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an American auto racing driver, model and advertising spokeswoman. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing, being the only woman to win in the IndyCar Series as well as holding the highest finish by a woman at the Indianapolis 500 of 3rd place. She competed in the series from 2005 to 2011. In 2012 she competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and occasionally in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Starting in kart racing, she later raced Formula Ford in England before moving back to the US and moving up to IndyCars. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 (video), Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She placed third in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, which was both a personal best for her at the track, and the highest finish by a woman in the event's history. Patrick holds the IRL record for most consecutive races running at the finish. As of October 2, 2011, she has completed 50 consecutive races in the running (the next highest total in the record book is

32. During her time in IndyCar, Patrick drove for Rahal Letterman Racing from 2005–2006, and Andretti Autosport from 2007-2011. In 2010, Patrick began racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, driving the #7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports part-time. She also has an equity stake in her #7 team. She had her best career finish of fourth in series on March 5, 2011 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway—the best finish by a woman in a NASCAR top-circuit. After the 2004 racing season, Rahal Letterman Racing officially announced that Patrick would drive in the IRL Indy Car Series for 2005. On May 29, 2005, Patrick became the fourth woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500, following Janet Guthrie, Lyn St. James and Sarah Fisher. After posting the fastest practice speed of the month (229.880 mph) during the

morning practice session on the first day of qualification (May 15), she made an error in the first turn of her first qualifying lap, and failed to capture the pole position, which went to Tony Kanaan. Patrick's fourth starting position was the highest ever attained for the race by a female driver. Patrick became the first female driver to lead the race at Indianapolis, first when acquiring it for a lap near the 125-mile mark while cycling through pit stops, and late in the race when she stayed out one lap longer than her rivals during a set of green-flag pit stops. Patrick overcame two crucial errors to finish fourth, the same position she started in. Patrick's car stalled in the pits about halfway through the 500-mile race, dropping her to the middle of the field; and shortly after reclaiming a spot in the top 10, Patrick spun on a caution period just before an intended green flag leading to a four car

accident. The accident caused damage to Patrick's car that was limited to the nose and front wing. Her pit crew promptly made repairs, and due to the subsequent yellow, Patrick was able to rejoin the field, losing only one position. When the leaders pitted for fuel on lap 172, Patrick stayed out to take the lead. On lap 194, eventual race winner and 2005 series champion Dan Wheldon passed her as she was forced to slow in order to conserve fuel. Patrick was subsequently passed by both Bryan Herta and her teammate Vitor Meira. Patrick's fourth place was the highest ever finish for a female driver at the Indy 500, besting the previous record of ninth set by Janet Guthrie in 1978. Patrick led 19 laps overall. In 2005, Patrick finished 12th in the Indy Car Series championship, with 325 points. She was named Rookie of the Year for both the 2005

Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 Indy Car Series season. On July 25, 2006, Patrick announced she had signed a deal to drive for Andretti Green Racing, replacing Bryan Herta in the #7 Dallara Honda car beginning in 2007. Patrick ended up starting and finishing eighth in the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500. She ran as high as 2nd to Tony Kanaan after the mid-race rain delay. After a pit stop, she dropped back in the field. Patrick was working her way back to the front until the race was ended under the caution caused by Marco Andretti's accident due to the subsequent rain on lap 166. On May 24, Patrick raced at the Indianapolis 500. She finished third behind winner Helio Castroneves and second-place Dan Wheldon. It was her best finish in five attempts, one spot better than her 2005 finish, and a new record high finish for a female driver in the race. Patrick

won at Twin Ring Motegi in the Indy Japan 300 on April 20, 2008, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race, joining the ranks of drag racer Shirley Muldowney, who won three NHRA Top Fuel Championships, as a "first female" winner in the top tier of American motorsports. Patrick took the Indy Japan 300 after the race leaders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps. She finished 5.8594 seconds ahead of the Brazilian pole-sitter Helio Castroneves, who ran out of fuel in the final turns. In 2010 and 2011 Patrick drove a part-time schedule in the NASCAR Xfinity Series wheeling the #7 Chevy for JR Motorsports and her sponsor GoDaddy.com. Her first competitive stock car experience was driving the #7 Chevrolet in an ARCA

race on February 6, 2010 at Daytona International Speedway, in which she finished in sixth place. On March 5, 2011, Patrick set racing history again, finishing 4th in the Sam's Town 300 Xfinity Series Race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Patrick mentioned in the post-race interview that her goal was to get a top 10 finish. Danica Patrick and her sponsor GoDaddy.com announced on August 25, 2011 that Patrick will be leaving the Indy Car series to compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series full time for JR Motorsports in 2012, as teammate to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Cole Whitt. She won the pole for the season-opening event of the 2012 season, only the second woman to do so in NASCAR history, the first being Shawna Robinson in a Xfinity Series event in 1994. It was also announced that Patrick will be running a limited schedule in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2012 with Godaddy.com as primary sponsor. On November 4, 2011, in a press conference at Texas Motor Speedway, it was revealed that Patrick will be driving the #10 (Robby Gordon would not give up ownership of the #7) car for Stewart-Haas Racing. In addition, former Joe Gibbs Racing crew chief Greg Zipadelli would become crew chief for Danica's Cup Series debut at Daytona. To date Daytona has not been kind to Danica. She has run up from, and even qualified on the pole for the 2012 Xfinity event. In her Xfinity Daytona debut she got caught up in a crash (video) But as this video shows, in the 150 qualifying race, she was caught up in

