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Danica Patrick has been the subject of the biggest will-she-or-won’t-she story in sports this year: After a lifetime in open-wheel cars, currently IndyCars, she began to run a partial schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide series two years ago, and speculation was that for 2012, she’d leave IndyCar and move to stock cars full-time. On Aug. 25, she announced exactly that: She’ll run the full NASCAR Nationwide season, as well as a partial schedule in the top-tier NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Patrick, who spends much of her time   …  More

Men may dominate Indy racing, but that certainly hasn’t stopped three women from chasing their dreams to Baltimore.

Simona De Silvestro is one of just three women competing in the thrilling sport of Grand Prix racing. The others include Danica Patrick and Ana Beatriz    …  Video and more

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With the not-so-subtle shape of a stock car under cover just in front of her and spotlights glaring in her face, Danica Patrick feigned drama for an announcement everyone already knew was coming.

“For breaking news that will shock the world …,” she said facetiously on Thursday.

Peeling the lid off the worst-kept secret in auto racing, Patrick ended months of skirting questions about her future by officially declaring her plans to leave IndyCar in 2012 to race a full Nationwide season for JR Motorsports and a part-time Sprint Cup schedule with Stewart-Haas Racing  …  More

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Kyle Busch had his driver’s license suspended for 45 days and was fined $1,000 Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to speeding.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who won Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Michigan, was charged May 24 for speeding and reckless driving for driving 128 mph in a 45-mph zone in a residential area in Mooresville, N.C., according to his citation   …  More

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