This Memorial Day weekend in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the #10 Nature’s Bakery Chevy of Danica Patrick will feature a special camouflage paint scheme in honor of the men and women who have died in military service for the United States. While Sunday is a special day in the motorsports world, in Charlotte the focus will instead be on those service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in defending our country and our freedom. For the second consecutive year, the NASCAR community will come together to honor fallen U.S. Armed Forces members with ‘600 Miles of Remembrance’ in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. As part of that tribute, this weekend the #10 Nature’s Bakery Chevy team for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) is honoring Lance Corporal Benito Ramirez, who died May 21, 2006 in the Anbar Province of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ramirez’s name will be featured in place of Patrick’s on the windshield header of the team’s car. Patrick’s comments: ‘I think it’s very fitting that Nature’s Bakery decided to go with a special camouflage scheme on Memorial Day weekend to pay tribute to the men and women who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. They are true heroes. We’re also honoring a 21-year-old Marine, Lance Corporal Benito Ramirez, who was killed in combat in 2006. He has direct ties to the Nature’s Bakery family, so I know it means a lot to everyone at Nature’s Bakery to have him featured on the car. And I know I speak for everyone on the #10 team when I say it is an honor to have his name on the car, as well.’(SHR), see images of the car on the #10 team paint schemes page.
