Danica Patrick reveals drivers she'd want to race against in dream scenario

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Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick has her imagination race. 

Patrick, 42, was asked to prime 3 people, dormant oregon alive, to race. 

"Well, I deliberation I’d privation to spot however I stacked up against Ayrton Senna. He was 1 of the greats successful Formula 1," Patrick said during a caller quality connected OutKick’s "Gaines for Girls" podcast with Riley Gaines.

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Former IndyCar Series operator Danica Patrick during the 105th Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

Senna, who died successful an mishap during a 1994 contention astatine property 34, is simply a Formula 1 legend. 

Senna achieved 41 wins, 65 rod positions, 19 fastest laps and 80 podiums and was known for his assertive driving style. 

Patrick past selected 1 of NASCAR’s top drivers to vie against.

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"Maybe get retired determination and doorbang with Dale Earnhardt Sr. Obviously, I cognize (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) ace well. I drove for him. He’s a friend, and his woman Amy is great. But, you know, helium was known arsenic ‘the Intimidator.' So, that would beryllium a amusive idiosyncratic to see, like, what did that consciousness like? Would I beryllium intimidated? Cause I person a existent mean streak successful maine astatine times," Patrick said. 

Earnhardt raced successful the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, present the NASCAR Cup Series, from 1975 to 2001. 

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Danica Patrick connected the starting grid earlier the Montreal Grand Prix astatine Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  (David Kirouac/USA Today Sports)

Earnhardt won 76 Winston Cup races and 24 accumulation events, for a combined 100 wins. 

The fable is the lone operator successful NASCAR past to triumph a contention successful 4 different, consecutive decades. 

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Earnhardt, similar Senna, died successful a contention of a skull fracture during a last-lap clang during the Daytona 500 successful 2001 astatine 49 years old. 

In Patrick’s hypothetical race, she is taking connected Senna and Earnhardt competitively and, for her 3rd person, she chose to enactment idiosyncratic successful her ain car.

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Danica Patrick participates successful the Rancho Mirage Speaker Series Jan. 21, 2020, successful Rancho Mirage, Calif. (Imagn)

"Maybe enactment idiosyncratic successful my car. Who’d I privation to enactment successful my car? I deliberation I’d enactment Jesus successful my car. I deliberation that, successful each of my spiritual practices and spiritual experiences, I’ve been connecting with the vigor of Jesus. It has ever felt similar a homie, similar conscionable your champion friend. Like idiosyncratic that’s conscionable ace chill and connected your level but conscionable each love. And, so, determination you go, that’d beryllium my passenger," Patrick said. 

Patrick is 1 of the astir palmy women successful racing history.

She is the archetypal pistillate to triumph an IndyCar Series race, the archetypal to person a rod presumption successful a NASCAR Cup Series contention and holds the highest decorativeness by a pistillate successful the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500, among galore different accomplishments.

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