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NASCAR Notebook: Danica Patrick rues the wreck of her pole-winning car
By Reid Spencer – NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Based on her roller-coaster ride during Speedweeks, Sunday’s Daytona 500 ought to be a stellar outing for Danica Patrick. On Thursday, she wrecked hard on the last lap of the first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway. On Friday, she won the pole for the Drive4COPD 300 Nationwide Series race. On Saturday, on Lap 49 of that event, Patrick wrecked in Turn 3 after a … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick wins pole for NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Daytona
By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A day after a jarring crash took her out of the first Gatorade Duel 150 qualifying race at Daytona International Speedway, Danica Patrick stormed back to win the pole for Saturday’s Drive4COPD Nationwide Series race at the 2.5-mile track. The Coors Light Pole Award was Patrick’s first in 26 attempts and the first for a female driver since Shawna Robinson started on the pole at Atlanta … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart, Matt Kenseth win Duel qualifying races at Daytona
By Reid Spencer NASCAR Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Three months off and a crew chief change haven’t slowed Tony Stewart. In the first of two Gatorade Duel 150-mile qualifying races Thursday at Daytona International Speedway, Stewart took the checkered flag under caution a half-lap after Danica Patrick — the driver he hired for a 10-race Sprint Cup schedule — took a vicious hit against the inside wall on the backstretch. Escaping an attempted block from Roush Fenway … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick: From Homestead-Miami and IndyCar to Daytona International and NASCAR
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – On March 6, 2005, Danica Patrick made her IZOD IndyCar Series debut driving for three-time IndyCar Series champion Bobby Rahal in a 300-mile event at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Slightly less than seven years later, Patrick will make her NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut 296 miles to the north of Homestead when she takes part in the 54th Daytona 500 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. And once again, a three-time series champion – this time … Read entire article »
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Danica Patrick Gets Guaranteed Start in Daytona 500
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) has entered into a collaborative partnership with Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) where TBR will field the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for all 10 of Danica Patrick’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races in 2012. The alliance guarantees a starting spot for Patrick in her Sprint Cup debut – the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Feb. 26 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway. TBR’s No. 36 car, which finished the 2011 season 33rd … Read entire article »
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More Than 50 NASCAR Drivers To Appear At NASCAR Preview 2012
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – More than 50 drivers from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series are now confirmed to appear at the inaugural NASCAR Preview 2012 Presented by Sprint, scheduled for Jan. 21 in Charlotte, N.C. Race fans will have the chance to meet top competitors of the sport during the all-day fan event located inside the Charlotte Convention Center. NASCAR Preview 2012 Presented by Sprint will offer … Read entire article »
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Top 10 NASCAR Moments of 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - In a special season during which magic moments were many, Tony Stewart’s championship-clinching victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway has been voted the Top Moment of 2011. Members of NASCARMedia.com voted in the week-long poll, casting ballots for the top-10 moments from the just-completed NASCAR season. Stewart’s walk-off win in the season finale, however, didn’t exactly prevail in a landslide among voting by members of the news media. Trevor Bayne’s historic Daytona 500 victory – … Read entire article »
Video – Who do NASCAR drivers thing will win the Sprint Cup championship
During Friday’s media availability at Homestead-Miami Speedway, NASCAR drivers Kevin Harvick, Danica Patrick, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson talk about the Ford 400 and who they like in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. … Read entire article »
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Tony Stewart Texas Press Conference Transcript
TONY STEWART met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed today’s announcement of Danica Patrick’s schedule and car number, his mindset for the last three races of the season, battling for the championship and other topics. Full transcript. ON TODAY’S ANNOUNCMENT WITH DANICA PATRICK. “Yeah, it’s definitely nice. Everybody wanted to know where she was going to be racing, what the number was on the car and that’s what today was all … Read entire article »
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