Hanging out with the guys is nothing new for Danica Patrick, as NASCAR awaits her announcement to come trade paint full time with the boys who "have at it" with stock cars.
Patrick will be returning about once per month to drive the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet for JR Motorsports until the IndyCar season wraps up. In 2010, the petite dynamo ran 13 NASCAR Nationwide races and this season she is running 12 races in the series.
Patrick wants to win the Indianapolis 500, but this year she finished 10th. Should she make the move to NASCAR, she will still try to run at least one more Indy 500. The GoDaddy.com girl will have only about two thirds of a full season's worth of stock car experience at the conclusion of 2011.
She has shown that she is a quick study with all the changes she faced not only with the fendered cars, but the NASCAR lingo and learning that she can actually push other cars by bump drafting.
So much is different between the open-wheel cars and Nationwide cars. Some drivers have really found it difficult to make the transition. Patrick has fun with NASCAR and she is intense about proving she can drive stock cars and drive them well. Let's take a look at some bold predictions regarding how Patrick's racing endeavors will play out during the rest of this year.