Danica Patrick had a less than memorable showing at Texas Speedway. Luckily for Danica Patrick she’s a jet-setter with “too much to do” like Ringo Starr. So she quickly was able to forget about it and focus on other things.
Patrick spent Monday in Los Angeles shooting a Go Daddy commercial with IZOD IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe. After the shoot, Danica Patrick boarded a plane and headed to Daytona Beach to participate in a tire test at Daytona International Speedway. It was a two day test in preparation for the Coke Zero 40o.
From Daytona, Danica Patrick will flies to Kansas City for Sunday’s STP 400 Sprint Cup race. So Danica Patrick hit three times zones in four days.
Danica Patrick ’s trek to Daytona was her first since her historic Speedweeks in February when she started on the pole and finished eighth in the 55th Daytona 500. She set numerous records, including the distinction of becoming the first woman to win a Sprint Cup pole, and her eighth-place result was the highest finishing position ever for a woman in the “Great American Race.”
She led laps 90 to 91 under caution to become the first female to lead NASCAR’s most prestigious race. She also led laps 127 to 129 under green to become the first woman to lead a NASCAR race under green.
Coincidentally, Kansas is where Danica Patrick scored her first career IndyCar Series pole at the 1.5-mile oval in July 2005. She has three top-10 results in IndyCar Series competition at Kansas and finished in the top-15 in each of her two Nationwide Series starts at the track in 2011 and 2012.
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