Patrick gets ride for Daytona 500
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Danica Patrick has found a ride for the Daytona 500 that helps complete the closing of her racing career in appropriate fashion.
Patrick will drive for Premium Motorsports in next month’s Daytona 500, her final NASCAR race. She also plans to race in the Indianapolis 500 in May.
The one-race deal for next month’s NASCAR showcase will put Patrick in the seat of the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet, the same number she drove when she entered stockcar racing in 2010.
Her former crew chief, Tony Eury Jr., will return to Patrick’s pit box for her finale.
“I keep saying, ‘I couldn’t have written a better story about how this would all fall into place’ … Going with the flow is working out beautifully,” said Patrick. “I’ll be back in GoDaddy green, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet with Tony Jr. in my ear again. It all makes my last NASCAR race just that much sweeter.”
Premium Motorsports recently bought assets from Tommy Baldwin Racing. The No. 7 car will use Premium’s charter (the No. 15 car last year) to have a guaranteed spot in the Feb. 18 season opening event at Daytona International Speedway. The team will receive engineering support from Richard Childress Racing. GoDaddy reunited with Patrick last week, agreeing to sponsor her cars for the final two races of her career.