This year's Indianapolis 500 race featured lots of curves, plenty of heat and lots of eye candy for race fans.
And we're not talking about the cars or the track here.
Heating up the circuit as much as the cars at the race last Sunday were three women drivers - the first time so many female drivers have qualified for a major US race.
And it didn't hurt that the three - Danica Patrick, Milka Duno and Sarah Fisher - looked like models and drove like demons.
While everyone expected Patrick - who finished eighth last year and was eighth again this year in a field of 33 - to make it to the race, the inclusion of rookie Duno was a surprise.
Few of the hundreds of mostly young men lining up to get the 35-year-old former model's autograph had ever seen the glamorous Venezuelan behind the wheel of an Indy car, reported Reuters.
Hardly surprising, since the former naval engineer's resume includes just one Indy Racing League (IRL) start as her only tune-up for this year's Indy500.
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But despite her inexperience at this level, she became arguably the most-photographed driver and took pole position as the paparazzi favourite from Patrick.
Duno makes no attempt to play down her role as the sex symbol of the sport, often striding through Gasoline Alley in tight tops, jeans and high heels.
"I am Milka, I am the same Milka in every place and I think the people feel that," Duno told reporters.
"I am so surprised by all the fans."
Despite all the attention focused on her looks, Duno is more than just a pretty face.
She has four master's degrees and worked as a naval engineer, designing oil recovery ships.
Duno did not begin racing until her mid-20s and has had most of her success in sports cars, including a second place at this year's 24-hour of Daytona - the highest finish in history by a female driver.
The Venezuelan beauty got plenty of attention heading into her first Indy 500, but it wasn't all positive.
She crashed in practice, struggled to get up to speed in qualifying and started 29th from the next-to-last row.
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She was also the slowest car on Carburetion Day - the final practice before race day - and there was plenty of speculation that IRL officials would order her off the track if she couldn't keep up.
She was allowed to race on the big day, but unfortunately didn't finish the race.
After getting as high as 22nd position in the 33-car field, Duno lost control of her car and ended up sliding against the outside wall.
"This race is intense and very hard," said Duno, who climbed out of the wrecked car on her own and got a clean bill of health at the infield medical centre.
If Duno is the rookie of the group, and Patrick is the pop star, then the big sister has to be Fisher, 26, who has more Indy 500 starts than both of them combined.
Even though she receives the least media attention among the three despite being the most experienced driver, Fisher isn't too bothered by it.
"I'm just trying to keep getting better as a race car driver and win races," said Fisher.
She also isn't too bothered by the media focusing on the fact that she is a woman in a male-dominated sport.
"It doesn't bother me. We're in the minority, and as the minority, a lot of times people will go to each other because of what they have in common.
"But here we've got some individuals who can stand alone and are doing their own thing."
Fisher also holds the distinction of being the fastest woman qualifier at the Brickyard, posting a four-lap average of 229.439 mph (370kmh) in 2002.
And her second-place finish in the 2001 season-opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway remains the best finish by a woman in Indy Car Series history.
Still, Fisher, who has been racing since she was 19, finished a disappointing 18th in Sunday's race.
The top finisher among the three was Patrick, who came in eighth for the second year in a row.
Despite the credible finish, Patrick, 25, was still ticked off that she squandered a good run after tailing lead driver Tony Kanaan for most of the race.
She dropped back due to less-than-stellar pit stops, lapped traffic and a round of storms that lopped off the final 34 laps.
However, the former FHM magazine postergirl is taking things in stride.
