Danica Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American auto racing driver competing in the Indy Racing League. She was named Rookie of The Year in the 2005 IRL Championship and has since released an autobiography and begun modeling. Find...
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Danica Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American auto racing driver competing in the Indy Racing League. She was named Rookie of The Year in the 2005 IRL Championship and has since released an autobiography and begun modeling. Find more pictures and articles about Danica Patrick here.
Danica Patrick, who became the first woman to win a major open-wheel race last year in Japan, announced Tuesday she would compete in a second-tier US stock car racing series starting in February. The 27-year-old American who signed a three-year IndyCar contract extension with Michael Andretti's team last week will serve as a part-time driver for JR Motorsports in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). Patrick, who unveiled a green and orange Chevrolet bearing number... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Danica Patrick left the door open to racing part-time in NASCAR on Tuesday after confirming a three-year deal to stay with Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar series. Patrick is the biggest name in American open-wheel racing, and the first woman to win an IndyCar race. Her decision to remain with Michael Andretti's team is welcome news for that championship. IndyCar, though, will probably have to share her with NASCAR as she pursues her dream of competing in the hugely... Read Full Story
Danica Patrick, who became the first woman to win an IndyCar race with a victory last year in Japan, said on Monday she has signed a three-year contract extension to remain with Andretti Autosport. Patrick completed her third season with the team in 2009, finishing third at the Indianapolis 500. It was the first podium placing by a woman at the signature IndyCar event, improving on her fourth-place effort from 2005. "Michael Andretti has helped me become a better driver and we hope to... Read Full Story
Danica Patrick, who became the first woman to win an IndyCar race with a victory last year in Japan, said Monday she has signed a three-year contract extension to remain with Andretti Autosport. Patrick completed her third season with the team in 2009, finishing third at the Indianapolis 500. It was the first podium showing by a woman at the signature IndyCar event, improving on her fourth-place effort from 2005. "Michael Andretti has helped me become a better driver and we hope to... Read Full Story
Just last week it was all over the newswires that Danica Patrick had finalized a multi-year agreement to race in IndyCar for the newly restructured Andretti Autosport team. Now, it seems that reporting was erroneous as it appears that Danica may be moving to NASCAR afterall. Sporting News has information that a deal with Dale Earnhardt Jr's NASCAR National Series Team has been inked for 2010 and that an official announcement will be made tomorrow in Phoenix. GoDaddy will be the... Read Full Story
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More Danica Patrick news and this time, it’s actually racing related. Last week came a report that Ms. Patrick had inked a multi-year deal with the recently restructured Andretti Autosport, putting to rest the rumors that the sometime-swimsuit model was headed to NASCAR. Well, Sporting News is now reporting that the gun might have been jumped on that conclusion. It seems that the GoDaddy pitchwoman is about to announce a deal to drive for Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s... Read Full Story
Still no NASCAR news from Danica Patrick. A day after signing a three-year contract extension with Andretti Autosport, IndyCar's biggest draw said she's still trying to work out a deal to drive part-time in NASCAR. Joining owner Michael Andretti for a teleconference, Patrick reiterated her desire to race stock cars and said she would likely start at one of the lower levels of NASCAR. Patrick has been talking with NASCAR teams since the summer and reportedly has a deal in the works to drive a... Read Full Story
Danica Patrick The first woman to win an IndyCar race (the 2008 Indy Japan 300) is expected to announce today that she will drive for a NASCAR team co-owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Born and raised in the Midwest, Patrick began racing go-karts at the age of 10, dropped out of high school to race professionally full time, and was once on the team co-owned by "Late Show" host David Letterman. Her third-place finish at the 2009 Indianapolis 500 was the highest finish by a woman in the event's... Read Full Story
Danica Patrick has signed a three-year extension with Andretti Autosport. Her NASCAR future? Still unclear. Patrick and Andretti Autosport owner Michael Andretti announced the deal Monday on "Good Morning America." Patrick signed with the team before the 2007 season and became the first woman to win an IndyCar Series race at the 2008 Japan Indy 30. Andretti Autosport recently underwent a restructuring, changing the company name from Andretti Racing Green after Michael Andretti bought the... Read Full Story
Washington Post Today We Welcome Danica To NASCAR SportingNews.com Any way you look at it, today's announcement that Danica Patrick will dip her toes into the stock car-racing pool will be good for NASCAR. It already is good news, actually, as every racing writer I know is planning their day around the big event in ... Intriguing people for December 8, 2009 CNN Report: Danica Patrick reaches NASCAR deal Boston Herald NASCAR deal won't impact Patrick at Indy Indianapolis Star Kansas City Star... Read Full Story
