Three women in the Daytona 500

I'm not a fan of car racing - and in reading the antics going on in the last few years - drivers deliberately causing crashes because they're upset when someone passes them - I'm less interested in it than ever.

Nevertheless, since there's a chance that history will be made this year, thought I'd share the first few paragraphs of this CBS Sportsline article:

Duno will be third woman in Indy field if she survives Sunday


May 19, 2007
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports

INDIANAPOLIS -- Milka Duno made it a three-woman race Saturday.
The rookie driver from Venezuela turned some of her fastest laps all month to tentatively qualify for the May 27 Indianapolis 500 with a four-lap average of 219.228 mph.
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Now all she has to do is survive one long Sunday of waiting. If she does, it would mark the first time in the 91-year history of the race three women have been in the same field.
She would join Danica Patrick and Sarah Fisher, both veterans at Indy, on the 33-car grid.
"I sleep very well tonight," Duno

http://cbs.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/10188738

More articles
5/25/07
http://cbs.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/10198904
Sizing up the 500: It's anybody's race
May 26, 2007By Pete PistoneSpecial to CBS SportsLine.com
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indy 500 might not carry the prestige it once did, but this year's 91st edition carries more storylines than an episode of Desperate Housewives.

Fathers vs. sons, a record number of women drivers [3], former winners looking to repeat and veteran drivers looking for redemption -- this year's 91st running of the 500 has it all.

5/27/07
List of all the women in the Indianapolis 500 over the years - except for the extra 2 in this year's race.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/8516333

5/27/07
http://cbs.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/10200270
Danica Patrick was third when rain delayed the race, ended up in 8th place. Comments from the other two women as well.