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Danica’s Nascar Nationwide Series debut didn’t quite go as she planned.
Just past the halfway point at Daytona International Speedway, Danica got caught up in a 12-car crash not by anything she did wrong.

The Lap 67 crash began when Colin Braun turned Josh Wise on the frontstretch, and chaos ensued behind them. Patrick, who was running 21st at the time of the crash, went low and hit debris, which sent her down toward the infield, where she turned right and went up to the outside wall.

“There’s nothing you could do,” Patrick said.

It was an eventful day for Patrick, she again showed us great car control when she avoided Trevor Bayne’s in turns one and two on lap7, then stalling her car during her second pit stop. I think she was just being really cautious after her crew chief Tony Eury Jr warned her about over revving the engine after her first pit stop.

This certainly not the outcome Danica wanted  for her Nationwide Series debut.

Danica kind of struggle the fist part of the race with an ill handling car describing it pushing a lot through the corners, and having a hard time handling the car. Tony Jr was on the radio a few times telling her she needed to get closer to the cars in front of her so that she wouldn’t loose the draft.

After getting some adjustments during her last pit stop it look as if Danica was alot more confident in her car. She did a much better job of staying with the car in front of her so they could hold on to draft.

I think even though she wrecked out early, Danica show some signs of getting comfortable in the car.

Patrick was confident with what she learned today that she will be better prepared for next year . Patrick said  “This is some really difficult racing, it really is. The cars are definitely on the edge here. As you can see, when somebody gets a little bit out of shape and everybody’s on top of each other.”

Lets hope she can do better next week at California.

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