{"id":277302,"date":"2025-05-25T15:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/danica-patrick-recalls-her-emotional-first-indy-500-memory-on-foxs-109th-running-coverage\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:17","slug":"danica-patrick-recalls-her-emotional-first-indy-500-memory-on-foxs-109th-running-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/danica-patrick-recalls-her-emotional-first-indy-500-memory-on-foxs-109th-running-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Danica Patrick recalls her emotional first Indy 500 memory on FOX&#8217;s 109th running coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4930817\" data-slug-id=\"2532444\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former IndyCar driver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/danica-patrick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Danica Patrick<\/a> was confirmed among the stars who&#8217;d be joining FOX\u2019s broadcast team for the 109th running of the Indy 500. Patrick was involved in a conversation with Will Buxton as the duo opened the pre-race show for the iconic race.<\/p>\n<p>During the show, the 43-year-old recalled her first Indy 500 memory and detailed what made the race so special.<\/p>\n<p>FOX took over the broadcasting rights for the IndyCar series from NBC, promised to make the Indy 500 a great celebration, and take the greatest spectacle in racing back to its glory days. A part of this plan included getting together a star studded broadcast team, which included Danica Patrick and NASCAR legend Tony Stewart.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"F1 Grand Prix of Mexico - Source: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"F1 Grand Prix of Mexico - Source: Getty\" src-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/05\/9607d-17481856001393-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201279%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>F1 Grand Prix of Mexico &#8211; Source: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coming into the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/go\/indy-500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Indy 500<\/a>, Will Buxton, on the previous race show, asked Danica Patrick what made the Indy 500 special for her. The former IndyCar driver went on to detail her memories from the iconic race as she said (via the FOX live stream):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s just been a part of my life my whole life. I remember being a kid and watching it on TV sitting around on the couch and got our chips and dip out. I might have taken a nap back in those days, being a little bit younger, but it&#8217;s been a part of my life forever.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAnd then I finally came here when I was 14 years old in 1996. I was way down there at the exit of turn four in one of those suites. That was the year that it was a rain delay. So we sat around and played cards. All of us kids. And a race the next day. After being here and seeing that, I couldn&#8217;t wait to race in the actual race,\u201d added Danica Patrick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 43-year-old is to date the only woman to have won an IndyCar series race, as she won the Indy Japan 300 in 2008. Patrick is also the only woman to have led laps at the Indy 500 and the Daytona 500.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When Danica Patrick revealed the reason behind her retirement <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Danica Patrick began her professional racing career when she moved to Europe to race in the Formula Ford championship. She then moved back to the US and became an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/indycar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">IndyCar<\/a> driver. Despite her success in IndyCar, she moved to race stock cars in NASCAR and wasn&#8217;t as successful there.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick featured on the Nightline TV Show in 2018 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/nascar\/it-heart-anymore-when-danica-patrick-opened-decision-retire-racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">detailed her reason for retiring from motorsports<\/a>. She said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt wasn&#8217;t in my heart anymore. What I love about racing is that ability to progress and get better and finish better and better and ultimately win. And I just felt like that was becoming less and less something that was in my control.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 2018 Daytona 500 and the Indy 500 were Patrick&#8217;s last appearances in the respective motorsports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/4512202-1732263092-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Pranay Bhagi&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nPranay Bhagi is a motorsports journalist at Sportskeeda with over two years of experience in the industry. 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