Turner Scott Motorsports announced
today that Danica Patrick will return to pilot their fourth entry in the NASCAR
Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
Patrick, who is competing full-time
as a Sunoco Rookie-of-the-Year candidate in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
in 2013, will return behind the wheel for her second start of the season in the
No. 34 AccuDoc Solutions/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Camaro. Patrick will once again
have the veteran crew chief Mike Greci atop the pit box to call the shot in
this weekend's Aaron's 312 at Talladega Superspeedway. Greci previously served
as crew chief for Patrick at the season opener NNS race in Daytona.
The former IndyCar driver has only
one previous start at Talladega, leading one lap and finishing 13th in last
year's NNS race. Patrick finished 36th at Daytona International Speedway, after
experiencing an engine issue in her only previous start for Turner Scott
Motorsports. Despite her bad luck in the NNS race, Patrick had success at
Daytona, earning the pole and finishing eighth in the NSCS Daytona 500.
Patrick, the first woman in history
to win an IndyCar race, has raced in a total of 59 NNS events, tallying one
top-five and seven top-10 finishes. Patrick completed one full-time NNS season,
finishing 10th in the 2012 driver point standings. The Roscoe, Ill. native also
earned the NNS Most Popular Driver award following her full-time NNS campaign.
Long time Turner Scott Motorsports
partner AccuDoc Solutions will serve as Patrick's primary sponsor and will also
be joined by Patrick's long time sponsor Go Daddy as associate sponsor on the
No. 34 Nationwide entry. AccuDoc Solutions, based in Morrisville, N.C.,
provides billing statement printing and processing to hospitals and
hospital-based physicians, while Go Daddy is the Web's top platform for small
businesses.
"I'm thrilled that I get
another chance to drive the No. 34 AccuDoc Solutions/GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
Camaro for Turner Scott Motorsports," said Patrick. "We had a great
run going in Daytona, and I'm hoping we can pick up where we left off. I want
to thank everyone at TSM, AccuDoc Solutions and GoDaddy for making this great
opportunity come together."
Patrick will have three teammates on
Saturday, with full-time TSM drivers Justin Allgaier, Kyle Larson and Nelson
Piquet Jr. competing in the 117-lap restrictor plate race.
"We are very happy to welcome
back Danica Patrick to the Turner Scott Motorsports Nationwide lineup this
weekend in Talladega," said team co-owner Harry Scott Jr. "We were
extremely pleased with Danica's efforts in Daytona and felt like we had all of
the pieces in place to be successful. TSM has assembled a great crew for her
this weekend and I feel like we have a great deal of potential; there's a very
good chance of Danica bringing home Turner Scott Motorsports' first Nationwide
win of the season."
I see they took her average finish as her number lmao
ReplyDeleteJust as a side note -- anybody coming to Talladega needs to know that there is major construction in Birmingham on I-20 eastbound -- detour starts at airport, via I-59 to I-459 then back onto I-20. Also, there is construction at intersection of I-20 and Alabama 21 in Oxford/Anniston area. Good luck!
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