IndyCar/NASCAR Driver Danica Patrick speaks to the news media at the Henry Ford in Dearborn, MI

AmericaJR.com's Jason Rzucidlo reports from the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. IndyCar/NASCAR Nationwide Series Driver Danica Patrick address a group of 200 fans at a free event on Monday inside the museum's Anderson Theatre. The topic was COPD, which stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Patrick said she lost her grandmother to the disease. She also discussed her season this year, past races on Detroit's Belle Isle and at Michigan International Speedway. In addition, the driver hopes the race will return to the island in the middle of the Detroit River for 2012.

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