Motegi, Japan – One day after becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race by taking the Japan 300, 26-year old Danica Patrick announced her retirement from driving and will immediately start working on a pit crew.

“I’m sick of being ogled,” said Patrick, wearing a one piece black leather outfit as wolf whistles and shuttering cameras resounded in the background. “I won and I’m done.”

 

Patrick said she would join the Andretti Green team of mechanics. “I’ve always liked lug nuts,”

 

“She’s just tired of the leering cameramen and the pressure of being motorsports pinup girl,” said a friend of Patrick’s who requested anonymity.

 

The decision is effective immediately.

 

"The right rear tire, that's going to be my area," Patrick explained.

When reporters expressed surprise at her decision, and how much it will cost her in endorsements and visibility, the diminutive driving diva said pit crew work was "auto racing in its purest form, without the glitz."

Patrick also said she looked forward to being able to “eat more.”