{"id":1552671,"date":"2023-03-05T20:08:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1552671"},"modified":"2023-03-05T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:08:53","slug":"skip-bayless-take-on-danica-patrick-daytona-500-spectacularly-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/skip-bayless-take-on-danica-patrick-daytona-500-spectacularly-dumb\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skip Bayless Take on Danica Patrick in the Daytona 500 Still Holds up as Spectacularly Dumb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Filling a three-hour talk show is easy when Chase Elliott<\/a> or Ja Morant hand a host material from the slopes or the strip club, respectively. Seeing Danica Patrick<\/a> on Sunday\u2019s race telecast reminded us of the time Skip Bayless went dumpster-diving for Daytona 500<\/a> fodder and delivered a wildly stupid take on the NASCAR Cup Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Bayless said during a 2013 show served as a reminder of how far out of his element he is when straying beyond Tiger Woods, LeBron James, or the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Danica Patrick finished eighth in the 2013 Daytona 500<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Danica Patrick attends Netflix's “Don't Look Up” World Premiere on Dec. 5, 2021, in New York City. | Mike Coppola\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Danica Patrick was a veteran of five IndyCar seasons before venturing into the NASCAR Xfinity Series as a part-timer in 2010 and \u201911. A season later, she was splitting time between NASCAR\u2019s top two series, including 10 Cup races for Tommy Baldwin Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2013, Patrick moved to the Stewart-Haas Racing team in the Cup Series, and her debut was memorable. She qualified the No. 10 Chevy on the pole for the Daytona 500, a first for a female in the Cup Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the race, Jimmie Johnson<\/a> moved out front with 16 laps to go and survived a restart after debris triggered a caution with six laps to go. Competing in his 400th<\/sup> Cup Series race, Johnson held off a late charge by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin. Patrick was third when the white flag came down, but she couldn\u2019t keep up when Earnhardt and Martin pulled out to make their move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result was an eighth-place finish for Patrick, making her the first woman to finish in the top 10 in the biggest race in NASCAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skip Bayless thought the other drivers should have let Danica Patrick win<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elon broke Twitter and old videos don't always play back well so...here's the full thing again if the above tweet is having issues: pic.twitter.com\/Uz5j24hvrO<\/a><\/p>— Ben Schneider (@bcschneider53) February 25, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>