Danica Patrick: 6 Toughest Rivalries in Her First Full-Time NASCAR Season

For Danica Patrick, NASCAR becomes a full-time gig where she intends to step up her game, contend for wins and silence naysayers. Odds are she will do just that.Patrick has a strong fanbase and also has the ability to dismiss the negativity critics tend to expound upon.One thing the diminutive driver of the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet has is confidence, and she backs that up with the ability to drive a race car.Patrick has been a quick study, given she has only run part-time schedules in 2010 and 2011 for JR Motorsports. Her two seasons together equate to about two thirds of a full-time season.Despite her minimal seat time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, she wrangled a fourth-place finish at Las Vegas in 2011, making her the highest f...

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