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He's King Richard the sixth

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Richard Petty.gifDuring this week of the Indianapolis 500, Coca-Cola 600 and Monaco Grand Prix, ESPN.com is rolling out its experts' list of the top 25 race drivers of all time. In a well-argued rant, ESPN magazine writer Ryan McGee wonders how Richard Petty can be no higher than No. 6.

McGee's speculation includes this: "Could it be that Petty's relationship with the media kept him from compiling enough support to crack the ESPN.com top five? Is he the Jim Rice of NASCAR, doomed to pay the price for his contentious ways with sportswriters and sports fans?"

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The Danica story

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Got an e-mail from a concerned reader Monday morning regarding our play of Danica Patrick's victory, the first by a woman in a major open-wheel race, late Saturday night in Japan.

It was front-page news today in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, and the reader wondered why we only had a story on Page C9 of the sports section.

Here was my response to the reader:

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