Livery revealed for Patrick's Indy 500 swansong

The Indy 500 will be Patrick’s final race of her career, after she'd competed in this year’s Daytona 500 as part of the ‘Danica Double.’

She will form a three-car team for ECR at the Indy 500 alongside Spencer Pigot and team owner Ed Carpenter.

The ECR-run car has been decked out in the green of primary sponsor GoDaddy, who rejoined Patrick and reignited her search for rides at both her final races, after she endured a lengthy off-season with little progress.

Patrick says that seeing her Indy 500 car in the flesh is “scary”, having never driven the IR-12 or the current engine specification IndyCar uses.

“It’s pretty damn real, it’s completely real,” she said. “Yeah, I’m excited. It scares me a little bit to look at how small that rear wing is, but hey, I’m sure there’s [downforce] grip somewhere – more grip than I’m used to.”

Patrick has already undergone a seat fitting at ECR and says her early experience of the team has been positive.

“Everybody’s been great,” said Patrick. “Everybody’s been good to work with and fun and easy and working hard and getting the right people involved. [It's] giving us a shot to finish the way I started.”

The former NASCAR driver was to run in the two days of testing scheduled at the Indianapolis 500, but the running was postponed due to poor weather.

She adds that the rescheduled dates of April 30 through to May 2 will make her testing more representative and beneficial, as she will not use a simulator in preparation for the Indy 500.

“I don’t think it’s very realistic, I think it’s counter-productive or just not productive at all,” she said.

“For me, it’s just getting a feel for the tendencies of the car in general [in testing at Indianapolis]. “

“Even if I was getting back in the exact same Indycar that I drove the last time I was in one, I’d still want to know that after being gone so long.

“Just knowing what does a little bit of front wing do, what does a little right rear spring do, what does a stiffer front sway bar feel like.

"Just little things to change them up and see what the tendencies tend to be with the car. Things that will be go-to maybe when we get going for real.”