Danica Patrick staying with Stewart-Haas Racing
She will have a new sponsor next season, Nature's Bakery.
ANY SUSPENSE about which NASCAR Sprint Cup team Danica Patrick will be racing for next year was ended yesterday with the announcement that Patrick is staying with Stewart-Haas Racing. She'll have a new sponsor, Nature's Bakery, for 28 races in 2016.
Patrick unveiled her car's new blue and white No. 10 Chevrolet at SHR's Kannapolis, N.C., headquarters, saying that the car color would stand out on the track and joking it "is going to look great against my skin tone."
Team co-owner Tony Stewart confirmed a multiyear contract extension for Patrick, 33, who has driven for SHR in all three of her full-time Sprint Cup Series seasons.
Patrick has six top-10 finishes (no wins) in 105 Sprint Cup Series starts dating back to a 10-race 2012 season. She won the pole position for the 2013 Daytona 500, becoming the first woman to do so. Her eighth-place finish in the 500 is also the best ever for a female competitor.
This season, Patrick has two top-10s, with a best finish of seventh at Martinsville Speedway. She is ranked 21st in the points standings.
GoDaddy has sponsored Patrick for nine seasons, including her time in IndyCar.