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Date of birth:
25 March 1982
Birth Place:
Beloit, Wisconsin, USA
Patrick placed fourth in the 2005 running of the Indianapolis 500, making her the top-finishing woman ever at the famous auto race. It was Patrick's first Indy 500 appearance and she was named the race's rookie of the year. Patrick began driving karts at age 10, then jumped up to the Formula Vauxhall Winter Series in England in 1998, when she was just 16. By 2002 she had signed a contract with Team Rahal. Her Indy 500 debut, combined with her youth, good looks, and the general paucity of women drivers in auto racing, made her a hit with fans and a sudden media favorite. Patrick is also the first woman ever to lead a lap at the Indy 500; she led for 19 laps of the 2005 race.
According to her official site, Patrick is 5'2" tall and weighs 100 pounds... She was the second woman to win rookie of the year honors at Indianapolis; Lyn St. James won in 1992... The 2005 Indy 500 was won by Englishman Dan Wheldon... Patrick was born in 1982, five years after Janet Guthrie became the first woman ever to drive in the Indy 500... Patrick drives for Rahal-Letterman Racing, the team co-owned by former driver Bobby Rahal and talk show host David Letterman... Women to drive in the Indy 500 before Patrick include Guthrie (1977-79), St. James (1992-97, 2000), and Sarah Fisher (2000-2004). Another female, Desire Wilson, passed the Indy 500 driver's test in 1982 but failed to qualify for the race.
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