Danica Patrick finds her Indianapolis 500 ride

After months of searching, Danica Patrick will be able to finish her racing career in the series where she first rose to prominence.

The Danica Double is officially on. Danica Patrick competed in NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in February, and she’ll be taking part in the Indianapolis 500 in May as the last stop in her racing career.

Ed Carpenter Racing announced today that Patrick will drive the No. 13 in this year’s Indy 500, serving as a third entry in a lineup that includes Carpenter and Spencer Pigot. It was previously revealed that Patrick’s longtime former sponsor GoDaddy would back her if and when she found a seat for Indy.

“I love how everything is coming full-circle,” Patrick said in a press release. “I am going to close out my racing career at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the place where so many amazing things have happened for me. I’m back in GoDaddy green and joining a great team.”

Patrick competed full-time in what is now the Verizon IndyCar Series for seven seasons from 2002 to 2011, driving for three different teams over that stretch. She finished as high as fifth in the season-ending points standings (in 2009 for Andretti Green Racing) and is the only female driver ever to win an IndyCar race.

She also had plenty of success in the Indianapolis 500 over the years, finishing in the top 10 six times and top-5 twice. With Ed Carpenter Racing she’ll be joining a team that has a history of qualifying well in the most famous open-wheel race in the U.S., so her chances of having a car capable of a strong finish are better than they were in this year’s Daytona 500, where a top-10 or better with Premium Motorsports was always a long shot.

In any event, Patrick will likely be happy to avoid her Daytona fate, where she ended her day early, caught up in a wreck and scored 35th. If this is indeed her final professional race of any kind, it would be nice to see her pull off a strong run before she moves on to the next phase of her career.