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Like Self, Patrick didn't need victory to be a winner

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Danica Patrick's next race is the IndyCar 300 at Kansas Speedway. Bill Self has been there a few times. He has even worn a racing jumpsuit there. Self and Patrick have never met, but it turns out they're connected by something the Kansas coach said about three weeks ago, the day before his life changed. He was talking about how the media and fans always fall hard for the person who is "standing in the end." Self had never been there at the end. Close, but never there by himself. "I don't thin ...

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