Peanut shells, $50 bills and other superstitions that anger Lady Luck

[6 Shooter]

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In the midst of all the Danica-mania swirling around NASCAR, it is easy to forget that there are two women who have been fixtures in auto racing since the earliest days of the sport.

Their names are Lady Luck and Dame Fortune.

These are two gals who you definitely want on your side. When a car narrowly avoids a big wreck at Daytona or Talladega, luck gets all the credit. When a driver wins a race because it is rain shortened, it's about being in the right place at the right time. When a car sputters across the finish line on fumes just before running out of gas, drivers rave about their good fortune.

Conversely, you don't want Ms. Luck and Ms. Fortune aligned against you. And what, exactly, angers these lovely ladies? Well, in auto racing it can be the strangest things. Peanut shells. The color green. A $50 bill.

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In the midst of all the Danica-mania swirling around NASCAR, it is easy to forget that there are two women who have been fixtures in auto racing since the earliest days of the sport.

Their names are Lady Luck and Dame Fortune.

These are two gals who you definitely want on your side. When a car narrowly avoids a big wreck at Daytona or Talladega, luck gets all the credit. When a driver wins a race because it is rain shortened, it's about being in the right place at the right time. When a car sputters across the finish line on fumes just before running out of gas, drivers rave about their good fortune.

Conversely, you don't want Ms. Luck and Ms. Fortune aligned against you. And what, exactly, angers these lovely ladies? Well, in auto racing it can be the strangest things. Peanut shells. The color green. A $50 bill.

www.si.com

Don't forget women in the pits. lol