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Danica Patrick's new car got a grand introduction on Tuesday. She took it on a short ride through the Chicago streets before officially unveiling the No. 7 Motorola she will drive for Andretti Green Racing next season. ``It's black, it's sort of sleek, it looks fast,'' Patrick said. And it resembles a batmobile. She hopes it performs like one, too. Patrick rode to stardom in 2005 when she finished fourth ...

All eyes were on her, and Danica Patrick's nerves were buzzing like a race car engine. Who could blame her? She never really played baseball, is not a singer, yet there she was at Wrigley Field on Thursday bouncing the ceremonial first pitch and leading the crowd in ``Take Me Out to the Ball Game'' during the seventh-inning stretch. ``I was more nervous than I thought I'd be,'' Patrick said Friday. ``I don't usually like to do anything ...

Danica Patrick called her eighth-place finish Sunday at Infineon Raceway a pretty good run. Then again, anything would be an improvement over last year. Patrick twice ran as high as third for several laps, but a stop on lap 69 for fuel dropped her back to 10th. ``We have made some very good progress in the last year on the road courses. I was proud of how we raced when ...

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) _ The usually confident Danica Patrick is anything but this weekend. Her first trip to Infineon Raceway last year was a disaster from the start and ended in a crash on the 19th lap. Her hope this year is just to be there at the end of Sunday's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma. ``I'd be lying if I told you I was looking forward to it. It's hard, it's fast and it's incredibly physically ...