Danica Patrick is ready for the final leg of her Danica Double and will get fitted for her Indianapolis 500 seat next week. She will drive in the May race for Ed Carpenter Racing. Her first time back in an Indy car will be at the end of this month during a test session for Chevrolet at Indianapolis 500.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ready or not, Danica Mania is headed to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for her final curtain call.

The second leg of Danica Patrick’s retirement moves forward in full swing when she travels to Indianapolis next week for a seat fitting in Ed Carpenter Racing’s No. 13 Chevrolet. She’ll jump behind the wheel of an Indy car again for a shakedown during a Chevrolet test at Indy on March 29. She’s got a firesuit coming that sponsor GoDaddy has allowed her to design.

Patrick will take one last swing at winning the Indianapolis 500 this May before the most prolific female driver in motorsports walks away from racing for good. She believes she can win “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” in a storybook ending for a little girl from Illinois who kicked down many barriers for women in racing.

“My intention is to win there,” Patrick said.

She was the darling of storied Indianapolis Motor Speedway following her fourth-place finish as a rookie in 2005, and in seven career starts Patrick only finished outside the top 10 once. The spotlight was on her at the Daytona 500 for the first part of her “Danica Double” retirement tour and it will only grow in the buildup to the Indy 500. Patrick is ready, and admittedly comfortable, to be the centerpiece of the Indy 500.

“I like feeling there is something on line and I think that while the spotlight isn’t always comfortable, I do feel I’ve been very fortunate to perform under those spotlights,” Patrick said. “There’s nothing cooler as an athlete then to perform when everyone is watching.”

Patrick’s legacy was evident this week when she weighed in on a discussion about the abilities of women in racing. Carmen Jorda, a member of FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission, reportedly said women should focus on Formula E instead of Formula One because F1 is too physically demanding.

Former F1 world champion Jenson Button held Patrick up as an example while criticizing Jorda on Twitter. Button suggested Jorda ask Patrick “about being (strong) enough to drive a race car! She’d kick my butt in the gym & she’s probably as strong as any driver on the F1 Grid right now.”

GoDaddy, Patrick’s former sponsor in both IndyCar and NASCAR, teamed with Patrick for her double and is helping her prepare for life outside of the race car. The results of the Indy 500 are not what matters to the company.