No. Danica Patrick did not compete in the 2012 Indy 500.
Danica Patrick was the first woman to win an Indy car race in Japan.
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.
On April 20, 2008, Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300. She became the first woman to win an IndyCar race.
Danica Patrick has raced both open wheel race cars in the Indy Racing League, and stock cars in the Nascar Cup and Nationwide Series.
No, she did not. Danica Patrick's first Nascar Cup Series race was the 2012 Daytona 500.
On April 20, 2008, Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She won the Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan.
Indy Racing League or IRL Danica Patrick is now a full-time Nascar Sprint Cup Series driver. She no longer competes in the IndyCar Series.
Danica Patrick finished 38th in her first Nascar Cup Series race. It was the 2012 Daytona 500.
She won at Twin Ring Motegi in the Indy Japan 300 on April 20, 2008, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race.
She needs to get out of NASCAR she is by far qualified to run with the big dogs.... all she ever does in the races is wreck out or wreck someone else that is better qualified to race... she is not now or ever in my opinion going to measure up to the NASCAR standards.
Danica Patrick in the Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Japan on April 20, 2008.
Danica Patrick's first Nascar Nationwide Series race was on February 13, 2010. Her first Cup Series start was on February 27, 2012.