Danica Patrick returns to the NASCAR Nationwide Series this weekend for the Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway. This will be race No. 9 of her 12-race schedule this season. After this weekend she’ll be off until the final three races of the season at Texas, Phoenix and Homestead-Miami.
Patrick will move exclusively to NASCAR next season, running full-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for JR Motorsports in addition to a partial schedule in NASCAR Sprint Cup for Stewart-Haas Racing.
In eight races this season, Patrick has posted one top five and three top 10s with an average finish of 16.3. Patrick’s season-to-date Driver Rating is 80.3, which is 28.3 points more than what she finished the season with last year (51.7). This will be Patrick’s first series career start at Kansas Speedway this weekend.
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