DANICA PATRICK FIRST LADY OF CAR RACING qualified indy 500

The 2005 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Danica Patrick qualified on the inside of Row 4 with a four lap average of 224.674 mph, as she improved her speed on each of her four laps. in the No. 16 Argent Mortgage Honda/Panoz, on May 20, 2006.

During Indianapolis 500 2005, Danica Patrick was the fastest driver in practice and came within seven laps of winning the race. But this time she has had a much tougher time and struggled for speed in practice with plenty of track time lost to rain.

When asked whether she was more relaxed this year, Danica said, “Absolutely,” further added, “I’m much more relaxed, and I’m obviously more confident that we have a better race car. … It is a much more comfortable situation than being scared to hold my foot down for a whole corner. Because I was,” though, “We have had a hard month.”