INDIANAPOLIS : The Indianapolis 500 was once the land of opportunity for women racers but for the second time in three years their will be no female drivers on the starting grid at the Brickyard when the green flag is dropped on Sunday.
Danica Patrick, the first and only woman to win an IndyCar race, had become the sport's most recognisable and marketable name, a crossover star with appeal beyond the race track. While there will be no women on the Indy 500 grid there will be a few at other IndyCar tracks this season. "I think it has to happen the right way. Just putting something together to say that we have a female starting the race, I don't think that is necessarily the point.For the Della Penna Motorsports Next Gen Foundation, the place to start is the grassroots which means carting, the entry point into sport for everyone from Formula One seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton to Danica Patrick.
Not unless they want to succeed Danica Patrick as the next Queen of Crash.
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