Danica Patrick May Be Weighing a Shift to NASCAR
Source: DanicaPatrick.com
Reports over the weekend suggest that Danica Patrica is considering . move to NASCAR under the guidance of Tony Stewart. The two-time Sprint Cup champion spoke to reporters at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Labor Day Classic, telling them,.”. can pretty much guarantee at some point she'. going to be over here.”
ESPN cites an unnamed source “very close to the situation,” who says Patrick'. future involvement with NASCAR is all but certain. However, Patrick apparently will not give up Indy car racing and, at least next year, will limit her involvement to the Nationwide Series and Trucks to build up familiarity with the cars.
Juan Pablo Montoya, who hasn'. had the easiest time in NASCAR since coming over from .1, has already gone on record with some friendly advice for Patrick.
“(The cars are) so different to drive,” Montoya said in an interview with the Associated Press. ”It'. not the same feeling. When you drive an open-wheel car on an oval, you have the grip, you turn the wheel and it turns, you get on it and it goes and you get on the brakes and it stops.
“This (type of racing), it goes more with the momentum. You've got to give time to the car and you've got to get used to the feeling that you've got to go fast when the car doesn't feel right.”
Although Stewart says Patrick is looking for a fun, new challenge, no one seems to be laboring under the illusion that lucrative endorsement deals aren't part of the attraction for the 2009 SI Swimsuit Edition model.
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