While it’s hard to believe, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has hit the three-quarter mark of the season – 27 races down, nine to go.
There is no season quite like the Sprint Cup Series as it stretches from February to November with just two weekends off during the season.
Despite racing since she was 10 years old, Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing has never experienced a season quite like her rookie year in the Sprint Cup Series. The IZOD IndyCar Series averaged 16 to17 events per season when she competed in that discipline and, while her first NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule was 33 races, most of those were one- or two-day commitments at the racetrack.
But the Sprint Cup Series schedule is comprised of 38 weekends, the vast majority of which require a three-day effort at the racetrack, making it by far the busiest racing schedule Patrick has ever endured.
Patrick and the other 42 Sprint Cup competitors will open the fourth and final quarter of the season by competing in Sunday’s Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon. The first Sprint Cup Series start for Patrick came in July but was ended prematurely by an accident on lap 237. She finished 14th in the July 2012 Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire and sixth in the 2011 IndyCar Series event at the 1.058-mile oval.
While Patrick’s mind is on the final quarter of the season, she’s also looking ahead to the offseason – specifically, co-hosting the American Country Awards with Trace Adkins on Dec. 10, live on FOX. The event will take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
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