NASCAR BLOG

Danica Patrick is riding three IndyCar Top 10 finishes into her first Nationwide race in three months. The 28-year-old race car driver will compete in the NASCAR Nationwide New England 200 at New Hampshire Motorspeedway on Saturday. Patrick’s cross over to NASCAR has seen mixed results. Her first race on the ARCA circuit was a great success as Patrick finished in sixth place at the Daytona Motor Speedway. On the Nationwide, Patrick has wrecked twice in three races, so perhaps we shouldn’t expect the IndyCar star to threaten to win the race. Patrick told the media that she’d be happy with a Top 20 or T0p 15 finish in New Hampshire. Regardless of whatever place Danica finishes on Saturday, there will be a lot of extra eyes on New Hampshire cheering her on.

The Joe Gibbs Racing Driver, Denny Hamlin, made the ninth victory for JGR in the Nationwide Series this season. He won the 200- mile race last Saturday at the Dover International Speedway. It was his second win in the nationwide series this year. The race was uneventful, according to Hamlin, as he was leading in most of the laps and the only surprise in the race was the sixth position attained by the debutant driver Joey Logano. Hamlin predicted a top-seven finish for Logano and earned $200 by betting with his fellow drivers about the finishing position of Logano. Hamlin said that he wishes to come to Dover Speedway in different cars. The fans who had bought tickets to watch Hamlin race got their money’s worth.