A big week lies ahead for Danica Patrick (No.7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet) as the Roscoe, Illinois native will run her first NASCAR Nationwide Series stand-alone event at home track Gateway International Raceway for the 5-Hour Energy 250. Gateway will be her third start of a six race stretch she will compete in to close out the season.
She has made nine starts in 2010 for JR Motorsports posting two top-25 finishes (24th at Chicago; 21st at Charlotte — her best finish of the season).
Last week Patrick announced she will be making 13 starts in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2011 including the first four races of the season at Daytona International Speedway (Feb. 13), Phoenix International Raceway (Feb. 26), Las Vegas Motor Speedway (March 5) and Bristol Motor Speedway (March 15). The remaining schedule will be unveiled at a later time.
“I know we’re all anxious to get the whole schedule put in place, but I’m extremely excited to be able to confirm our participation in the first four races of the 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series season,” Patrick said. “GoDaddy has been extremely good to me in both series. We’ll have four extremely challenging and unique races to start our 2011 season, and I’m anxious to return to a lot of those tracks with at least a little bit of familiarity.”
On Friday, Oct. 23, Patrick will drop the puck before the St. Louis Blues host the reigning NHL champions, the Chicago Blackhawks at 7 p.m. at the Scottrade Center.
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