Danica Patrick It’s Pure Michigan

It’s race number 15, but to fans it seems like so much more. 

There is a track, 2 miles of asphalt in southern Michigan, nestled in the Irish Hills just south of Brooklyn.

People come from all over to watch the racing there, including the automotive cities that surround it – Fort Wayne, Indiana; Toledo, Ohio; Flint, Michigan; and of course Detroit, the biggest of them all.

Perhaps they stop at the Beach Bar in Brooklyn or grab a six-pack and a bottle of wine at Woodstock Wine and Cheese before grilling burgers or enjoying some pasta selections.

Maybe they’ll wait out two days of rain and watch the race on a Tuesday like back in 2007.

They stay up late and tell old bench racing stories with daylight lasting until after 10 p.m.

People will come to watch 43 drivers navigate the 2 miles of asphalt and use multiple lanes to figure out the fastest way for their car. They will see Danica Patrick, driver of the No. 10 GoDaddy Chevrolet SS for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR), try to make history.

Race fans will hope they can see her lead five laps and finish seventh, like she did in the 2007 IndyCar Series race, or go from 39th to 13th like she did in the June 2013 Sprint Cup race.

Overall, they will hope to see a good, competitive, safe race in Sunday’s Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway.

It’s pure racing. It’s pure Michigan.

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