In her first Nationwide race at Daytona Danica Patrick learned a great deal about racing stock cars versus the open wheel kind. She got bumped, traded paint and found out up close and personal that this type of racing is a contact sport – one which saw her crash her #7 JR Racing Chevy.
This time it is not the big track at Daytona but it is Southern California and Patrick will be starting 20th at Fontana in the Stater Bros. 300.
Her teammate Kelly Bires, who sat out last week’s race so that Dale Ernhardt, Jr. could run will be setting in the #3 position driving the #88 Chevy.
Should be interesting stuff come 5p.m. today on ESPN2. As you can see below there are plenty of big names in today’s race.
1. 1 James Buescher*
Chevrolet Phoenix Racing
2. 20 Joey Logano
Toyota GameStop
3. 88 Kelly Bires
Chevrolet HendrickCars.com
4. 28 Kenny Wallace
Chevrolet Zimmzang.com / Blue Ox
5. 01 Mike Wallace
Chevrolet Monster Diesel
6. 32 Brian Vickers
Toyota Dollar General
7. 40 Mike Bliss
Chevrolet Key Motorsports
8. 26 Brian Keselowski
Dodge Doubletree Suites
9. 24 Eric McClure
Ford Hefty
10. 23 Robert Richardson Jr.
Chevrolet Mahindra Tractors
11. 15 Michael Annett
Toyota Pilot Travel Centers
12. 87 Joe Nemechek
Chevrolet NEMCO Motorsports
13. 16 Colin Braun*
Ford Roush Fenway Racing
14. 62 Brendan Gaughan
Toyota South Point Hotel & Casino
15. 22 Brad Keselowski
Dodge Discount Tire
16. 12 Justin Allgaier
Dodge Verizon Wireless
17. 18 Kyle Busch
Toyota Z-Line Designs
18. 66 Steve Wallace
Toyota 5-Hour Energy
19. 43 Scott Lagasse Jr.
Ford DrGmall.com
20. 7 Danica Patrick
Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
21. 81 Michael McDowell
Dodge Crusader Staffing Associates
22. 99 Trevor Bayne
Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine
23. 10 David Reutimann
Toyota Beringer Vineyards
24. 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.*
Ford CitiFinancial
25. 33 Kevin Harvick
Chevrolet Rheem Tankless Water Heaters
26. 60 Carl Edwards
Ford Copart
27. 38 Jason Leffler
Toyota Great Clips
28. 34 Tony Raines
Chevrolet Long John Silver’s
29. 61 Josh Wise
Ford Stratosphere
30. 21 John Wes Townley
Chevrolet Zaxby’s
31. 102 Andy Ponstein
Chevrolet CarLocate.com
32. 42 Parker Kligerman*
Dodge Smith Iron Works
33. 96 Dennis Setzer
Dodge Stratosphere
34. 183 John Borneman III
Ford Twisted X Boots / Red Line Oil
35. 90 Danny O’Quinn Jr.
Chevrolet D’Hondt Motorsports
36. 11 Brian Scott*
Toyota AccuDoc Solutions
37. 09 Scott Riggs
Ford RAB Racing
38. 91 Stephen Leicht
Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports
39. 27 Greg Biffle
Ford Red Man Moist Snuff
40. 156 Kevin Lepage
Toyota Start Energy Drink
41. 98 Paul Menard
Ford Richmond Water Heaters / Menards
42. 05 Willie Allen
Chevrolet 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed
43. 70 Mark Green
Chevrolet Foretravel Motorcoach
44. 35 Jason Keller
Chevrolet TriStar Motorsports
45. 107 Danny Efland
Chevrolet Shred 360 / M&W Towing
46. 104 Jeremy Clements
Chevrolet Boudreaux’s Butt Paste
47. 89 Morgan Shepherd
Chevrolet Lagina Plumbing
48. 92 Johnny Chapman
Dodge K-Automotive Motorsports
49. 73 Derrike Cope
Dodge AssetProtect
* Denotes Rookie
