Quote of the week

"I don't have to tell you guys, I'm terrible," Patrick told her crew over the radio during the Las Vegas NASCAR Sprint Cup race. It was one of the few times the TV feed showed the GoDaddy Racing car – the Fox Gyro Cam actually got more airtime than Danica. This was probably a bigger upset than Douglas over Tyson in Tokyo.

On a racy track that produced a Las Vegas record 2,342 green flag passes – maybe this new Gen-6 car isn't as big a bag o' bolts as Denny Hamlin said – Danica produced three. All on the first lap.

"Danica Patrick already has passed three cars," NASCAR mouthpiece Mike Joy said on the TV feed when the race started, failing to mention that she then proceeded to get lapped so many times we lost count.