In 2005 Danica became the 4th woman to race in the Indianapolis 500. She placed 4th and held the new title for highest finish for female driver. She also led 19 laps of the race, which no woman has ever led the Indy 500. In 2008 she made history by becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race. In August of 2010 with her 29th consecutive race running at the finish, she set a record. During the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, she won the time trials at Daytona 500.
While she has done the latter effort in an effort to capture the first, Danica says that she hopes to inspire is simply the desire and ability to believe in oneself. Danica saw she had a talent for something and was not afraid to follow through with it and not feel like she was less qualified or less competent to be able to do the job just because she was different. She ignored that and saw her true potential to be something great.