Chevroletpedia.org » nascar news http://www.chevroletpedia.org Get news from Chevrolet, reviews of Chevy models, and a list of dealerships. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:27:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Danica Patrick, NASCAR & Chevy http://www.chevroletpedia.org/2010/01/29/danica-patrick-nascar-chevy/ http://www.chevroletpedia.org/2010/01/29/danica-patrick-nascar-chevy/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:05:38 +0000 Dan http://www.chevroletpedia.org/?p=711 Danica Patrick, the “first female” of Indy Car racing, takes the track during her first official NASCAR competition, in Chevrolet’s #7. Ok, she’s not literally the first female of Formula 1 – but Danica has torn up racing barriers both with record times and taking the sport back for women. It’s no boy’s club anymore in NASCAR.

As said at AskPatty: Danica Patrick, the Indy Racing League’s most talked about driver will be making her official NASCAR racing debut in just a few weeks driving the #7 Chevy as a driver for Dale Earnhardt Junior’s JR Motorsports Nationwide team (aka JRM) sponsored by GoDaddy. Danica is expecting to run 13 Nationwide races for JRM, in addition to a full-time schedule with Andretti Autosport in the Izod IndyCar Series.

Danica’s first public foray into stock-car racing — a three-day ARCA racing test at Daytona International Speedway in December — was dampened by poor weather and she only managed to take a handful of laps before the track was closed early.

Danica’s first official NASCAR race is scheduled to take place at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, on Saturday February 20th.

“This event is an uncommon opportunity to see a world-class female athlete compete on the same national professional stage as her male counterparts with what we understand is a good chance to win,” says Gillian Zucker, President of Auto Club Speedway. “This is perhaps the only sport where such a thing is possible.”

]]> http://www.chevroletpedia.org/2010/01/29/danica-patrick-nascar-chevy/feed/ 2 Is Chevy Volt Coming to NASCAR? http://www.chevroletpedia.org/2008/10/02/is-chevy-volt-coming-to-nascar/ http://www.chevroletpedia.org/2008/10/02/is-chevy-volt-coming-to-nascar/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:04:22 +0000 Dan http://www.chevroletpedia.org/2008/10/02/is-chevy-volt-coming-to-nascar/ Can you picture Ryan Newman or Danica Patrick hitting the track at 200+ miles per hour with a roaring crowd cheering over only themselves? – Because the 40 or so Chevy Volt NASCARS are going to be as quiet as a warm summer’s evening. Chevrolet’s Volt electric car may be the future of auto racing, much to the dismay of those who love a roaring engine.

Chevrolet Volt Nascar

It would be a hard sell for NASCAR – fans want the sounds, smells and leaks that a good NASCAR brawl provides. The racing organization is slow on change – only switching to unleaded gasoline last year. Spectators will probably take to the idea as much as hockey fans took to banning player fighting.

GM executives want to persuade racing enthusiasts with the idea that electric vehicles may be empty of gasoline but are full of American Pride – since they cut dependency on foreign oil.

Chevy Volt

Still, NASCAR is a total sensory experiences – maybe the tracks could install blowers with burning rubber and oil smells, and the vehicles themselves could be fitted with speakers under the hood to produce loud engine sounds. Sounds crazy, right? Probably about as plausible as this quiet electric car becoming a racer.

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