After weeks and weeks of searching, Danica Patrick has finally secured a ride for next month's Daytona 500. Patrick will pilot the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet Camaro for Premium Motorsports. In her final start in NASCAR, Patrick will go out the way she came in, behind the wheel of the Go Daddy Green No. 7.Patrick made her NASCAR debut in 2010 at Daytona in the XFINITY Series behind the wheel of the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. Also flashing back to her debut at Daytona, Tony Eury Jr. will be the crew chief.
“I keep saying, I couldn’t have written a better story about how this would all fall into place – going with the flow is working out beautifully,” said Patrick in the team release. “I’ll be back in GoDaddy green, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet with Tony Jr. in my ear again. It all makes my last NASCAR race just that much sweeter.”Premium Motorsports also fielded a car last season for Michael Waltrip in his final race in the 2017 Daytona 500. Waltrip would go on to finish eighth in his final race. A huge positive for Patrick is that the car she will drive, will have a charter and she will be locked into her final race.
“We’ve been working on this behind-the-scenes for a while,” said Premium Motorsports team owner Jay Robinson. “Now that we’ve finalized the deal, we’re 100 percent focused on getting the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet ready for Daytona. Our team finished eighth in Daytona 500 last year and I know everyone here at Premium Motorsports is prepared to give Danica the best opportunity we can to get another great result as she runs her final NASCAR race.”
Eury Jr. makes his return to the Cup series for the first time since 2013. Jr. has secured two victories in the Cup series, both with Dale Earnhardt Jr. The 60th Daytona 500 will be his 160th race as a crew chief in the Cup series.
“It wouldn’t be just any opportunity that could coax me back to the pit box, working with Danica and GoDaddy again at Daytona is going to be fun – when you can do what you love and be in your element … well, I can tell you, it doesn’t get any better. Danica and I have shared success before in Daytona, and she has a lot more experience under her belt now, so I look forward to seeing what we can achieve during Speedweeks.” (Koelle,2018)
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