Who is the only female driver to win a race in the IndyCar Series, the 2008 Indy Japan 300 - she also has the highest finishing place for a female in the Indianapolis 500 race when she was third in 2009?
Timeline of women's sports in the United States male winner received. This may be the first time a sporting event ever paid more to a female than a male in the same competition. It is also the largest first prize for any marathon. 2006 - Violet Palmer, forty-one, became the first woman to referee an NBA playoff game. 2008 - Danica Patrick was the first woman to win an IndyCar Series by winning the 2008 Indy Japan 300. 2009 - Danica Patrick finishes 3rd in the Indianapolis 500 the highest finishing woman in that event. 2009 - Nancy Lieberman became the coach of the Texas Legends in the
2008 Indy Japan 300 2008 Indy Japan 300 The 2008 Indy Japan 300 was the third round of the 2008 IndyCar Series season, for drivers who competed in the series in 2007 and teams that had entered for 2008 who were not former Champ Car teams that were in transition. This was because the 2008 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach occurred on the same weekend and there was no way of changing dates to avoid the clash when the reunification took place. Originally scheduled for the afternoon of April 19, 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi in Motegi, Tochigi, the race was delayed