Everything seems to shrink when you go faster. It's obviously going to be tougher and it's going to feel different.
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.
I mean, you've kind of got the track down, especially with ovals. The only thing that improves is that when race conditions come, you know what to expect slightly more from the track and from your car.
I take none of that to heart. I don't feel like there's anything that I need to do for anybody else. I want to win bad enough for myself anyway, that nothing anybody can say can make me want to win any more.
It's tough, though. The IRL public relations people did some research and most rookies don't win their first year.
To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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She was on People magazine's list of "100 Most Beautiful People" in 2006.
Danica qualified for the 2007 Indy 500 on the very first day of qualifying!
Danica was featured on the cover of the June 6, 2005 Sports Illustrated.
On July 25, 2006 Danica signed a contract to drive for Andretti Green Racing in the 2007 season.
Danica's first racing crash came when she was twelve, and her kart flipped, landing on top of (now fellow IRL driver) Dan Hornish Jr (also 12 at the time).
In 2001 she won the Gorsline Scholarship Award at the British Zetek Formula Ford championship as the top upcoming road racer.
During the 2005 season, she only took her engagement ring off while driving.
In 1996 she won her third World Karting Association Grand National Championship.
She qualified in the front row, in Japan, in only her fourth IRL race ever.
She won the 1995 WKA Grand National Championship.
She was listed at #42 on FHM (US) Magazine's "100 Sexiest Women for 2006".
Danica has a miniature schnauzer named William Robert.
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 became the first woman to win a Toyota Atlantic race.
In 2002, she won the pro division of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix.
She won the 1997 World Karting Association Summer National Championship in both the Yamaha Lite and HPV Classes.
She finished 12th in the 2005 IRL Championship, with 325 points.
In preparation for the 2005 Indy 500, Danica had the fastest practice speed (229.88 mph) but did not win the pole position.
Danica finished second in England’s Formula Ford Festival in 2000, the best finish ever for an American.
Danica began kart racing when she was ten years old.
Danica Patrick won the 2005 rookie of the year.
On July 2, 2005, Patrick won her first pole position for a race in the IRL.
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