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Danica finishes 12th in Darlington debut

Danica Patrick held her own in her Darlington Raceway debut with a 12th-place finish in Friday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series race. As Patrick rolled off 15th on the warm-up laps, her crew chief Tony Eury Jr. offered the sage advice, "Race the racetrack." Eury and spotter T.J. Majors were joined by another familiar voice offering tips throughout the evening -- Patrick...

NASCAR: Danica Patrick Realistic About Second Cup Series Start at Darlington Raceway

  While the result shows Danica Patrick finished 31st in the Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night at Darlington Raceway, the valuable experience she gained can’t be summed up in a box score. Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing via a collaborative agreement with Stewart-Haas Racing, had never seen the 1.336...

Danica Patrick Gains A New Sponsor

One of NASCAR’s biggest sponsors is adding someone new to its team of drivers, as Danica Patrick is set to gain sponsorship from Coca Cola. Patrick will be the first female to join the list of drivers sponsored by Coke. Several NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers who are part of Coca Cola’s Racing Family included Patrick’s Sprint Cup teammates Ryan Newman and Tony Stewart. Other...

Danica Patrick Darlington Preview (NNS)

This entry of news and notes for the SportClips Help a Hero 200 from Darlington focuses in on JR Motorsports driver Danica Patrick and his #5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet. Patrick is coming off a 13th place finish at Talladega. GIRL IN GREEN MEETS THE LADY IN BLACK – Patrick sees action for the first time at the treacherous Darlington Raceway beginning Friday. Patrick’s most noteworthy...

Fender To Fender: An Exclusive Interview With Nationwide Series Rookie Johanna Long

Johanna Takes a moment to herself during practice for the Nationwide Series race in Bristol. Photo Credit: Rainier Ehrhardt/Getty Images for NASCAR. By: Toby Christie – Follow on Twitter @Tobalical Chances are if you’re a NASCAR fan, you know who Johanna Long is by now. But just in case you’ve been living under a rock I’ll get you up to speed. The 19-year-old (soon to be...

Patrick struggles to adjust to Darlington

Danica Patrick knew Darlington Raceway would present a challenge. Although Patrick "felt pretty comfortable" behind the wheel of her NASCAR Nationwide ride, once she climbed behind the wheel of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet and earned her first of several Darlington stripes, Patrick finally realized how difficult the transition to Sprint Cup would be. "I'm...

Go Daddy's Danica Patrick Revved-Up for Darlington

After an eventful weekend at Talladega in the Nationwide Series, Go Daddy's Danica Patrick is ready to take on a new challenge at Darlington Raceway. Go Daddy, the world's largest provider of Web hosting, domain name registrations and new SSL Certificates,is putting the "GO" in Saturday's Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race as the broadcast sponsor on FOX TV...

Stewart has modest goals for Danica at Darlington

Tony Stewart has modest goals for protege Danica Patrick in her Darlington Raceway debut. He knew ''The Track Too Tough To Tame'' was going to be difficult. That's why he put it on her Sprint Cup Series schedule. And Stewart would know: In 19 career starts, he's never won at Darlington. It's one of only two active tracks on the schedule where he's...

Notebook: Earnhardt backs Stewarts comments, Patrick "I want to finish"

EARNHARDT BACKS STEWART'S COMMENTS After catching a piece of a late wreck and finishing 24th last Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, Tony Stewart was at his dead-pan, sarcastic best in a post-race question-and-answer session with reporters. With a straight face, Stewart suggested that Sprint Cup drivers needed to wreck more cars, that part of the race could be run backward...

Danica Patrick Signs with Coca Cola

Coca- Cola gains another top NASCAR driver. Danica Patrick announced today that she has signed a multi-year endorsement contract with Coca-Cola. Danica will begin supporting Coke Zero at Charlotte Motor Speedway and Daytona International Speedway with the logo on her Chevrolet and on her fire suit.  She will also promote the movie “Battleship” which Coke Zero is endorsing at...

Danica unsure if penalty coming for Hornish wreck

Danica Patrick isn't sure if NASCAR will penalize her for wrecking Sam Hornish Jr. at Talladega. Patrick was angry after Hornish ran her up the track on the last lap of the Nationwide Series race. She retaliated on the cool-down lap, but insisted Thursday she did not mean to wreck Hornish. Patrick says her intent was to hit Hornish's car in a way that let him know she was...

BK Racing enters three cars at Darlington

Danica Patrick may be behind the wheel of Tommy Baldwin Racing’s No. 10 Chevrolet entry in Saturday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, but that doesn’t mean that the car’s regular driver, David Reutimann, will be relegated to the sidelines for the race. He’s slated to drive the No. 93 Toyota for BK Racing. BK Racing...

Danica Patrick finishes 31st at Darlington

While the result shows Danica Patrick finished 31st in the Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, the valuable experience she gained can’t be summed up in a box score. Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Impala for Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) via a collaborative agreement with Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), had never...

BK Racing adds third car for Kvapil

Travis Kvapil will have an opportunity to race in the Southern 500, after all. Kvapil, who has been driving the No. 93 BK Racing Toyota since the second race of the season at Phoenix, was expected to be sidelined this weekend as David Reutimann reprises his role in the car he drove in the season-opening Daytona 500. However, the owners of BK Racing have decided to field a third...

Danica Patrick Darlington Transcript

Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, met with members of the media at Darlington Raceway and discussed her first laps at Darlington and other topics. HOW DID PRACTICE GO?  “It’s been a busy day so far running the Nationwide car and the Cup car.  I think everything in the Nationwide car felt pretty decent.  Went out there and I felt got up to speed pretty...
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