Danica Patrick is everywhere in this Atlantic coast tourist mecca. The 5-foot-nothing, 100-pound beauty has taken America's stock-car racing capital by storm. They even have a name for the phenomenon -- Danicapalooza.

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It seems only right that the best known female race-car driver in the world should choose an oceanside resort for her big coming-out party in NASCAR -- after all, before she was famous for driving four-wheeled rockets at 200 m.p.h., Patrick was best known for showcasing her bikini-clad body in between the covers of such periodicals as the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition and other men's magazines such as FHM and Maxim. But Patrick has proven she is much more than a swimsuit model. This week, already, she has a top-10 finish in her first stock car race, taking the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet to sixth spot in the ARCA race. And she has been in the top 10 all week in practice for Saturday's DRIVE4COPD 400 NASCAR Nationwide race. In her final practice Thursday, Patrick laid down a lap at Daytona International Speedway's 2.5-mile high-banked oval of 183.072 m.p.h. -- fifth fastest of 51 drivers on the track that day. She was faster than NASCAR superstars such as Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart and her own boss, Dale Earnhardt Jr. It doesn't cover up, though, an undercurrent of criticism for the way Patrick got to where she is from some of the women who paved the way for her in racing.

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