Danica Patrick Is Preparing To Move To NASCAR Full-time
It's time. The most marketable driver in the country is far from committing to run day in NASCAR full time.
For weeks, reports have circulated that Patrick was considering jumping from IndyCar to NASCAR. ESPN, citing several sources, reported Wednesday that Patrick made his decision and announce his intentions to run full time in the Nationwide Series, NASCAR similar to the Triple-A minor league level, beginning in 2012. It will continue to run in the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports GoDaddy, his sponsor for his first two years part-time in NASCAR.
For weeks, reports have circulated that Patrick was considering jumping from IndyCar to NASCAR. ESPN, citing several sources, reported Wednesday that Patrick made his decision and announce his intentions to run full time in the Nationwide Series, NASCAR similar to the Triple-A minor league level, beginning in 2012. It will continue to run in the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports GoDaddy, his sponsor for his first two years part-time in NASCAR.
More interesting are the reports that she, like many other motorists at the national level will drive select Sprint Cup races as part of Stewart-Haas Racing. The final phase would be a place of full-time Sprint Cup season begins Patrick 2013.
Recently, Yahoo Sports Dan Wetzel said that if Patrick was going to jump, I had to do "all gas" - in other words, competition in the biggest races as soon as possible, including the Daytona 500 to start the season where even a victory is not out of question. (See the rookie Trevor Bayne, who won the race this year.)
Recently, Yahoo Sports Dan Wetzel said that if Patrick was going to jump, I had to do "all gas" - in other words, competition in the biggest races as soon as possible, including the Daytona 500 to start the season where even a victory is not out of question. (See the rookie Trevor Bayne, who won the race this year.)
The move to NASCAR full-time could mean the end of attempts Patrick Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR runs on the same day and could come into conflict, TimeWise, with plans to implement a comprehensive national Patrick. "The Indy 500 runs right in the center of Charlotte, yes, definitely want to say full-time for the championship, and I think it would be too," JR Motorsports co-owner Kelly said Earnhardt in combating this problem in June "This is something that has to decide. If it goes ahead and run, it will in 35 races, not 34."
Patrick drew much criticism of much of the NASCAR fan base of perceived discrimination, but the truth is that it has rapidly improved and she has not done the equivalent of one full season in nationally. In six races this year, it involves three top-10, led by a fourth place in Las Vegas, and the five races she has been accident-free driving the race weekend, she posted not finish lower than 17th. It does exactly what its original donors have hoped: earned its place on the ground.
He is also insanely marketable image at a time when NASCAR could use a few drops of fresh blood in fan base and some money again the bottom line. Her earnings of $ 12 million last year, his place behind the only tennis player Caroline Wozniacki and Maria Sharapova among female athletes.
Patrick must make an official announcement next week.
Patrick must make an official announcement next week.
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