As far as driving, she's got 3 top 10's in the 7 races she's ran this year. After running in only 7 of 20+ races she's still ranked 27th. So as far as her record, I don't think she'll have a problem. It's not like one day in her adult life she decided to become a race car driver, she's been doing since she was a kid. Just like most other drivers she started in go karts. If she was a guy with the same record and experience, no one would be saying anything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danica_Patrick