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Danica Patrick is a driver on the IRL circuit.

Danice began karting in 1992 at age 10. She moved to England at the age of 16 in order to advance her racing career; instead of finishing high school, she earned a GED.

Danica 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.

May 29, 2005, Patrick became only the fourth woman to race in the Indianapolis 500. She posted the fastest practice speed of the month (229.880 MPH on May 15), but, made an error at the beginning of her qualifying attempt and failed to capture the pole position.

Danica Patrick became the first female driver to lead the race at Indianapolis when she stayed out one lap longer than her rivals during a set of green-flag pit stops. But, finished 4th.

Patrick also hosts several TV shows on Spike TV.

Danica has gotten an enormous amount of press coverage for the fact, she is woman in a man’s world, she is talented, and beautiful.
 

Sarah Fisher is a professional race car driver. 

She got her first professional start in 1999 with the Indy Racing League.  She had her first full season in 2000, and she became only the third female driver to start the Indianapolis 500. 

From 2001 to 2003, she was voted the series’ most popular driver.  As of 2006, her best finish of second at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2001 is the highest finish ever by a woman in a major North American open-wheel race. She also won the MBNA pole position in the Belterra Casino Indy 300 at the Kentucky Speedway in 2002, becoming the first woman to win pole position in a major North American open-wheel race. 

Early in 2006, she had said she wanted to race in NASCAR, however, that has not happened to date.