Danica Patrick will drive for Turner Motorsports in her 10-race commitment to this years Nationwide Series schedule, sources tell espnW.com. Driving for JR Motorsports in her first full-time Nationwide season last year, Patrick produced the highest final points finish (10th) among women in NASCAR history. She will begin her partial campaign in NASCARs second-tier series on Feb. 23 at Daytona International Speedway in conjunction with her first full Sprint Cup season with Stewart-Haas Racing the same weekend. Turner Motorsports was a fit for Patrick not just because it fields Hendrick Motorsports-produced Chevy like Stewart-Haas. Richard Childress Racing vice president of competition Mike Dillon told espnW.com in November that his organization had discussed the possibility of Patrick driving his teams #33 Chevy, saying ‘we would love to run Danica. We think we could do a lot with her.” Dillons team already had re-signed three-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, who has six wins in 13 Nationwide starts at Daytona, for the opener, however, and Patricks management team preferred the continuity of allying with one organization for her supplemental program. Though not all details concerning Patricks remaining schedule have been finalized, she is expected to race it with Turner. Patricks Turner Motorsports car would be sponsored by GoDaddy.com, sources said. Her schedule is expected to include events at Talladega and Watkins Glen.( ESPN.com )(1-2-2013) UPDATE: Yes, Danica Patrick will run her first full season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this year. No, Patrick wont compete in the Indianapolis 500 in 2013, as she reiterated for the umpteenth time during Mondays Stewart-Haas Racing stop on the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway. Patrick, however, does have her sights set on a limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, after finishing 10th in the final standings in her first full-time NASCAR competition last year. Why? Because, quite simply, Patrick believes the double-duty weekends help her. Last year Patrick ran 10 Cup races in addition to her Nationwide schedule. ‘Nothings set in stone yet “ we are working it, though, for sure’ said Patrick, who has talked to Turner Scott Motorsports, among others, about Nationwide Series opportunities. ‘I would love to do 10 Nationwide races. It think that would be our perfect plan, mostly to improve on my Cup experience and be able to learn from some of those races, some of them to have an opportunity to go out and win a race, and others just to get track experience.” ( NASCAR Wire Service )
