stock car racing

Danica Patrick is pleased with her progress in stock car racing but understands she'll face a significant challenge in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide race at Daytona International Speedway.

Danica Patrick has taken the next step in her stock car racing education, staying out of trouble and learning as much as she can in her first NASCAR Nationwide series practice at Daytona International Speedway.

As with everything else Danica, her debut in stock car racing was a lot of hype, what was actually surprising is she can actually drive.

As a casual fan of pen wheel racing I of course know who Danica is, but before today I can honestly say that I have never seen her drive a complete race, well maybe last year's Indy 500, but I have to say I was impressed.

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