NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Danica Patrick (R) waves to fans while rolling her number 10 car out to the track before a practice session for the Daytona 500 this past weekend.

Hey UD COMM alumni!  Remember all those “mass comm effects” concepts you had to learn way back when? Well . . . here’s a story linking NASCAR to COMM THEORY! It’s fodder for your next coffee talk moment. Go ahead, make yourself look smart . . . or at least that your tuition dollars are paying off!