Important news to me: Except that part about her fiance!!!
Patrick cleared to resume driving
Mark Armijo
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 15, 2005 12:00 AM
Danica Patrick, who still has no recollection of a crash that left her with a minor concussion two weeks ago in the Indy Racing League season opener at Homestead, Fla., has been medically cleared to resume driving in Saturday's XM Satellite Radio Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.
Bobby Rahal, who co-owns the team with talk show host David Letterman, said Patrick got the word Monday.
"She's ready to get back to racing," Rahal said by telephone. "Even when she was in the hospital after the accident, she was talking about the Phoenix race and what we had to do to the car. She was already thinking forward." advertisement
Patrick, who recently moved from Illinois to Scottsdale to be with her fiancé, was unavailable for comment. But in a statement, Patrick expressed displeasure at being unable to finish the race.
"I had a lot of fun while I was out there," said Patrick, who was hurt on Lap 159 of a 200-lap race.
Patrick was in 10th position at the time of the crash, which began when Kosuke Matsuura spun in front of Tomas Scheckter. Patrick, 22, nearly avoided the melee, but a lapped car driven by Ed Carpenter blocked her path. She hit Carpenter, then veered into the outside wall.
Practice and qualifying for the PIR race begin Friday.
