danica_patrickTony Stewart thinks so, and he should know.

from SI:

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Tony Stewart expects to one day be trading paint with Danica Patrick.

While racing’s most prominent female driver ponders her options for next year, Stewart said Saturday he has no doubts that Patrick will eventually make the jump to stock cars.

He should know: They’ve talked frequently about what it would take for Patrick to go from open-wheel racing to the heavier cars in NASCAR.

“I just know that she’s excited about this and making this change,” said Stewart, who leads the Sprint Cup standings heading into Sunday night’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “I can pretty much guarantee at some point she’s going to be over here.”

Stewart made the same jump himself more than a decade ago, leaving the Indy Racing League for a more lucrative deal in NASCAR. He’s become something on a mentor to Patrick, who visited his racing shop and had a chance to talk with him further at sponsor appearances.

“She’s looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘Hey, this is what I want to do. It looks like fun. It looks like a lot of work, but it looks like fun,”‘ Stewart said. “She doesn’t have some misguided idea that it’s going to be easy doing it. She wants to do it the right way. She has the intention of doing everything right.”

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