Danica Patrick Racing History
1992
Danica Patrick began karting at the age of 10 when her sister Brooke wanted to begin racing. Brook abandon the sport after a few months but Danica was hooked.Danica Patrick was lapped six laps into her first event but finished the season second in the points championship out of 20 drivers.
1993
In the second season of her karting Danica Patrick finished second in the WKA Midwest Sprint Series in both the Yamaha and US820 classes.Danica Patrick finished fourth in the WKA Manufacturers Cup national points in the Yamaha Sportsman class.
1994
At the age of 12, Danica Patrick captured her first national points championship in the WKA Manufacturers Cup in the Yamaha Sportsman class.Danica Patrick collected the WKA Grand National Championship in the Yamaha class.
Danica Patrick won the WKA Great Lakes Sprint Series in the Yamaha Sportsman and US820 Sportsman classes.
1995
Danica Patrick Won the WKA Great Lakes Sprint Series title (Yamaha Restricted Junior and US 820 Jr.) while placing second in the WKA Manufacturers Cup National Points titles in the same categories.1996
Danica Patrick established herself as a rising star in the karting ranks by winning 39 of 49 feature races (79.6%). At the age of 14 she won the WKA Manufacturers Cup National Points title in the Yamaha Junior and Restricted Junior class. She was the runner-up in WKA Manufacturers Cup National Points title (HPV 100 Junior) and the WKA Grand National Championship (Yamaha Restricted Junior).In addition Danica Patrick captured five WKA Great Lakes Sprint Series and WKA Midwest Spring Series titles.
Danica Patrick won the IKF Division 7 event in Willow Springs, California (Yamaha Junior) and finished second in the IKF Grand Nationals in the Yamaha Junior group.
1997
Danica Patrick in her final full season of karting she captured the World Karting Association (WKA) Grand National championship, HPV class.Danica Patrick won the WKA Grand National championship in Yamaha Lite class and the WKA Summer National championship in Yamaha Lite class.
Danica Patrick finished tenth in the Elk Constructors championship in Formula A.
1998
Danica Patrick made her debut in England at age 16 in the Formula Vauxhall Winter Series.Danica Patrick ran a limited karting schedule while she attended the Formula Ford racing school in Canada.
1999
Danica Patrick finished ninth in the Formula Vauxhall Championship in England, her first full season in the UK.2000
Danica Patrick finished second at the Formula Ford Festival in England, the highest ever finish for an American in the event.Danica Patrick drove for Andy Welch in the British Zetek Formula Ford Championship in England and for Haywood Racing in the European Formula Ford Series.
Danica Patrick served as the lead test driver for Haywood Racing and Mygale Factory Team.
2001
Danica Patrick won the Gorsline Scholarship Award for the top upcoming road racing driver.Danica Patrick recognized as the top female open-wheel driver with international experience.
Danica Patrick competed in the England, driving in the British Zetek Formula Ford Championship.
Danica Patrick returned to the USA searching for a top open-wheel ride. Had successful test runs in USAC Midget, Toyota Atlantic and an ALMS car.
2002
Danica Patrick signed a multi-year driving contract with Team Rahal. She was tabbed as the team's driver for a Toyota Atlantic entry in 2003. As preparation for her full-season effort in 2003 she ran a limited Barber-Dodge Pro Series schedule of five races.Danica Patrick made her debut at Toronto, qualifying eleventh and finishing seventh (7/7/02)...Collected her highest finish of the Barber-Dodge Pro Series with a fourth place finish at Vancouver (7/28/02).
Danica Patrick tested a Busch Grand National car with PPC Racing in June of 2002.
Danica Patrick captured the pole for the 2002 Long Beach Grand Prix Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race and won the pro division, topping former Trans Am champion Tommy Kendall and IRL driver Sarah Fisher.
2003
Danica Patrick piloted the Argent Mortgage Company Toyota/Swift to a sixth place finish in the Toyota Atlantic Championship. She claimed a pair of podium results and five top-five results in her rookie campaign.Danica Patrick became the first female to post a podium (top-three) result in the 30-year history of the Atlantic series with a third place finish at Monterrey, Mexico (3/23/03) .
Danica Patrick posted top-five results at Cleveland, Trois Rivieres and Denver.
Danica Patrick posted a season best second place finish at Miami in the season finale.
Danica Patrick ran a single ALMS race for the Britsh Prodrive team in late June at Road Atlanta.
2004
Danica Patrick finished third in the Toyota Atlantic Championship posting 269 points and ten top-five results in 12 races in the Argent Mortgage Toyota/Swift.Danica Patrick was the only driver in Toyota Atlantic to complete every lap of the season.
Danica Patrick became the first female driver to win a pole position in Toyota Atlantic when she collected her first Atlantic pole position for Round 5 at Portland.
Danica Patrick collected three podium results in 2004 finishing on the podium (3rd) at Monterrey, Mexico, second at Portland (Round 4) and third at Cleveland.
At Denver (Round 10) Danica Patrick captured the Argent Fast Lap Award for posting the fastest race lap en route to a fourth place finish.
2005
Danica Patrick named the 2005 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after a stellar month of May in which she became the highest qualifying (4th) and finishing (4th) female driver in the history of the Indianapolis 500.Danica Patrick led 19 laps at Indianapolis, becoming the first woman to lead the Indy 500 (lap 56).
Danica Patrick became the first IndyCar driver to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 20 years (June 6, 2005). SI was one of 12 magazine covers Patrick was featured on in 2005 including TV Guide and ESPN the Magazine. .Clinched the Bombardier IRL IndyCar Series Rookie of the Year at Watkins Glen (9/25/05).
With one race remaining in the 2005 season, Danica Patrick has tied the IRL IndyCar Series mark for pole won by a rookie (3).
Danica Patrick became just the second female driver to win an IndyCar Series pole position when she captured the pole position for the Argent Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway (7/2/05).
Became the first female driver in IndyCar Series history to win multiple pole positions when Danica Patrick captured the pole for the Amber Alert Portal Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway (8/13/05).
Danica Patrick captured her third pole position at Chicagoland Raceway (9/10/05).
Danica Patrick started second, led 32 laps and finished fourth at Motegi in April.
Danica Patrick started on the front row (second) at Nashville and led nine laps en route to a seventh place finish, her fifth top-ten result in the first nine races.
Danica Patrick was named 2006 Female Athlete of the Year by the United States Sports Academy edging out Kim Clijsters and Annika Sorenstam.
Danica Patrick was nominated for Best Breakthrough Athlete for the 2005 ESPY Awards.
Danica Patrick was named the second most influential driver in motorsports by Racer Magazine (November 2005).
Danica Patrick was named as one of the 100 Leading Women in the North American Automotive Industry by Automotive News (September 26, 2005).
Danica Patrick was named as a finalist for Sportsman of the Year by the Woman's Sports Foundation (August 2005).
March 25, 1982
Birthplace:
Beloit, Wisconsin
Resides:
Dublin, Ohio
Height/Weight:
5'2"/100 lbs.
Personal:
Married.
Husband: Paul Hospenthal, Physical Therapist
Interests:
Fitness, travel, like to shop at her favorite stores Best Buy, Arden B and BCBG.
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