NASCAR driver Danica Patrick has officially filed for divorce from husband Paul Hospenthal, according to documents obtained by Sporting News.
"My marriage is irretrievably broken and there is no reasonable prospect of reconciliation," the 30-year-old wrote in the divorce documents filed in Arizona on Jan. 3.
Patrick first announced her plans to divorce Hospenthal, a physical therapist, on Facebook in November 2012.
"I am sad to inform my fans that after 7 years, Paul and I have decided to amicably end our marriage," she wrote. "This isn't easy for either of us, but mutually it has come to this. He has been an important person and friend in my life and that's how we will remain moving forward."
According to the documents, the couple has a prenuptial agreement and neither side is asking for alimony. That's good news for Patrick, who is worth a reported $18 million.
Patrick tied the knot with Hospenthal -- who is 17 years her senior -- in 2005. The pair met in 2002 when he was treating her for a hip injury. They have no children.
Patrick isn't the first NASCAR superstar to call it quits with her spouse. Click through the slides below for five others who did the same.
Jeff Gordon
This NASCAR legend and his wife, Brooke, split in 2002 after seven years of marriage. While she was the one who filed the paperwork and received a reported <a href="http://www.askmen.com/sports/business_100/112b_sports_business.html" target="_hplink">$15.3 million settlement</a> when the split was finalized, she kept one significant memento from their marriage -- Gordon's last name. In 2010, the #24 driver <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/431010-jeff-gordons-ex-wife-brooke-in-custody-dispute-over-babys-last-name" target="_hplink">got dragged into a custody dispute</a> when his ex bestowed his last name onto a child she fathered with another man.
Gordon is now married to model Ingrid Vandebosch, with whom <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20409069,00.html" target="_hplink">he has two children</a>.
Kurt Busch
Former racing champ Kurt Busch announced that he was <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/01/kurt-busch-divorce-nascar_n_888773.html" target="_hplink">separating from his wife</a>, Eva Bryan, in 2010 after he was spotted <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/01/kurt-busch-divorce-nascar_n_888773.html" target="_hplink">smooching another woman</a> in Victory Lane -- the spot on the racetrack where the first-place driver goes to celebrate his or her victory. The former couple had been <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2011/07/nascar-kurt-busch-says-marriage-coming-end" target="_hplink">married for three years</a>.
Dale Earnhardt, Sr.
Seven-time NASCAR Champion Dale Earnhardt, Sr. married his first wife, Latane Brown, when he was just 17. The couple had one son together, Kerry, but divorced a year after he was born.
Earnhardt embarked <a href="http://nmpaonline.com/archives/2006/di-columns-1.html" target="_hplink">on his second marriage</a> in 1971 with Brenda Gee, the daughter of NASCAR car builder Robert Gee. The couple had two children together, daughter Kelley and son Dale Jr., who went on to follow in his father's NASCAR footsteps. Like his first marriage, Earnhardt's second union ended soon after the birth of his son.
Earnhardt <a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/biography-ralph-dale-earnhardt-sr-1951-2001-23232.html?cat=49" target="_hplink">married his third wife</a>, Teresa in 1982 and they remained together for almost 20 years, until his death in 2001.
Michael Andretti
Michael Andretti, the son of famed Italian race car driver Mario Andretti, has been divorced twice and married three times. He <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004708/bio" target="_hplink">wed Sandra Spinozzi in 1985</a>, but they split up after 11 years -- and two children -- together in 1996. The following year, he married Leslie Wood. "I can't wait for our 30th [anniversary]," Andretti told <a href="http://articles.mcall.com/2003-05-25/sports/3469867_1_racing-leslie-andretti-michael-andretti" target="_hplink">Lehigh Valley newspaper <em>The Morning Call</em></a> in 2003. "I'm looking forward to growing old together." A year later, the couple split.
Andretti <a href="http://autoracingsport.com/michael-andretti-weds-ex-playmate-jodi-paterson/ " target="_hplink">tied the knot for a third time on October 7, 2006 </a> to Jodi Ann Paterson, who was <em>Playboy's</em> Playmate of the Year in 2000.
Brian France
NASCAR Chairman and CEO Brian France -- whose grandfather <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-02-23/brian-france-on-steering-nascar-to-a-tv-deal" target="_hplink">founded NASCAR</a> over 60 years ago -- has had his fair share of divorce drama. He married and divorced his ex-wife, Megan, <a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/brian-france-alleges-exwife-threatend-extort-money-him" target="_hplink">not once, but twice</a>.
In January 2013, the North Carolina Court of Appeals <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/brian-france-nascar-ceo-d_n_2397593.html#slide=989710" target="_hplink">upheld an order that will unseal</a> the previously confidential divorce documents against France's wishes.
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