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 |