danica patrick just shifted gears. that's her in number 7, nascar's most celebrated rookie. >> i think that there's definitely an interest level because i'm a girl. i mean, it is different. >> reporter: she looks like an angel, but drives like a cee de. at 10 she started beating the boys racing go-karts. two years ago she became the first woman to win an indy car race. nascar is a hard turn. driving a stock car means bumping and banging at 200 miles per hour. >> it doesn't stop very well. it doesn't turn very well. and you're like, i just might crash right now. or maybe not. >> reporter: jim peltz reports on auto racing for the "los angeles times." how well does she have to do for this to be a success from nascar's standpoint? >> i don't think she has to do well at all. i think either way, nascar will benefit. >> reporter: to nascar, danica patrick is a needed high-octane boost. in this recession the sport is in a real fight for sponsor dollars, fan attendance and television ratings and whenever danica patrick steps on

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nascar racer danica patrick was a guest star on "the simpsons" tv series this weekend. patrick is paving her own way on the racetrack. this month she had her best-ever nascar finish, winding up in the top 20. mark strassmann spoke with her. >> reporter: move over boys, danica patrick just shifted gears. that's her in number 7, nascar's most celebrated rookie. >> i think that there's definitely an interest level because i'm a girl. i mean, it is different. >> reporter: she looks like an angel. but drives like a demon. at 10 she started beating the boys racing go-carts. >> danica is the winner! >> reporter: two years ago she became the first woman to win an indy car race. but nascar is a hard turn. driving a stock car means bumping and banging at 200 miles per hour. >> it doesn't stop very well. it doesn't turn very well. and you're like -- i just might crash right now. or maybe not. >> reporter: jim peltz reports on auto racing for the "los angeles times." how well does she have to do for this to be a success for nascar? >> i don't think she has to do well at all. i thin

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. >> jimmy: tomorrow night, chris pine, danica patrick and music from blake shelton, then on thursday. our first guest heals the sick every thursday night on "private practice" and now brings scent to the scent-less with a new fragrance called "boyfriend." it launches thursday on the home shopping network. please welcome kate walsh. >> you look great. >> jimmy: thank you. you look better. it's great to see you. you look amazing. ? 1234 why do you say that? >> you just look really fan-freakin'-taftic. 1234i6' been throwing up a lot. >> i had the stomach flu. i admire you, i was thinking, holy cow -- >> jimmy: thanks very much. that's nice of you to say. congratulations -- i understand there's an actual human boyfriend ground up in every bottle. is that true? >> that is my hook. yes. capitalize many. >> jimmy: i'm fascinating by getting a fragrance of your own. i think it's kind of like a big deal to be asked to have this, right? >> you can't just go to the corner and sign up. i tried but it did not work. >> jimmy: this was your idea, this boyfriend thing? >> a while back, i broke up wi

week on the show, as we continue our march to national unfriend day, harrison ford, kate walsh, danica patrickthe latest loser from "dancing with the stars," and we'll have music from blake shelton, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros and neil diamond. so please remember us on your tv and in your prayers. our first guest plays resident surgeon meredith grey on "grey's anatomy," but in real life, she's not a doctor, she's a patient because she's injured her foot somehow. from "grey's anatomy" please welcome ellen pompeo. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. you wore your orthopedic shoes. >> well, in case i have to run from what's his name with the air ropes. that's a little scary. >> jimmy: what happened to your foot? >> i -- i don't know. >> jimmy: there was talk we might have to wheel you out here. >> i did pretty well, though. >> jimmy: you did. i would never have known. we could have gotten away with it entirely, but -- [ applause ] might as well milk it for a little bit of sympathy. what the hell? >> i don't know. high heels and two glasses of wine aren't the best combination. thou

first up, the extremely fast driver danica patrick will sit down with brian.te in front of you to talk about. >> dolly parton will be here. richard simmons who is in great shape. he lost 23 pounds. he's here on another mission. he'll be joining us and -- >> nia vardalos, of course, you know her from "my big fat greek wedding" here to talk about the important topic of adoption. she's done it hearses and today is adoption day. >> in the meantime, we have to get to the news because we have a fox news alert. moments ago, germany announced it's raising its security level after increased terror threats. the interior minister pointed to an unspecified tip about a suspected attack at the end of the month. he says police will now beef up security especially at the airports. the minister also pointed to those mail bombs intercepted from yemen to u.s. targets as cause for even more serious concern. >> the vote count in the alaska senate race is almost complete now and it looks like lisa murkowski is poised for victory. the write-in candidate now leading g.o.p. nominee jo

still to come, danica patrick, music from blake shelton, and edward sharp and the magnetic zeros.this week. our first guest is the number one podcaster in, i think the world, unless the chinese are up to something again. he has defied all reason and written a book, with words in it and everything, it's called "in 50 years, we'll all be chicks." pease welcome literary sensation adam carolla! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> jimmy: should i say shalom, thank you for being here, rabbi? >> no, i brought it out because -- i don't know if you are experiencing this, but i'm getting hot flashes. i think i'm experiencing manopause. i do. i'm irritable. i'm bloated. i no longer when i have sex with myself -- >> jimmy: really? that concerns me. really worries me. >> it's what you call a marker. >> jimmy: i have to say, you're up to all sorts of unexpected things like writing a book. i believe it was you who called the library the devil's works p workshop, wasn't it? >> well, i just thank that words poison the mind, jimmy. >> jimmy: i really -- i don't