Time, Feb 26 2013 - You have to call it the Danica 500 now. Although she faded to eighth place on Sunday, the moment Danica Patrick won the pole position for the Daytona 500 — a week before the green flag — the Great American Race revolved around her.
LA Times, Feb 18 2013 - The driver is the first woman to earn the pole position for a NASCAR race. Patrick has a qualifying lap of 45.817 seconds at 196.434 mph.