Woman to Woman: Alexandra Straub Interviews Rising Open-Wheel Star Danica Patrick

This past Indy weekend she qualified 3rd on Friday, 6th in final qualifying on Saturday and then finished in an impressive 4th

With her 4th place finish in Vancouver, Danica currently sits third overall in the Toyota Atlantic Championship. (Photo: Shawn Pisio, Canadian Auto Press)

on race day, especially good considering the pileup that she was nearly under early in the race.

But no challenge is too overwhelming to keep Patrick from targeting her goal of becoming an open-wheel racing champion. She is currently ranked 3rd in the Toyota Atlantic Championship behind 2nd place Ryan Dalziel, and led by Jon Fogarty.

Frequently people tell me that as an automotive journalist I have their dream job, but I think that Danica might just have mine: racing fast cars, hosting TV shows and then back to racing fast cars.