If Danica Patrick is ever going to get the hang of a stock car, this looks like a great chance.
She’s in the midst of an eventual 10 consecutive races in the NASCAR Nationwide series.
After these 10 races, which include the last four races of this year – including TMS in two weeks – and the first four of next year, she needs to have a feel for the big vehicles, which drive nothing like the rockets in the Izod IndyCar series. A full-time move to NASCAR, which she is considering, would require such a feel.
“I’m getting the feel of the car better and what I need in the car, as opposed to going for a ride and not knowing what I want,” she said Tuesday from Chicago, where she was getting ready for Saturday’s Nationwide race at Gateway. “These cars … Details
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A week ago, Danica Patrick was wrecked while in the midst of what would have been her best NASCAR finish — an unnecessary victim of bullying as far as she was concerned.
So this week, Patrick warned the guilty party, fellow rookie James Buescher, that he better not push the issue in Friday night’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
“I think it’s pretty safe to say I’m not going to make it my mission to take him out because I don’t want to do anything to take away from my race,” said Patrick, who will be making her ninth start in Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet … Details
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FONTANA, Calif. – Danica Patrick was on the way to the best finish of her short NASCAR career when she got wrecked – turned by James Buescher with only eight laps to go.
It was a stunning end to what was shaping up to be a stellar day for Patrick. She started Saturday’s Nationwide race 14th, fell a lap down early, but got back on the lead lap and was running as high as 12th. However, on a late restart, Patrick got shuffled back in a pack where she came door-to-door with Buescher.
For two laps the two battled, with Patrick admittedly …Â Details
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The popular IndyCar driver has struggled in the Nationwide Series and says she could use a driving coach. NASCAR veteran Mark Martin could be the one to offer advice.
As Danica Patrick resumes NASCAR racing this weekend in Southern California, the popular IndyCar driver acknowledged that she is struggling with stock cars and now needs a driving coach.
“I really do need help,” Patrick said in an interview.
Her coach could be Mark Martin, the veteran driver in NASCAR’s top-tier Sprint Cup Series, when  … Details
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