Venezuelan Champion race car driver Milka Duno shows off an award given to her at the the FAMA awards in Miami Beach, Florida 17 October 2006. Duno was recognized for her achievments in car racing. Duno was the first woman in history to win an overall major international sportscar race in North America in February 2004. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT, AFP/Getty Images)
Danica Patrick holds the winner’s trophy after finishing first in the Indy Japan 300 at the Twin Ring Motegi race course. Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history, taking the Indy Japan 300 race in her 50th start in the series. (AFP, AFP/Getty Images)
Danica Patrick takes a champagne shower with second-place Helio Castroneves of Brazil on the podium after winning the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi, northeast of Tokyo. (Katsumi Kasahara / Associated Press)
Danica Patrick, Target Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon of New Zealand and Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe (front) of Australia at a photo shoot on Wall Street. (STAN HONDA, AFP/Getty Images)
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Indy car driver - Danica Patrick(Richard C. Soria/Zap2it.com)
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Danica Patrick, last year’s INDY Racing League rookie of the year, poses for a portrait at the Miami Beach Marina. She will be racing in Sunday’s season opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway. (Judy Sloan Reich/South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Driver Danica Patrick of the US puts on lipstick before a photo op for the driver line up for the 2007 Indianpolis 500 in New York‘s Times Square. Patrick, one of three female drivers who qualified for the 91st Indianapolis 500, will start 8th in the 27 May race. (STAN HONDA, AFP/Getty Images)
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Driver Danica Patrick is seen during a photo op for the driver line up for the 2007 Indianpolis 500 in New York‘s Times Square. (STAN HONDA, AFP/Getty Images)
Danica Patrick at the Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon on June 21, 2003 . (AFP/Getty Images/Jonathan Ferrey)
IN THE DRIVERS SEAT:Danica Patrick, talking to team owner Bobby Rahal during Pole Day qualifying, already has the respect of her fellow competitors. (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)
Danica Patrick qualified in the second row, fourth overall, for her first Indianapolis 500. She was rookie of the year for the Indy 500 after leading 19 laps and finishing fourth, as well as winning rookie of the year for the Indy Racing League season. (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)
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Driver Sarah Fisher of the US participates in a photo op for the driver line up for the 2007 Indianpolis 500, 21 May 2007, in New York‘s Times Square. Fisher, one of three female drivers who qualified for the 91st Indianapolis 500, (STAN HONDA, AFP/Getty Images)
