[Previous entry: "Weekend Eye Candy Tex-Mex Style"] [Next entry: "An LA Moment"]

04/28/2008: "Girls On A Roll ... Again"

I don't know if there's something in the air, but once again we have a story of a female driver making history on the track. Just a week after Danica Patrick won her first IndyCar race, drag racer Ashley Force became the first woman to win a funny car national event by taking the title at the NHRA Southern Nationals outside of Atlanta. Making the win all the more dramatic, she had to face - and beat her father, 15-time series champion John Force, in the final. Ashley, who was already leading in the championship points before the weekend, beat her dad like a drum - and no one was prouder to be beaten.

It's been a pretty amazing week for the lady racers. All we need now is a solid candidate in NASCAR ...