Danica
Patrick
Date of
Birth: March 25, 1982
Place of Birth: Roscoe, Illinois
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Danica Patrick began racing Go-Karts at
the age of 10. She captured the Grand National karting championship at the age
of 12 and also added multiple titles at the ages of 14 and 15. In those six
years of racing, Danica won three national point championships and ten regional
crowns.
At the age of 16, Danica made the decision to move to England and race cars. She
says, "If you want to be a lawyer, you go to Harvard. If you want to be the best
race car driver, you move to England." And that she did.
Danica entered the Formula Vauxhall Winter Series in 1998. In 1999, she earned a
career best ninth place finish in the championship. In 2000, Patrick advanced to
the most competitive racing series in the world, the
Zetek Formula Ford Championship in England. In that same year, she also raced in
the European Formula Ford Series and was a test driver for the Mygale factory
team as part of Haywood racing.
Later that season, Danica made a mark that is still being talked about in
British motorsports. She finished a well deserved second place in the Formula
Ford Festival, the toughest competition in British road racing. This mark
matched the best ever finish for an American since Danny Sullivan finished
second in 1974.
This year, Danica is back in the United States and ready to take on a new
challenge. She will be competing in the top development series in road racing,
the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship, driving for former CART Champ and Indy
500 winner, Bobby Rahal. Danica hopes to advance her goal and advancing her
career to the top open wheel racing series in the U.S., the CART Champcar World
Series or even Formula One.
