Quote Originally Posted by EagleEye
She has plenty of offers. She owns the "brand", and that is what people are after.

Motorola, Boost, Go Daddy have been onboard. GM, Ford, Honda, and many others are more than interested. And then there is this small operation called NASCAR. They have run the numbers, and see a fairly large boost in ratings and ticket sales for races that feature Danica.
Maybe it is just me, but this is beginning to sound like the "Boy Who Cried Wolf". We have heard this story many times before in one guise or another.

When she went to England, her group claimed she had the endorsement of Bernie - He released a rather pointed denial.

When in FF, she claimed to have Ford as a patron with Jackie Stewart's backing - Yet Ford never mentioned any backing in any PR and Jackie made a tepid denial.

Rahal claimed to have a ride lined up for Danica at Paul Stewart Racing in F3 - but then Rahal got fired and the F3 money dried up.

After coming back to the US in 2002, she got a number of tests set up by Rahal. One was a Busch car and the claim was that she was going to get more tests - Somehow they all got canceled.

She tested a BWM GT car and even claimed to have a contract - but the team had already known they would not be racing the next year because of a rule change. She did get a job at BWM - giving demo rides to customer.

When Ford ran a driver search in 2004 to find a woman driver to support fro development to move to NASCAR, Danica wasn't in the group or even mentioned. Oddly enough, the person behind the driver search was the same person her group claimed in 2002 was their patron at Ford -John Szymanski.

Rahal got her a ride in a ProDrive Ferrari in ALMS and claimed to have the ride for the year - yet she was pulled from the car in the middle of her first race before her stint was over and never drove for them again.

In 2006, she claimed to have an offer from Rousch - Jack revealed in an interview that there was no contract, just a few complimentary tickets.

When she ran the Grand-Am last year at Daytona there was much hoopla - yet she missed a couple stints, and didn't complete others.

Earlier this year, it was rumored Tony Stewart was going to be her new mentor in NASCAR - He issues a press release that they just talked.

Somehow throughout her carrier, her PR machine has indicated she had support from many manufacturers at different times. Ford in England, BMW for a time, Toyota in Atlantics, Honda in the IRL, and now - well everyone. Honda was the only one to publicly acknowledge support.

Some of the funnier PR "speaks" came in an article in 2004.

Concerning Toyota - "but as title sponsor and engine supplier, couldn't afford to be seen as favoring one driver by providing Patrick sponsorship"

Concerning Ford - "while Ford would love to have a photogenic young woman in one of its stock cars (think of the sponsorship possibilities!), the company has been understanding of her priorities"

Just what is real about Danica and what is a "brand" created by the fertile minds of PR people and based on imagination? Eventually, this will all play out and we "might" get the truth. Then again, maybe not.