Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600: ; Patrick Fourth, but It Was Her Day; Dan Wheldon Brings Michael Andretti First Indy 500 Victory, but Danica Patrick Steals Show
Charleston Daily Mail › June 01, 2005
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INDIANAPOLIS - Dan Wheldon's face will be on the Borg-Warner trophy as winner of the 89th Indianapolis 500, but Sunday's race will forever belong to Danica Patrick.
Wheldon brought Michael Andretti his first 500 victory as a car owner after failing 14 times as a driver, but it was Patrick who brought most of the 350,000 spectators to their feet screaming their approval when her No. 16 was flashed on the giant scoreboards with only 28 laps remaining in what lived up to its billing as the "greatest spectacle in racing."See the full content of this document
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Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600: ; Patrick Fourth, but It Was Her Day; Dan Wheldon Brings Michael Andretti First Indy 500 Victory, but Danica Patrick Steals Show
The 23-year-old rookie, in only her fifth Indy car race, led for 15 laps in Bobby Rahal's Honda-powered Panoz and twice swapped the lead with Wheldon, a 27-year-old Englishman in his third 500, before losing it for good six laps from the end. No woman had ever led a lap before.
She even ...See the full content of this document
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