Danica Patrick Makes History at the Daytona 500 (News)

Nascar Stock car driver Danica Patrick makes history today in the Daytona 500 one of the biggest races of the year on the Nascar Circuit. Danica became the first female driver to lead a lap in the Daytona 500 as well finishing the highest of any female driver in the sport at 8th place since the previous record 11th by Janet Guthrie in 1980. The 30-year old Patrick has caused quite a stir in the past week qualifying 1st and being open about a relationship with another driver as well. Danica has dealt with a tremondous amount pressure showing others that she is a legit driver and just as good as the men/competitors in what is a male-dominated sport. 

"You spend a lot of time thinking about what to do when the time comes," Patrick said. "I kept asking up above what was working. You needed a hole, you needed people to help you out. I had a little bit of help today here and there, but I felt like if I was going to dive low, I had a feeling I was going to get freight-trained. ... At the end of the day, it was a solid day. According to forbes.com Danica Patrick stock and merchandise well boost Nascar's popularity and ratings. Patrick while struggling in her Nascar races and failure to finish in the top 10 manage to gross over 12 million dollars from her sponsorship godaddy.com and other endorsements. We are possibly looking at a woman who can revolutionize the sport of Nascar drawing more popularity from a female audience and as well more earnings toward the sport form a economic stand point. Its a long season ahead for Danica with plenty pressure and assumption but she answered the call today with her performance. Congrats to Danica Patrick she definitely is doing something impressive and groundbreaking

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