Name: Danica Sue Patrick
Birth Date: March 25, 1982
Birth Place: Beloit, WI
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 100 lbs.
Family: Parents: Father & Mother: TJ & Bev Patrick,
Sister: Brooke
Residence: Phoenix, AZ
Sport: Car Racing
Occupation: Athlete
"I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount
of media, because of the amount of attention, people
seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win
right now! But I don't feel like that. "
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She was listed at #42 on FHM (US) Magazine's "100
Sexiest Women for 2006".
She currently drives car #16.
Danica has a miniature schnauzer named William
Robert.
Alanis Morissette is her favorite singer.
She was signed by Hostess (Interstate Bakeries) along
with stock-car racer Leilani Munter and drag racer
Melanie Troxel to do promotion for the company as
“Hostess Race Divas”.
She got married Nov. 19, 2005 in a private ceremony
in Scottsdale, Arizona.
She was the first female driver ever to earn a pole
position in Toyota Atlantic history (at Portland).
She became the first woman to win a Toyota Atlantic
race.
Danica finished third in the 2004 Toyota Atlantic
Championship.
In 2002, she won the pro division of the Toyota
Pro/Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
Danica attended the Formula Ford Racing School in
Canada, in 1998.
She won the 1997 World Karting Association Summer
National Championship in the Yamaha Lite Class.
Danica led the 2005 Indy 500 for a total of 19 laps.
She finished 12th in the 2005 IRL Championship, with
325 points.
Danica finished fourth in the 2005 Indy 500, the best
finish ever for a female driver.
In preparation for the 2005 Indy 500, Danica had the
fastest practice speed (229.88 mph) but did not win the
pole position.
Talking about driving on the road, Danica said: “I
use my horn more in one day than most people do in their
whole lives.”
She currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
About men, Danica said: “I need to kick their asses.
I need to beat them, belittle them and make them feel
small. Trying to run them off the road at 170 mph isn’t
sweet and kind.”
Danica finished second in England’s Formula Ford
Festival in 2000, the best finish ever for an American.
She raced in Formula Ford and Formula Vauxhall series
in Europe.
Danica began kart racing when she was ten years old.
She finished 12th in the 2005 IRL Championship.
Although she was born in Beloit, Wisconsin Danica was
raised in Roscoe, Illinois.
Danica Patrick won the 2005 rookie of the year.
She began racing at 10 years old.
She was only the fourth woman to ever race in the
Indy 500.
On July 2, 2005, Patrick won her first pole position
for a race in the IRL.
Danica Patrick's fourth place in the Indianapolis 500
was the highest ever finish for a female driver
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