sprint Cup Series, But they aren't looked at because they can't draw the sponsorships or get the owners the money or recitation.

Now i agree that there should be women driver in Nascar, but i think they should work from the bottom up, like Erin Crocker, Ali Owens, Johanna Long have or are trying to do; and Sarah Fisher did do to show that they want to race in stock cars. I don't think a female driver should be giving a ride just because she's a woman and has popular, that to me defeats the purpose of sowing people that woman re able to drive stock cars.