Archive for August 12th, 2008

Fame & Fortune: Danica Patrick

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

She published her autobiography, “Danica — Crossing the Line,” two years ago, and this year became the first woman to win an IndyCar race, bringing home first place in the Indy Japan 300.- advertisement -

At 26, professional race car driver Danica Patrick is now playing with the big boys, finishing 5,894 seconds ahead of fellow race car driver, Helio Castroneves, and joining the gender-crossing ranks of drag racer Shirley Muldowney.

Growing up in the Midwest, Patrick was a high school cheerleader before first tasting racing success when she began local Go-Karting in 1992 at Sugar River Raceway in Wisconsin, later moving on to win national Go-Kart titles.

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