Danica Patrick ended up fifth place in the Honda Indy 200 last weekend. This was her great tournament so far in the name of Indy car race, even if she might have completed even good if it were not for Tony Kanaan pushing and pacing her into grass for a small time in the first round. Kanaan exempt himself by declaring that Danica was sliding.  For his third directly time, Scott Dixon got the price. Also it’s his 27^th birthday.

But wait. It’s been a while - Danica Patrick succeeds the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi racetrack held in Tokyo to turn into the very former woman to win in a main open-wheel racing tournament.

I've been a little bit follower of this lady since her first Indy 500. I really think this is going to be excellent for open-wheel racing, lifting its profile and name on top of the "boys-only" discussions that motorsports fall into.

Danica Patrick turns into the first woman in record to triumph an IndyCar Series tournament. The success came in her 50th career IndyCar Series begins in where she handle the #7 Motorola car with the top-eight auto for the complete 200-lap series.

These Results came from avenuevine.com for the Indy Japan 300 event:

1) Danica Patrick, Andretti Green, 200 laps
2) Helio Castroneves, Penske, 200, +5.8594 seconds
3) Scott Dixon, Target Ganassi, 200
4) Dan Wheldon, Target Ganassi, 200
5) Tony Kanaan, Andretti Green, 200
6) Ed Carpenter Vision, 200
7) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Rahal Letterman, 200
8) Darren Manning, Foyt, 199
9) Ryan Briscoe, Penske, 199
10) Townsend Bell, Dreyer & Reinbold, 199
11) Hideki Mutoh, Andretti Green, 199
12) Buddy Rice, Dreyer & Reinbold, 198
13) Jay Howard, Roth, 192
14) Roger Yasukawa, Beck, 134, mechanical
15) A.J. Foyt IV, Vision, 103, accident
16) Vitor Meira, Panther, 92, accident
17) Marty Roth, Roth, 44, accident
18) Marco Andretti, Andretti Green, 0, accident