No, she did not. Danica Patrick's first Nascar Cup Series race was the 2012 Daytona 500.
Danica Patrick wasn't entered to race in the 2011 Daytona 500.
Danica Patrick finished 38th in her first Nascar Cup Series race. It was the 2012 Daytona 500.
Danica Patrick's last Nationwide Series race was on February 22, 2014 at Daytona International Speedway. She started 3rd and finished 19th.
In 2011, Danica Patrick started 12 Nascar Nationwide Series races. She did not race in the Nascar Cup Series.
Danica Patrick started the 2012 Daytona 500 in 29thposition. She finished 38th.She was locked into the race because Stewart-Haas Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing formed an alliance on January 31, 2012. This gave Patrick an automatic starting spot for the Daytona 500.This was due to TBR driver Dave Blaney finishing 33rd in owner's points in 2011. The points that Blaney earned in the #36 car were given to Patrick's #10 car for the first race of the season.
In 2005, Danica Patrick began racing in the IRL Indy Car Series. Her first ARCA race was on February 6, 2010 and she began to race in the Nascar Nationwide Series on February 13, 2010. Her first Nascar Cup Series race was the Daytona 500 on February 27, 2012.
No. Danica Patrick has never driven the #88 car. In the Cup Series she drives the #10 and in the Nationwide Series she drives the #7.
There have been three women who have raced in the Daytona 500.Janet Guthrie (1977, 1980)Shawna Robinson (2002)Danica Patrick (2012, 2013)
Danica Patrick's first races:IndyCar Series: March 6, 2005 - Homestead-Miami SpeedwayNASCAR Nationwide Series: February 13, 2010 - Daytona International SpeedwayNASCAR Sprint Cup Series: February 27, 2012 - Daytona International Speedway
Danica Patrick is the first woman NASCAR driver to win the pole (the number 1) position at the Daytona 500 race in February 2013. She finished the race in the 8th position winning approximately $389,464.
Danica Patrick is a race car driver. I don't know where improving the world fits into this.
No. Danica Patrick did not compete in the 2012 Indy 500.