‘Bizarre’ Japanese Media Made Danica Patrick do Something Hilariously Strange On Live Television At the Peak of Her Fame

Japan is definitely known to have always been a bit unique, from their culture to the advertisements to its food. They have always been quite the culture shock for the Western culture. But sometimes, even knowing that doesn’t keep us from being shocked and left with question marks. And it seems like Danica Patrick experienced it first-hand in 2006.

And she was asked to do some very questionable things for the media.

Sure, the Japanese media is quite a bit different from the western media in many, many ways. And it doesn’t cease to impress us. This one time back in 2006, Danica was giving an interview for Sports Illustrated magazine. And one of the questions they asked her was about her strangest media experience, and you guessed it, it is in Japan.

She revealed her experience in Japan, “The media in Japan are bizarre. Race car drivers are such a novelty, so they like to have you do things like run a shopping cart race or act as a chef on the set. They have you making sticky rice and eating it on television as a part of the interview. They like to see you eating things on TV.”

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Sounds a lot like what F1 drivers do with their teams. But it would be fun to see more NASCAR drivers have fun off the track too, especially in shopping cart races. But Patrick seems to have had a good experience in Japan.

Danica Patrick was quite excited about going to Japan

Patrick had just started out in the IndyCar series in 2005 and was only a rookie back then. But the Japan Indy 300 at Motegi, Japan is a very important race for all IndyCar drivers. Legends say if you have a good race in Motegi, it’s going to be a good race at Indianapolis as well.

But there was something else that got her excited about the race.

Patrick said in her book, ‘Danica: Crossing the Line’, “This was my first time visiting Japan, and I was very excited. It wasn’t just the anticipation of the race. It was great seeing Tokyo and the country of Japan. I know that I came to Motegi as a rookie, but this track was different than the others I had run prior to coming here to race.”

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Unfortunately, Japan is not on the IndyCar calendar anymore. But would you like to see it return? Let us know in the comments.