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Danica Making Her Move to NASCAR Tougher

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She is back in the news today, proving once again that in a world fueled by hype and volume, you can squeeze a heck of a lot of publicity out of modestly meager amounts of success. Yep it’s Danica Patrick.

The latest is just a rumor but what the heck, why should Paris Hilton be the only one having fun? Let’s run with it.

The rumor is that Danica is close to signing a deal that would put her into equipment owned by Rick Hendrick and satellite team JR Motorsports. The deal is part-time and would be for races in the NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Trucks series.

All this while still running a full IndyCar Series schedule for Andretti Green Racing, with whom Patrick just signed a new contract.

Here is the good/sad part; good if you are Danica and...

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