https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl Alexa Vrionedes period 1-2 en-us 2017-12-15 13:28:03 UTC 2018-01-09 23:43:18 UTC hello@padlet.com avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/216470177 Danica Patrick was born on March 25th, 1982 in Beniot, Wisconsin. Danica grew up in nearby Roscoe, Illinois. Her parents were Bev and T.J Patrick. Danica had one older sister named Brooke Patrick. ]]> 2017-12-15 13:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/216470177 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217475861 Danica started go karting when she was 10. Her sister's friend raced and Danica wanted to give it a try. Danica ended the go karting season in 2nd place out of 20 racers. When Danica saw her first go kart she said "oh this looks fun ". Go karting was a good start for young racers. ]]> 2017-12-20 13:03:44 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217475861 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217478828 After 11 years of racing danica went to racing indy cars. Bobby Rahal former racer (now team owner) hired Danica and formed a toyaota atlantic team.  This got Danica a lot of attention,  this is because racing was a more male dominated sport, this botherd Danica because she was getting a lot of attention just for the fact that she's a girl.]]> 2017-12-20 13:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217478828 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217480503 With the permission from her parents, Danica doped out of high school to go to England.Bobby Rahal sent Danica to England to race and to get better expeirience with other racers. Bobby said it was great expierience for any young driver to go and race in England.  ]]> 2017-12-20 13:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217480503 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217482352 While Danica was racing in England she was under a lot of pressure to win. She didnt fit in with all the other racers because all them were boys. Danica started drinking more then she did back at home and tried to fit in more. This made Danica tougher off and on the track. Danica eventually got in trouble and had to come back to the U.S. ]]> 2017-12-20 13:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217482352 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217688299 In her second season, Danica Patrick qualified 5th out of 15. Danica raced in the 2003 Monterry Mexico grand prix.  Danica finished in 3rd place, this was the highest place a woman has gotten in the history of the Toyota Atlantic series. ]]> 2017-12-21 13:03:24 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217688299 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217689533 By 2005 Danica became the 4th woman to race in the Indy 500 and the first woman to be on the winners podium. ]]> 2017-12-21 13:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217689533 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217690365 In 2010 Danica made the transition to stock cars. Danica went into the NASCAR xfinity series. Danica raced the 2013 Sprint Cup Time Trials, she became the first woman to finish the pole position in the Time Trials. ]]> 2017-12-21 13:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217690365 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217692463 Later in life danica wrote a book called "Crossing the Line". This book is about her rise from ten year old go kart racer to one of the most succesful woman racers in the history of racing. ]]> 2017-12-21 13:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217692463 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217694516 2017-12-21 13:31:18 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217694516 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217696009 2017-12-21 13:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217696009 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217850044 " I've never thought of myself as a girl driver, just a driver"]]> 2017-12-22 13:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217850044 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217852325 2017-12-22 13:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/217852325 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/218306141 Danica Patrick is worthy of being remembred for many reasons. Danica Patrick was one of the first woman racers. She has many racing acheivments and has set records. Danica showed people that women could do as good as men in a male dominated sport. ]]> 2018-01-02 13:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/218306141 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/218314912 2018-01-02 14:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/218314912 avrionedes https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/220007693 2018-01-09 23:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/avrionedes/z7dicxl8ewyl/wish/220007693