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Danica Patrick: A future in fashion design?
by A Glam Slam
posted October 6, 2011 at 9:30pm

When she’s not busy racing cars, Danica Patrick has proven to be a well-dressed red carpet fixture. Her ability to compete in a male-dominated sport is rivaled by her interest in fashion. As she recently told WWD: “There are two pretty different sides...more

Judge Danica Patrick for work on track
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 30, 2011 at 12:57pm

With Danica Patrick’s recent announcement that she intends to race full time in NASCAR in 2012, it will be intriguing to observe how she will now be portrayed by various media outlets. Patrick, who’s the main sponsorship face for GoDaddy.com, seemin...more

Danica Patrick Confirms Move to NASCAR
by Pretty Tough
posted August 26, 2011 at 9:20pm

Weeks ago it leaked that Danica Patrick, arguably the  best-known racer in motorsports, would jump from IndyCar to NASCAR full-time beginning with the 2012 season. Today, in a live teleconference, Patrick confirmed the badly kept secret. Not surprising...more

Danica Patrick burning up a new track with NASCAR move
by Pretty Tough
posted August 5, 2011 at 4:32pm

 The first lady of car racing has proven time and again she can hang with the boys. Danica Patrick, as fiesty as she is petite, is probably the best known professional female racer in the world. Named IndyCar Rookie of the Year in 2005, after becoming t...more

Female racecar driver could be first athlete to cover Seventeen Magazine since 1976
by A Glam Slam
posted July 21, 2011 at 8:53pm

Shannon McIntosh is a 21 year-old racecar driver and 1 of 5 finalists vying for the cover of Seventeen magazine’s October 2011 issue. The cover model contest, dubbed “Pretty Amazing,” launched earlier this year in search of “someone who inspires w...more

Elite Female Athletes - Where do they belong?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 19, 2011 at 12:48am

Photo from Bitten BoundOne thing that elite male athletes will never share with elite female athletes (well a bunch of stuff actually, but humour me here) is the question - where do I belong?  Male athletes at the top of their sport are exactly where the...more

Danica Patrick is the new face of William Rast Eyewear
by A Glam Slam
posted June 3, 2011 at 3:29pm

Dan Wheldon won the Indy 500 but it’s Danica Patrick who has scored with William Rast, the clothing line founded by Justin Timberlake and Trace Ayala and the sponsor of Wheldon’s winning car. This was the company’s fourth year as a sponsor of an Ind...more

Five events, five athletes moving the chains 2000-2010
by Fair Game News
posted December 27, 2010 at 12:15pm

By Rachael Goldenberg OK, 2000-2010 is 11 years but rather than quibble with the definition of a decade, let’s consider the strides female athletes have made.  The first years of this new century have pushed at barriers. Female athletes have challeng...more

Avon turns to NASCAR champion for new fragrance.
by A Glam Slam
posted October 21, 2010 at 4:16pm

Avon definitely has an affinity for athletes, as the company has worked with NY Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, tennis aces Venus and Serena Williams and NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne, to develop products. The latest sports star to join the Avon roster comes ...more

Celebrate the Monster Mile debut of Danica Patrick with a special Ladies Day NASCAR package
by Pretty Tough
posted August 6, 2010 at 2:26pm

Celebrate the Monster Mile debut of Danica Patrick with a special Ladies Day NASCAR package on September 25, 2010.  The day will include access to a catered tent in the hospitality village and guest speakers who will offer insight into the world of NASCA...more

NASCAR gets nasty
by Draft Day Suit
posted June 8, 2010 at 7:53pm

Joey Logano, left, and Kevin Harvick when they were playing nice. I don’t understand NASCAR and I doubt I ever will.  I get dizzy watching my daughter run track.  And, she’s really slow.  Also, my favorite button on our remote is “Mute”, so...more

Memorial weekend highlights
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted June 2, 2010 at 10:32pm

Now that you are getting over your sunburn, have put away the beach toys, and digested all that red meat, let’s look back at some of the highlights for women’s sports over the Memorial Day Weekend.Baseball hats off to Eri Yoshida, for becoming the fir...more

