Confirmed - Danica Patrick To Make NASCAR Debut At Daytona Saturday

Monday,February 8th, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—IndyCar star Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut Saturday at Daytona International Speedway. Late Sunday night a team official, who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record, confirmed media reports that Patrick would make the announcement Monday, indicating they were ‘accurate’. That official announcement came early Monday morning.

[Read On...]

High Marks For Danica Patrick In Stock Car Debut

Monday,February 8th, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Danica Patrick changed the question. After her sixth-place finish in Saturday's ARCA race at Daytona—and the way she accomplished it—no longer should we ask, "What's Danica Patrick doing in a stock car?" More appropriate might be: "Why is Patrick wasting her time in the IndyCar Series?"

[Read On...]

Harvick Gets Well With Bud Shootout Win

Sunday,February 7th, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A bout with the flu and a lack of practice time didn't seem to bother Kevin Harvick, who won Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway for the second straight year. In a green-white-checkered-flag finish, Harvick took the lead on Lap 75 and earned the win when caution froze the field after a push from Jeff Gordon's Chevrolet spun Greg Biffle's Ford in Turn 3

[Read On...]

Patrick Finishes Sixth In Stock Car Debut

Sunday,February 7th, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- If you didn't know the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona International Speedway was Danica Patrick's first stock car race, her first question after rolling across the finish line in sixth place was a dead giveaway. "Where should I go?" Patrick asked, after Bobby Gerhart took the checkered flag for his sixth ARCA Series win at Daytona.

[Read On...]

Elliott, Speed and Nemechek To Race In 500

Sunday,February 7th, 2010

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Joe Nemechek and Bill Elliott know what it's like to miss the Daytona 500, so it was no surprise how happy they were on Saturday after making the field for next Sunday's Great American Race. Elliott, Nemechek and Scott Speed were the three fastest drivers not already guaranteed a starting spot in Saturday's qualifying, and thus they will take the green flag Feb. 14 at Daytona International Speedway.

[Read On...]

Barbie On the Hood?

Sunday,February 7th, 2010

The combination of car owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. and driver Danica Patrick formed the critical mass necessary to bring Mattel brand Hot Wheels back to NASCAR sponsorship. Hot Wheels will appear as primary sponsor on Patrick's No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet for the Aug. 14 Nationwide Series race at Michigan and as an associate sponsor for the rest of Patrick's 2010 races in the series.

[Read On...]

« Previous Entries