3. Danica and Aaron at the 2018 Indy 500
For the final race of her career in any discipline, Patrick returned to her open-wheeled racing roots to compete in the Indianapolis 500. And like at Daytona, Rodgers was with her family on pit road before the green flag. Being extra supportive of her career, Rogers was even wearing a “Danica Double” hat ahead of the race.
In an interview with Michele Tafoya for Artful Living in October of 2018, Rodgers opened up about their relationship and praised Danica’s career as one of the few women in racing and the only one to race full-time at the top of both NASCAR and IndyCar.
“There aren’t many women who race. None who ever won an Indy race and none with as many top-10 finishes as her in NASCAR or on the pole. Every now and then, a woman plays in a PGA Tour event. But it’s rare to see a woman go into a man’s sporting world and do as well as she did. It’s tough. She’s a strong woman, and she went through a lot in her career.”