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Donovan McNabb congratulates Danica Patrick for prematurely winning Daytona 500

Found February 19, 2013 on Awful Announcing: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Donovan McNabb,  Danica Patrick,  Jeff Gordon
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings
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On Sunday, Danica Patrick became the first woman to ever win the pole position at the Daytona 500. You can fit what I know about NASCAR into a thimble, so after a little research, I discovered what this actually meant. Patrick will start first alongside Jeff Gordon for the season-opening race on the front row. As the first woman to win a Daytona 500 pole, Patrick accomplishing this feat did not go unnoticed, and one Donovan J. McNabb expressed his congratulations via Twitter: While we can't fault McNabb for his intentions, he may want to employ a fact-checker before he Tweets things that are completely incorrect (and for that new NBC radio gig). Winning the pole is not the same as a "race." USA Today noted that when McNabb's followers pointed out the error, instead of simply correcting himself, he got very defensive: "To all the haters, in order to qualify you need to win and beat someone. Hmmm. Ponder on that one. Smh" People point...
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