Patrick announces '11 NASCAR schedule
Danica Patrick will compete in 12 NASCAR Nationwide Series races in 2011.
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Danica Patrick has finalized her 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series team plans and will compete in 12 races this season.
The 28-year-old will debut at four new venues in her second year of part-time competition in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet and will continue to be sponsored by GoDaddy.com. Patrick will also continue to compete full time in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Patrick will open the year driving in the first four Nationwide races, at Daytona International Speedway (Feb. 19), Phoenix International Raceway (Feb. 26), Las Vegas Motor Speedway (March 5) and Bristol Motor Speedway (March 19).
She will continue with races at Chicagoland Speedway (June 4), Daytona (July 1), Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Aug. 20), Richmond International Speedway (Sept. 9), and Kansas Speedway (Oct. 8). Then she will run in the final three races on the schedule, at Texas Motor Speedway (Nov. 5), Phoenix (Nov. 12) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (Nov. 19).
“This is going to be an exciting year in the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet,” said Patrick, who scored a career-best fifth-place start and 19th-place finish in the 2010 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. “I have a much different perspective heading into this season. I know a little more of what to expect, and I’m not as out of my element. I’ve had a year to work with my team, and there is a comfort level that comes with returning to some of these tracks. It’s obvious experience goes a long way in this sport. Thanks to everyone at Go Daddy and JR Motorsports that has been incredibly supportive throughout this process.”
Patrick will be making her debut at the Bristol and Richmond short tracks, at Kansas and in Montreal on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course. She has raced at Richmond and Kansas in IndyCar.
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She will continue with races at Chicagoland Speedway (June 4), Daytona (July 1), Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Aug. 20), Richmond International Speedway (Sept. 9), and Kansas Speedway (Oct. 8). Then she will run in the final three races on the schedule, at Texas Motor Speedway (Nov. 5), Phoenix (Nov. 12) and Homestead-Miami Speedway (Nov. 19).
“This is going to be an exciting year in the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet,” said Patrick, who scored a career-best fifth-place start and 19th-place finish in the 2010 finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. “I have a much different perspective heading into this season. I know a little more of what to expect, and I’m not as out of my element. I’ve had a year to work with my team, and there is a comfort level that comes with returning to some of these tracks. It’s obvious experience goes a long way in this sport. Thanks to everyone at Go Daddy and JR Motorsports that has been incredibly supportive throughout this process.”
Patrick will be making her debut at the Bristol and Richmond short tracks, at Kansas and in Montreal on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course. She has raced at Richmond and Kansas in IndyCar.
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