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Danica--Crossing the Line | 
| Author: Danica Patrick
Creator: Laura Morton
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 575532
Media: Paperback
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0743298306
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.72092
EAN: 9780743298308
ASIN: 0743298306
Publication Date: January 9, 2007
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Danica Patrick's life moves at 220 mph. She drives every race and lives every day like she has something to prove -- and she does. As a 5-foot 2-inch, 100-pound woman, she had to qualify a little quicker and race a little faster than the boys -- just to earn the respect she would otherwise be given if she weren't the "girl on the track, driving the princess mobile." But you don't get to be an IndyCar driver without talent and determination. Danica is living proof that if you work hard and aim high, you can do whatever you set your mind to, that you can rise to any challenge, and that what makes you different is what makes you great.Sharing secrets and stories, tales from the track, and insights into her personal life, Danica reflects on her extraordinary rise from a ten-year-old go-kart champion to a twenty-three-year-old Indy star. An inspiration to all, she offers her unique perspective on how to compete in life, how to stand out, and how to get the respect and attention you deserve.
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 Great way to learn what brought her to Indy in detail June 4, 2009
Stephen Picciano (Plainfield, CT)
We've only heard bits and pieces of the background of Danica Patrick and what got her to Indy, but by reading this book you learn the details. Karting, Formula Ford in UK, her patron sponsors, Bobby Rahal discovering her, her families dedication to her, her romance with her eventual husband.
My own feelings about her - having been someone myself who went to England to race FF1600 at 26 - is that her biggest accomplishment was going to England at 16 for 3 years to race. She didn't get good cars, and no one was there to look out for her and it affected her results of course. It took a lot of guts. (She has guts!)
I came away being a fan of her's - I wasn't before.
 Terrific Look At the Difficulties of Racing January 19, 2009
Tara (Utah)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have a newfound respect for Danica Patrick after reading her autobiography. The book is an easy, one day read and dull at times, but tells you a lot about racing. I now realize that Danica does not just jump behind a wheel and start driving as fast as she can. I admire her for her courage and desire to breach a "man's world". There are times she comes across as arrogant, but yet there are even more moments of pure honesty in which she admits she is not perfect. She addresses her past mistakes and what she learned from them. I also enjoyed her witty comments here and there and I was surprised to find some of my own thoughts voiced. My personal favorite: "I've only just begun to share my spirit and my hope that someday we will live in a world where a woman can grow to become president of the United States and little boys can grow up believing it's not a mark of inferiority to stay home and raise children while their wives run the country!"
I could not have said it better, Danica.
An inspiration for my daughter May 22, 2008
Jame E. Manning (half moon bay, ca United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I originally purchased this book for my daughter as she has recently turned 15 and involved with cart racing.
I read it first and was impressed not only with the racing aspects that my daughter can relate to but the life lessons to be learned by someone who has been there. It seems it's sometimes better coming from someone other than DAD.
To have my daughter passionate about racing is a godsend and I am so proud of my daughter just like the Patrick's must be of their daughter.
I recommend it to any parent of a teenage daughter AND as a gift to a teenage daughter. The boys are on their own!
Also dissappointed July 13, 2007
Randy Lee Kong
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I like one of the previous reviewers was a great supporter of Danica and her accomplishments on the track. However, like he, I was also soured by the ego and general attitude and tone of her personality. Not as enthused about her as I was earlier
 Overego'd Spoiled Brat! December 29, 2006
H. Gatjens (Edmonds, WA United States)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I had been quite taken by Danica's exploits on the race track and thought getting some insight about her in this book would be interesting.
Instead I got a book written by a woman with an ego so huge as to almost be unbelievable. She has never won a race in any car series, yet she professes to be talented enough to be the best. Always complains that her losses are a result of inferior equipment.
She professes to owe a tremenous amount to Bobby Rahal for believing in her and giving her a chance, yet leaves his team for next year in hopes of again, "beter equipment." She quit racing in Europe when she felt she wasn't getting good enough equipment and says she hasn't contacted the people who sponsored her there since. Claims they told her maybe she should quit when she was frustrated with the equipment she was being provided. She took them up on it,not realizing that they were perhaps tired of her "poor me" attitude.
I think for someone who has never won a race, perhaps she should show some more loyalty and a little bit of humility.
This is unfortunate as I was really liking her racing and wanted to be a fan, but the book has soured me on her attitude.
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