Filed under: Nationwide Series, Danica Patrick, NASCAR
JOLIET, Ill. -- One ESPN television interview and three questions into an impromptu second pit road media question-and-answer session,
Danica Patrick glanced over right shoulder and subtly motioned for water.
It wasn't a demanding wave, but more of a pass-me-the-water-while-I-listen gesture.
Hardly missing a beat, her public relations representative, standing between Patrick and her car, unscrewed the white cap from a small Aquafina bottle and passed it to the queen of open wheel racing and now stock car crossover. Two gulps later, she was on to the next question.
Such was the pace of Patrick's Friday in
NASCAR country at Chicagoland Speedway -- just her fifth venture into the unknown, yet attractive world of racing with fenders. A long day, certainly, as NASCAR had packed Nationwide practice, qualifying and the race into a one-day show.
The extended day would prove to be her best, as the neon green, black-and-orange No. 7 crossed the finish line in 24th place, two laps behind winner Kyle Busch, under Chicagoland's lights. The finish topped her previous best, a 30th-place finish at New Hampshire.
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