It's a man's racing world
by After Atalanta
posted June 1, 2010 at 9:50pm

I saw a few articles this past weekend about female auto racers. Note that I didn't really read them because I am not all that into auto racing. But the headlines were similar in that they noted the increased presence of women at Indy: there were four thi...more

Danica Patrick places fifth in Indy 500
by Pretty Tough
posted May 31, 2010 at 2:10pm

With the Indianapolis 500 Race just completed, there’s no question that its most famous participant (other than spectator Kim Kardashian and Jack Nicholson, who was the honorary race flag waver) was Danica Patrick. Patrick has had a rocky month and her...more

Indy 500: A record five women in starting field
by Pretty Tough
posted May 19, 2010 at 5:09pm

Last week we wrote a post about a record four women vying for a start at this year’s Indianapolis 500. And now that number jumps to five. It’s been 33 years since Janet Guthrie became the first woman to start a race at the famed Brickyard, and for m...more

A Suggestion For Nascar
by Women's Sports Blog
posted May 2, 2010 at 5:49pm

Given that the Sprint Cup series is allegedly losing money, sponsorship, and viewers, and throwing in the huge number of cautions that are bedeviling the finishes this year as space gets tight....why do there need to be be forty three cars in every race?...more

Long Beach Grand Prix!
by Chic Runner
posted April 20, 2010 at 6:39pm

So this weekend I had the chance to go to the Long Beach Grand Prix, which though I reside close by, I have never been to the race, or anything that is like this ever before in my life. I was really looking forward to it, though I had no idea what to expe...more

Long Beach Grand Prix features female drivers
by Pretty Tough
posted April 20, 2010 at 6:10pm

In her autobiography, Danica Patrick said a race in Long Beach eight years ago was the turning point in a career that ultimately made her one of the nation’s most popular race-car drivers. That’s when Patrick won the professionals’ leg of a pro/c...more

Danica Patrick talks shop with Us Magazine
by Pretty Tough
posted April 7, 2010 at 1:21am

Race care driver Danica Patrick recently spoke with Us Magazine and lists “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me.” Some of our favorites? 1. I don’t like chewing gum. 2. I got a sewing machine for Chirstmas, and now I love to sew. 3. My favorite foo...more

You can’t always win, but you can learn. Best lesson: Annika or Danica?
by Fair Game News
posted March 12, 2010 at 6:31pm

By Laura Pappano Obviously Danica Patrick struggled in her NASCAR debut. After finishing 6th in the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, a race to “get comfortable,” she crashed at the Daytona International Speedway (finishing 35 out of 43 drivers), finished 3...more

IndyCar first: four women to start in season opener
by Athletic Women Blog
posted March 12, 2010 at 6:08pm

The inaugural Sao Paulo Indy 300 will mark several firsts, mainly of interest only to avid Indy-race fans, but one in particular grabbed my attention: this will be the first time that four women have started an IndyCar race. Methinks IndyCar is entitled ...more

GameOn Podcast: Sarah Fisher & Patrick Pho, the Sequel
by GoGameFace: Watch Sports Like a Girl
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:36pm

The ladies of GameOn continue to be star-struck this week, as they recap the Oscars, Fantasy Football-style, with regular contributor Patrick Pho. We talk about the top three headline stories from this year's Oscars, and ponder his next obsession: Fan...more

Danica Patrick designs new Hot Wheels car
by Pretty Tough
posted February 27, 2010 at 8:50pm

Patrick unveiled a sketch of her “Danicar” February 6th, 2010 at the Daytona International Speedway while announcing Hot Wheels return to NASCAR through a partnership with JR Motorsports . The custom die-cast vehicle was co-designed with the Hot Whee...more

Danica Patrick wrecks in first NASCAR race
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 15, 2010 at 11:56am

Danica Patrick crashed her GoDaddy car Saturday in a 12-car pileup in her first NASCAR race. She was not injured. Call me uninformed about race car driving – really, you should – but I had no idea she wasn’t racing NASCAR yet. I could blame it on a...more