Danica Patrick: Realistic Expectations for the Rookie’s Sprint Cup Season

All eyes will be on Danica Patrick when she makes her full-time Sprint Cup debut in February. Realistically, Danica’s season will more than likely be lackluster. She made no real impact in the Nationwide Series last year and still lacks experience when it comes to racing in the Sprint Cup cars.  Add in the fact that NASCAR is debuting a new model for their stock cars, the Gen-6, and Danica should be expected to struggle during her first full-time year. She might end up surprising NASCAR fans, though, as she will be on one of the top teams in the sport and has access to some of the best equipment in NASCAR. She also demonstrated her road course ability last year and was a strong contender to win the race at Montreal until running ...

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