By JENNA FRYER
MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Danica Patrick will ease her way into NASCAR by skipping the Nationwide Series opener at Daytona International Speedway in favor of a less-stressful debut one week later at California.
The IndyCar star is still working on piecing together a 13-race schedule for JR Motorsports in NASCAR’s second-tier series, but announced Thursday she’s marked the Feb. 20 race at Auto Club Speedway for her debut.
JR Motorsports also will field a car for Patrick in the Feb. 27 race at Las Vegas.
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Right now NASCAR could use some good news. It would be timely for NASCAR and Junior if they could catch a break and Junior pulls off a win in this weekend’s Cup race at Vegas. The media and fans have been hammering him for his Daytona performance. We are not so sure that any of his fans have turned against him. Let’s face it every driver hits a slump and he’s in one now. Even his late father, Dale, Sr., had his troubles but he toughed it out. We think that Junior’s got the same intestinal fortitude as his dad. And he’s hungry for a win in the near term.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Feb. 14, 2009) – JR Motorsports owner/driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined fellow team drivers Brad Keselowski and Mark Martin today at historic Daytona International Speedway to announce the Hellmann’s NASCAR Real Fan Of The Year campaign, a new initiative by Hellmann’s to search for and recognize NASCAR’s biggest fans. Senior Brand Manager of Hellmann’s Jamey Fish and NASCAR Vice President of Corporate Communications Jim Hunter joined the drivers inside the Sprint FANZONE for the campaign kickoff today.
Spoilers await on the other side of the fold… results of Gatorade Duel 150 #1 at Daytona International Speedway.
