Danica Patrick Wins! And So Do We

From now on, the only time Danica Patrick will be compared to Anna Kournikova is in "who's the hottest sports babe?" arguments.

She'll no longer be compared to the Russian minx in that other way. You know: the oh-so-famous female athlete who never actually won anything way. Because late Saturday night/early Sunday morning (U.S. time) Patrick did win something. She won the Indy Japan 300.

"It's a long time coming. Finally," Patrick said. "It was a fuel strategy race, but my team called it perfectly for me. I knew I was on the same strategy as Helio and when I passed him for the lead, I couldn't believe it. This is fabulous."

The 26-year-old Patrick won in her 50th career IndyCar start, taking the lead from Castroneves on the 198th lap in the 200-lap race.

"I think Danica is such a fantastic person and I'm thrilled for her that the monkey is finally off of her back," said Michael Andretti, co-owner of Andretti Green Racing. "We have all believed in her and she proved today that she is a winner. Frankly, I think this is the first of many."

We hope Michael is right.

And now, because Danica won, so do we. Even though we posted one of her Sports Illustrated swimsuit pics just two posts ago, here's another one. That's how we roll.