Danica Patrick: Her Personal Life

"I'm a race car driver, and I'm a very competitive one." - Danica Patrick



Get to know her...

Her full name is Danica Sue Patrick, born in Beloit, Wiscosin, USA on March 25, 1982. Her Home town was in Roscoe, Illinois. She starts driving go-kart in 1992 when she was only 10 years old at Wisconsin and eventually won several WKA championships. When she was 16 year old she moves to England for an advance racing career.

Being known as a speed car racer when she become a second placer in Britain's Formula Ford Festival and considered as the highest finish by a woman in that event. In 2002, she started to drive in the United States for Rahal Letternam Racing. She starts the Pro Series in Barber Dodge and moves to Toyota Altantic Championship in 2003. She was the first female driver who lead the race at Indianapolis when she first acquire it for a lap near the 125-mile (201km) and with the series of racing until the present, people didn't know much about her. And in 2005, she was been known as "The woman driver who finish fourth in Indy 500".

Danica Patrick's parents ate T.J. and Bev Patrick. Her dad was a snowmobiles, motor cross and midget cars racer while her mom was a mechanic for a friend's snowmobile. Her younger sister was Brooke. They own the Java Hut and a company for a plate glass.

During her high School life, she was a cheerleader at Hononegah Community High near their place. She drop out in high school but she get a General Equivalency Diploma or General Education Diploma. And got hooked on racing when her sister, Brooke, took up a go-carts. She witnessed the crash between Paul Dana and Ed Caroenter at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida

Danica received two speeding tickets in Scottsdale, Arizona. first was for driving 57 mph (92km/h) in a 40 mph (64 km/h) zone, where she was told to attend traffic school and the second one was in the following year where she was going for 54pmh (87 km/h) in a 35 mph (56kn/h) zone where she was been penalize for a $196.

She was currently residing in Arizona with her miniature schnauzer named Billy and with her husband, Paul Hospenthal, a physical therapist and her personal trainer. When she wasn't on car race, she drives Billy at speeds up of 229 mph and enjoys traveling, yoga and spend time with her family and friends.