10 Questions for Danica Patrick

You gotta run it out, you know. You just pull the ponytail out and shake your hair around and just hope that you don't look like you've been run over by a truck. And you also have to imagine that people take into account that you've just driven a few hundred miles. How would they look?

YOUR MOTHER SAID THAT WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER, SHE FIRED YOU FROM THE COFFEE SHOP YOUR FAMILY OWNED. WHAT HAPPENED?

I wasn't fired. She just didn't like the fact that I was coming in 20 to 30 minutes late and laughing at it. I was a pretty bad procrastinator. About the only thing I'm timely on is stuff at the race track and getting to my car on time. My bags are still filled with clothes from Indianapolis, and I haven't unpacked them.

HOW DO YOU HANDLE TRAFFIC JAMS?

I hate them. I hate slow drivers. I hate left-lane drivers--if you're going to drive slow, just drive on the side. I have road rage every day. Every day.