Danica Patrick

Can Maryland racing draw women to the track?

2013-05-13 07:52:00

I am a female sports fan. I go to games, watch them on TV, download the apps, read the stats, and buy the T-shirts. I recently heard about the launch of a new professional women's soccer league, and I started thinking about the sports to which I am...

Hong Kong shakes, Estonia charges and a celebrity mom pops

2013-02-22 04:47:00

Hong Kong residents experienced the effects of an earthquake nearby. Meanwhile, the Internet is coldly ignoring Baltimore's lack of an NBA team today, heartlessly blabbing on about the league's just-passed trade deadline. Welcome to your online trends...

Can Patrick finish in top 10 in Cup series?

2013-02-18 16:34:09

There's not a chance George Diaz Orlando Sentinel Stop dreaming. Not going to happen. Winning the pole for the Daytona 500 is a nice bump for Danica Patrick on the NASCAR radar screen, but let's not get carried away with giddy expectations. Anybody...

Alabama Shakes, Alicia Keys and Christoph Waltz

2013-02-18 06:59:00

The weekend's NBA all star game gave halftime show junkies a fix after their Super Bowl withdrawl, Danica Patrick ran a fast qualifying lap, and Christoph Waltz shows everyone the lighter side of Hitler. Welcome to the post-weekend edition of your daily...

All-women team leaves mark on Grand Prix of Baltimore

2012-09-01 16:52:00

While Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas and swimmer Katie Ledecky proved to the world what a little girl power could do in London this summer, a group of women racecar drivers prepared to show the Grand Prix of Baltimore what they could do with a little...

IndyCar faces challenges as it continues to rebuild

2012-08-25 12:33:00

When they sweep through the streets of Baltimore next weekend, driving some of the most powerful cars in the world at speeds that make their sport as dangerous as any, the IndyCar drivers will be mostly anonymous. Two veterans who have dominated the...

Danica who? Hinchcliffe steps into her ride, doesn't miss a beat

2012-08-30 00:00:00

James Hinchcliffe has slipped comfortably into Danica Patrick's former race car, if not specifically into her driving shoes. IndyCar's 2011 rookie of the year has taken the Michael Andretti Autosports car driven by Patrick to a 10th-place finish in the...

Racer Tominovich is on the fast track to success

2012-07-24 20:42:00

Emilee Tominovich knows how to put the pedal to the metal. As a professional driver in the Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup SCCA Pro Series, the Clarksville resident has a knowledge of motor vehicles that can only be learned by driving them around precise turns...

7-year-old Ellicott City go-kart racer has always felt need for speed

2012-06-03 14:22:00

When Zac Fowler was 3 years old and watched a NASCAR race on TV for the first time, he knew he would get behind the wheel one day. What he didn't know — even after firmly telling his parents, "I wanna do that," over and over again — was...

For open-wheel racing, a comeback

2011-08-13 22:02:00

Thirteen years after major open-wheel formula-style racing failed miserably at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the IZOD IndyCar Series returns to the track today for the running of the MoveThatBlock.com 225. "We need to be here," series veteran driver Ryan...

Conway says Sunday's IndyCar finish 'was a shame'

2011-08-15 15:30:00

IndyCar driver Mike Conway was in town Monday to unveil his new black and yellow race car that will be sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings and Wings Across America (the Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar Maryland Franchisee). The local company will be the...

Will Power cruises to IndyCar win in Sonoma

2011-08-28 18:48:24

Will Power trailed IZOD IndyCar Series championship front-runner Dario Franchitti by 47 points entering the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. He moves on to the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix on Sunday considerably closer. Power pulled away early, didn't have...

Danica Patrick after taking part in the shoot-the-puck promotion.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Danica Patrick gives a wave after taking part in the shoot the puck promotion at the end of the second period of the game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild at the United Center, in Chicago.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

NASCAR driver Danica Patrick accepts the award for favorite female athlete.

2013-03-23 00:00:00