At Darlington, Danica Patrick Receives Warm (And Loud) Welcome From NASCAR Fans

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At Darlington, Danica Patrick Receives Warm (And Loud) Welcome From NASCAR Fans

By Jeff Gluck  @jeff_gluck on May 14 2012, 3:34p +

The Gluckometer returns this week for the third update of the season – but the first-ever edition that includes Danica Patrick.

Since the Daytona 500 driver introductions were held in the rain and few people were in the stands at the time, I wasn't able to get a good reading in Patrick's other Sprint Cup Series start.

But with ideal conditions at Darlington – no wind, loud fans and no pyrotechnics to mess up the decibel meter – I got some very accurate numbers.

How did Danica stack up against the rest of the Cup drivers? Here are the Gluckometer results from Darlington (and here's the background on this):

	Driver	dB	Type of Noise	Comment
1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	90.0	Cheers	No surprise here
2	Kyle Busch	88.8	Boos	Poor Mama Busch
3	Tony Stewart	88.6	Cheers	Fans of sarcasm?
4	Danica Patrick	88.4	Mostly cheers	Seeing immediate support
5	Jimmie Johnson	88.1	Mix	But they cheered afterward
6	Jeff Gordon	87.7	Mostly cheers	Still a few haters from the '90s
7	Mark Martin	87.0	Cheers	Love for the veteran
8	Carl Edwards	85.7	Cheers	Usually more of a mix
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	85.2	Boos	Angry jet dryer supporters?
10	Kasey Kahne	85.1	Cheers	Popular for entire career