Elliott Sadler wins Bashas' Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix
Elliott Sadler ended a long victory Since more than 13 years,drought in NASCAR stock-car racing by
winning the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Phoenix International Raceway.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off veteran driver Mark Martin by 4.785 seconds to win Saturday’s
Nationwide Series Sam’s Town 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
The weekend started off well for Patrick, finishing ninth in the only practice and qualifying ninth in a field that included only one Cup driver (Kurt Busch). The Cup regulars and Truck series drivers were in Charlotte, so many chose not to pull double duty.
NEWTON - Danica Patrick can't escape it. She's at Iowa Speedway this weekend for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Not in Indianapolis for Indianapolis 500.
Danica Patrick pretty much held her own, running 17th, in Friday's two-hour Nationwide Series practice session at treacherous ol' Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.
NEWTON – This has always been an important race weekend for Danica Patrick. Instead of being focused on a track she hasn’t run in her NASCAR Nationwide Series car, the former IZOD IndyCar Series driver until this year had been completely consumed by Pole Day at the Indianapolis 500.
INDIANAPOLIS – On the impact of Danica Patrick missing the Indianapolis 500 this year for the first time since she burst onto the scene with a rookie-of-the-year performance in 2005, Bobby Rahal tried to choose his words carefully.
I've been reading all these Sound Off against Danica Patrick. I was in racing for a long time. I think NASCAR is in a real rut. They need things like Danica to spice it up a little bit.
The weekend started off well for Patrick, finishing ninth in the only practice and qualifying ninth in a field that included only one Cup driver (Kurt Busch). The Cup regulars and Truck series drivers were in Charlotte, so many chose not to pull double duty.
NEWTON - Danica Patrick can't escape it. She's at Iowa Speedway this weekend for the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Not in Indianapolis for Indianapolis 500.
NEWTON – This has always been an important race weekend for Danica Patrick. Instead of being focused on a track she hasn’t run in her NASCAR Nationwide Series car, the former IZOD IndyCar Series driver until this year had been completely consumed by Pole Day at the Indianapolis 500.
INDIANAPOLIS – On the impact of Danica Patrick missing the Indianapolis 500 this year for the first time since she burst onto the scene with a rookie-of-the-year performance in 2005, Bobby Rahal tried to choose his words carefully.