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- NAME: Danica Patrick
- OCCUPATION: Race Car Driver, Television Personality
- BIRTH DATE: March 25, 1982 (Age: 31)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Beloit, Wisconsin
- Full Name: Danica Sue Patrick
- AKA: Danica Patrick
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aries
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Danica Patrick is a female race car driver and has set several records for women drivers, including becoming the first woman to lead the Indy 500 and the first woman to win the pole position at the Daytona 500.
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Danica Patrick. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/danica-patrick-201312 [Accessed 24 May 2013].
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Danica Patrick [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 24] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/danica-patrick-201312.
Danica Patrick, http://www.biography.com/people/danica-patrick-201312 (last visited May 24, 2013).
Danica Patrick. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/danica-patrick-201312. Accessed May 24, 2013.
In 2006, she published her autobiography, Danica: Crossing the Line.
Personal Life
Patrick married physical therapist Paul Edward Hospenthal in 2005. In January 2013, she filed for divorce. According to Sporting News NASCAR, Patrick stated that "My marriage is irretrievably broken and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation" in her divorce paperwork.
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