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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 18: Danica Patrick, driver of the #7 GoDaddy Chevrolet, walks from the infield care center after being involved in an on-track incident the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 60th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 18: Danica Patrick, driver of the #7 GoDaddy Chevrolet, walks from the infield care center after being involved in an on-track incident the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series 60th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
She had a fairly successful IndyCar career before moving on to NASCAR. Moreover, she did make history by being the first woman to win a race at IndyCar. Since then, a lot of female racing drivers have cited Patrick to be one of their inspirations.
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In light of all this, in 2018, Joe Rogan called Danica to be an intense lady during one of his podcast episodes and also spoke about how she has to be intense in her line of work.
Right at the beginning of the podcast, Rogan states, “You are an intense lady, like when I met you, like right away like Woah, yeah gotta take this one in.”
Patrick responded, “well you know it’s the handshake, and then it’s the yeah when someone actually looks you in the eye.”
Then Rogan continues to say, “Well you have to be intense. I mean what you do for a living is probably one of the craziest things a human being can do.”
Patrick then asks him if he thinks so, to which Rogan says, “it’s up there for a job. How fast do you go?”
Patrick replied to that by saying, “uh 200, I mean like NASCAR’s top speed is probably 215 and IndyCars are like 240.”
A year later, Danica went on to have her own podcast titled “pretty intense,” which may or may not be related to this.
The first and only win in IndyCar for Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick made history by becoming the first woman to grasp a win in IndyCar. She achieved that outstanding feat during the 2008 NTT IndyCar race in Japan.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – FEBRUARY 11: Danica Patrick, driver of the #7 GoDaddy Chevrolet, stands on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 11, 2018, in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
Patrick was able to take over the lead of the race during the final stages of the race at the Twin Ring Motegi Superspeedway in Japan.
She lead during the final three out of the 200 laps in total during that race, and changed the course of history by becoming the first woman to have a win in the IndyCar Series race.
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To this day, Patrick serves as an inspiration to several other female racing drivers, such as Marta Garcia of the W Series and many more.
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