Jeff Gordon talked about celebrating later
Patrick wasn’t on Thursday as Stewart-Haas jordan flight sc-1 Racing focused only on single-car runs. The team doesn’t plan to draft until Friday, so her only excitement on the first day was missing the entrance to pit road at one point during an uneventful first run.
“She’s been relatively quiet,” said Dale Earnhardt Jr., owner of her Nationwide team, “and that’s probably good for her to be able to come in here and work and get everything done she wants to get done and concentrate on her driving and concentrate on her new team and everybody.”
Jeff Gordon talked about celebrating later this fall when he hits the 20th anniversary of his first Cup series start, while potential future teammate Chase Elliott, a Hendrick Motorsports development driver, worked the crowd. Kurt Busch said he was looking forward to “going old-school and rediscovering fun” with underfunded Phoenix Racing.
So feeling like a little kid on the first day of school, Patrick set out to begin the process of ensuring a successful Daytona 500 debut.
Because the SHR No. 10 team is new, she doesn’t yet have points to guarantee a spot in the 43-car field. But if Stewart gave her his 2011 points, she’d be locked in while he’d need to qualify based on speed or his jordan flight team champion’s provisional.
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