So for those of you who missed the great dual races and the return of pack racing yesterday at Daytona, you missed an amazingly wicked wreck involving the new publicity focal point of the season, Danica Patrick.
The phrase “rubbin is racin” has officially returned to NASCAR in these dual races which is used to determine the starting line-up for the Daytona 500 this weekend (ofcourse the first two sports were determined during qualifying last Sunday and Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle will lead the field to the green). With only two corners remaining in the race, Patrick was running around 10th place in a close field. On her outside, Jamie McMurray bumped Aric Almirola down into Patrick who was sent careening into the infield wall going about 200mph.
Amazingly, after this hard hit, Patrick emerged under her own power. Unfortunately her #10 GoDaddy.com car no longer had power and is a total loss leading Patrick into a backup car for the 500. Patrick did everything right including taking her hands off the wheel before impact to prevent injury. Despite the wreck, Patrick ran a solid race and gained respect from fellow drivers even with the massive yellow (rookie) stripes on her rear bumper.
Check out the wreck here: (jump to 1:40) http://www.nascar.com/video/post-race/final-laps/120223/cup-duel1-high-final/index.html
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