Danica unveils her new NASCAR ride, a Chevy

NBC Sports ^ | 8 Dec 2009 | Unattributed

[Ben Mugged]

Danica Patrick signed with JR Motorsports on Tuesday to give NASCAR a try, but her schedule in the second-tier Nationwide Series has yet to be determined.

Patrick will make her stock car racing debut in the Feb. 6 ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway, a day before she’ll be featured in a pair of Super Bowl ads for sponsor GoDaddy.com.

The IndyCar sensation unveiled her green and orange No. 7 Chevrolet in a news conference at Chase Field with GoDaddy.com, which is sponsoring her in both series.

“We’ve all been working very hard for some time now to bring this all together,” Patrick said at a news conference. “There’s much relief there, but I’m starting to get a little bit nervous that now it’s time to do my part of the deal and get out there in these cars and perform. It’s no doubt going to be challenging.”

Patrick will juggle her new NASCAR job with her full-time job in IndyCar, where she’s the series’ most marketable driver. She finalized a three-year contract extension last week with Andretti Autosport to run the full IndyCar schedule, but there’s enough lag time in the schedule to do both.

She will drive for the team owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rick Hendrick in the second-tier Nationwide Series.

[Ben Mugged]

I hope she does well. She is a heck of a driver (and very attractive).

[Above My Pay Grade]

>>>Danica unveils her new NASCAR ride, a Chevy<<<

Public transportation, huh?

[NormsRevenge]

I wish her well.

Just stay away from the Busches.. :-)

[rintense]

Government made cars in NASCAR. Ew.

[Perdogg]

another prediction I made that came true.

[TexasCajun]

I don’t keep up w/ Indy, how many wins does she have?

[Red in Blue PA]

TTIUWP!

[absolootezer0]

is the economy so bad that even high paid, professional athletes need to get second jobs?

[Ben Mugged]

Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American auto racing driver, currently competing in the IndyCar Series, as well as a model and advertising spokeswoman. She was raised in Roscoe, Illinois. Patrick was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. In May 2006, she published her autobiography, Danica: Crossing the Line. With her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300, Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. Patrick currently drives the #7 Boost Mobile/GoDaddy.com Honda/Dallara for Andretti Autosport. She also has an equity stake in her #7 team.[1] She placed 3rd in the 2009 Indianapolis 500, which was both a personal best for her at the track and the highest finish by a woman in the event's history.

[massgopguy]

To paraphrase Vince Lombardy; “winning isn’t everything”.

[TankerKC]

I hope she does well.

The WWE...er NASCAR...will make sure she does. *wink-wink*

[Frantzie]

Driving a POS Obama car. What a joke.

[B-Chan]

Non-
Athletic
“Sport”
Calculated to
Appeal to
Rednecks

[OldDeckHand]

"I don’t keep up w/ Indy, how many wins does she have?"

One.

[usmcobra]

Number 7 is not a lucky number in Nascar.

The only person that ever regularly won with it was Alan Kulwicki.

[absolootezer0]

1.

and within 24 hours there were drivers whining that she “cheated” - because she’s a girl and weighs less, she has an “unfair” advantage.

[absolootezer0]

hawt, tattooed chicks... ROWR

[Henchster]

The IndyCar marketing sensation....

There, fixed it.