Career start 150 for Patrick:

The Alabama 500 will mark #10-Danica Patrick’s 150th career start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and her eighth at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. She finished a career-best 19th there in October 2014. In two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts there, she finished a career-best 13th in May 2012. Tom Cavalli, a NASCAR fan who resides in Clermont, Florida, will join the #10 Nature’s Bakery team Sunday at Talladega as the latest Nature’s Bakery Fantern. The Fantern program was launched in January to energize fans with an opportunity to participate in a unique, at-track journey with Patrick and the #10 team. Cavalli’s race-day experience will include spending time with the Nature’s Bakery pit crew, a tour of the Sprint Cup garage and pit area, meeting Patrick and watching the race from pit road.(SHR)