Danica Patrick has a hilarious but adorable take on her “biggest fans” when in the kitchen

The former IndyCar driver Danica Patrick recently shared an Instagram story with her followers. The story featured a picture of her two dogs named Ella, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, and Dallas, an 11-year-old Siberian Husky.

On June 11, Patrick uploaded an Instagram story that featured her dogs sitting in the kitchen waiting for her. She captioned the story with:

" They are my biggest fans when I'm in the kitchen. Im sure it's pure and nothing to do with egg yolks coming their way.🍳"

Screenshot of Danica Patrick's Instagram story via @danicapatrick

Similar to the majority of the drivers, Danica Patrick began her open-wheel racing career in karting. She dropped out of school in 1998 to move to the UK to pursue her dreams of racing.

The now 43-year-old made a name for herself when she won the Japan 300 in 2008 and became the first woman to achieve this feat. She set multiple records for women in racing throughout her career, including becoming the first woman to claim pole position at the Daytona 500, which she achieved in 2013.

The Wisconsin native announced her retirement from racing in 2018 after she participated in the Indy 500 that year. While in an interview with ABC News in 2018, she spoke about her reason to retire from racing. She said,

“It wasn't in my heart anymore. What I love about racing was that ability to progress and get better and finish better and better and ultimately win. And I just felt like that was becoming less and less something that was in my control.”

Post her retirement, Danica Patrick has ventured into business with her own winery called 'Somnium'. She also has her own podcast called 'Pretty Intense' and later published a book with the same title. She is occasionally seen alongside the Sky Sports crew in the Formula One paddock.

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Danica Patrick speaks about why Indianapolis 500 was a 'whole other thing' for her

The former IndyCar driver spoke about what made the 'Greatest Spectacle of Racing' a special race for her. During her debut at the Indianapolis 500 in 2005, she led 19 out of the 200 laps. She took the lead of the race on lap 190 during the restart. That year she was crowned with the 'Rookie of the year' award.

While talking to Bob Pockrass, a Fox Sports Insider, Danica Patrick spoke about how the Indy 500 was 'a whole other thing' for her.

"The only thing I thought when I was young, as I was coming up through racing, is I just thought to myself that if can make it, it'll be a big deal. But I don't know what that meant. I just knew it'd be a big deal because it was just something that hadn't really happened. Women had been in racing, but to do well is like a whole other thing," Patrick said via Fox Sports.

To this day Danica Patrick holds the record for the highest Indianapolis 500 finish by a woman. She finished in third place at the 2009 event with Andretti Green Racing.