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Saturday, June 11, 2005

Danica starts 3rd. on the pole at the Bombardier 500 at Texas Motor Speedway

Most of the attention has been on Danica Patrick since her showing at INDY.
At Texas on Saturday night, Patrick will start ahead of INDY winner Dan Wheldon and all but two other drivers. Her qualifying lap of 212.661 mph was good for third, a spot better than her Indianapolis start.

Patrick had never driven a lap on the 1-mile Texas track before practice thursday yet qualified better than her teammates Vitor Meira and Buddy Rice.

The only drivers starting ahead of her are Tomas Scheckter and rookie Tomas Enge. Ironically the 2 Panther teammates whose Chevy's were both knocked out of the INDY race because of Patrick.

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Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is a professional race car driver in the Indy Racing League. Born in Roscoe, Illinois, USA, she began karting in 1992. On her ascent up the ladder, she has focused primarily on road racing with seasons in Europe, the Toyota Atlantic Championship and finally to the Indy Racing League. In 2004, Patrick finished third in the Toyota Atlantic Championship for Rahal Letterman Racing. On 13 May 2005, Patrick became the fourth female to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 driving for Rahal Letterman Racing, qualifying on the inside of row two (fourth fastest on Pole Day). On May 12, 2005, Patrick posted the fastest speed of 227.633 MPH in practice for the Indianapolis 500. The feat of being the fastest driver in a practice session has only been accomplished by one other female, Sarah Fisher. Patrick also hosts many TV shows on Spike TV.