a major crash not of her doing on the final lap. In the Daytona 500 itself, she was caught up in a lap one crash, and finished 38th. In the July Xfinity race she was again caught up in a crash late in the race when she got spun out and into the inside wall (video). Patrick has remained with Stewart-Haas racing through 2015 and is signed through 2018. Most people felt like she was 'rushed' up into the CUP series too soon. She had a large learning curve going from Indy car to NASCAR stock cars. Instead of doing a lot of that learning in the Xfinity series; she has had to do it in the tough Cup series. As Patrick races in the Cup series more; I have expected her to continue to improve; but the 2015 season saw her with only two top ten finishes; and in 2016 her best finish for the season was a disappointing 11th. Her best career Cup finish was a sixth at Atlanta. Patrick has hosted several TV shows on Spike TV, including "Powerblock", and she was featured in

the 2005 documentary Girl Racers. Patrick was featured on the cover of the June 6, 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated, making her the first Indianapolis 500 driver on the cover since Al Unser, in victory lane, following his upset fourth victory in 1987. After her participation in the 2005 Indianapolis 500, she was asked by Playboy to have her pictures taken to be published in a future edition of its magazine. She declined the offer. Patrick appears in the February 15, 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue (video). She is featured in a 4-page photo spread. Patrick made a second appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in February 2009, posing with a Shelby Cobra 427. Patrick made her acting debut in the February

10, 2010 episode of CSI: NY where she played a racing driver suspected of murder. To date for her racing career Patrick has competed in 115 Indy car events. finishing in the top five 19 times; with 53 top 10's. She ran in the lone ARCA event getting a 6th place finish. In her brief NASCAR career she has raced in 61 Nationwide events, with a best finish of 4th, and won the Pole for the Daytona event. As 2017 started she remained with SHR and had several good runs. Several times she would be running in or near the Top 10 only to get crashed out by another drivers incident. All of these issues led her to only post one Top 10 finish in 2017; but many runs that could have been better. Nearing the end of the season, Danica announced she would not compete in racing full time after 2017. She had a 'tentative" deal for Chip Ganassi to supply her a car for both the Daytona and Indy 500's. Also of note; Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse announced they were dating in early

2013. She confirmed that by telling the AP: "I have a boyfriend, his name is Richard." It was an unconventional pairing. They raced against each other weekly, and over the course of their relationship. However, Patrick was a no-show at the NASCAR awards ceremony in November 2017, where Stenhouse was being feted for making the series' playoffs. This led to speculation that the pair were no longer a couple. In late December 2017; NASCAR drivers Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had ended their nearly five-year relationship. Patrick is retiring competition as a full-time driver and ended her career in 2018 by racing in the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500. It was an outgoing celebration she has dubbed the "Danica Double.". She ran the 2018 Daytona 500 driving a car owned by Jay Robinson of Premium Motorsports. Danica brought back the Go Daddy colors from years past and started 28th. She worked her way through the pack the first half of the race moving up to run with the top teams. Then just past half way she got caught up in "the big one" and was swept up in the crash along with the likes of Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex, Brad Keselowski, Chase Elliott and several others. Sadly in her final performance she finished 35th. She signed a one race deal with Ed Carpenter Racing to drive the Indy 500. She did well making the "fast nine" on the opening day of qualifying and earned a shot to run

for the pole. Carpenter himself won the pole; and Patrick would pull off seventh in her #13 Go Daddy Chevy. She ran a high of seventh during the race; but on lap 68 the car broke lose and she backed the car into the turn #2 wall. This date saw a record high temperature for race day and several experience drivers had the same issue as Patrick; getting lose and backing their car into the wall. Among them were Helio Castronevez and Tony Kannan. Will Power would win the race; giving owner Roger Penske his 17th Indy 500 win. For her career Danica ran in 191 Cup races with a best finish of 6th (Atlanta); and also posted seven Top 10 finishes. She also ran 81 Xfinity Series races with a best finish for 4th (Las Vegas). When Danica made the

move to NASCAR she had a good sponsor (Go Daddy) and was very popular. He car owner wanted to get her up to the Cup level as quickly as possible; so she didn't get much needed experience at that level. It is often noted than if she would have gotten to get more experience in the Xfinity level; it's easily possible she could have had a much better Cup career. Her Indy car career consisted of 116 career starts; win a win at Motegi Japan. She made her first start at Indy in 2005 and finished an impressive 4th; becoming the first woman to ever finish on the lead lap; - she finished every Indy 500 she ran on the lead lap (except for one mentioned below' and her final race (mentioned above). She was the first woman to ever lead a lap in the Indy 500 (leading 19 laps in the event). She also led 10 laps in 2011. In the Indy 500 Patrick showed she could race with the best of them. She ran eight Indy 500's and finished in

the Top 10 in all but two of them. She was running inside the top 10 in 2008; but someone run into her while on pit road; ending her day less than 30 laps from the end. Her best career finish at Indy was a third in 2009. After Patrick's break-up with Stenhouse; she started dating NFL MVP Aaron Rogers; quarter back for the Green Bay Packers After racing some of her business ventures included; she owns her own brand of wine, called Somnium, which means "dream" in Latin. The Somnium Vineyard is located in the area of St Helena, CA. She also owns her own athleisure collection, called "Warrior by Danica Patrick" Some info from Wikipedia

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