You know, sometimes the little victories that I have throughout the season are not necessarily obvious on the track. Maybe they're another aspect of what I'm doing, winning little victories here and there to get everything in line to be able to perform from top to bottom on race day.

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She had an 11th place finish at Watkins Glen before running in the top 5 all day and finishing 3rd at Nashville. Patrick won one pole position and was a consistent podium finiDanica Patrickr (top three); however Danica Patrick never won a race. She responded by wagging her finger at Smith as he drove by under caution.

With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. Patrick holds the IRL record for most consecutive races running at the finish. On February 17 2013 Patrick became the first woman to win a pole position in Sprint Cup history doing so for the 2013 Daytona 500.