Danica Patrick's Dad Reveals How Other Drivers Really Treated Her

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"I just kind of giggle, but I know and the right people know that if you put her in a race car, she's going to be almost, if not quicker than any guy in a car. I mean, in the right circumstances, she can do it. Just like most drivers that make it to the top level, you don't make it to the top level by being average."

"You know, she's never had an easy pass in her life. Nobody's let her by. Everybody that races with Danica races harder than they do any other guy," he said.

"So I was very hard on her. I mean, she claims it was too hard at times, but then again I'd like to ask, would you have made it if I wasn't? I mean you look at Tiger Wood's dad; he was the same way with him. So I wanted her to be the best that she could be, and I didn't want her to slack off a bit," he admitted.

"Both girls did it. Brook was faster. So we started go-kart racing brook was so tiny that her feet were in the front of the staring rods. Brooke was faster by herself but she didn't like the bumping and grinding and all that. So she bailed out and then it was basically, Danica so we started going after it."

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