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Racecar Of The Day: May 13, 2017; Lionel '17 Ford Fusion NASCAR (Danica Patrick)
Topic Started: May 13 2017, 10:21 PM (287 Views)
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Today's Car Of The Day is Lionel's 2017 Ford Fusion NASCAR stock car (Danica Patrick).

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Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982) is an American professional stock car racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 is the highest finish there ever by a woman. She competed in the series from 2005 to 2011. In 2012, she competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and occasionally in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

She currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 10 Ford Fusion for Stewart-Haas Racing. In 2013, she became the first female NASCAR driver to win a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole, turning in the fastest qualifying lap since 1990—qualifying for the Daytona 500. Her eighth place in the 2013 Daytona 500 is the highest finish for a woman in the Daytona 500.

Patrick started in kart racing and later raced in Formula Ford in the United Kingdom before returning to the United States and moving up to IndyCars. She was named the Rookie of the Year for both the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and the 2005 IndyCar Series season. She holds the IRL record for most consecutive races running at the finish: as of October 2, 2011, she had completed 50 consecutive in the running (besting the record by 18). During her time in IndyCar, Patrick drove for Rahal Letterman Racing from 2005 to 2006, and Andretti Autosport from 2007 to 2011.


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The car represented here never took a green flag. Sponsor Nature's Bakery reneged on their contract in January. This can't represent a 2016 car since her team was running Chevrolets at the time. So what we have here is a situation similar to the one Lake Speed and Melling Racing faced in 1997 when they signed the University of Nebraska to be a sponsor only for them to back out at the last minute. Diecast of the Speed car was also made, and is challenging to find today.

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With GoDaddy no longer a sponsor, Patrick and the No. 10 team acquired a 20-race sponsorship deal with Nature's Bakery starting in 2016. She also signed a contract extension with Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick also switched crew chiefs from Daniel Knost to Billy Scott for 2016.

In the Auto Club 400 at Fontana, Patrick was spun into the wall on lap 120 by Kasey Kahne. Unhappy with the move, Patrick exited her car, went near the track's apron and gestured at Kahne as he passed. She was fined $20,000 for the action. At Talladega, Patrick was involved in a crash with Matt Kenseth; while Kenseth was sent airborne, Patrick collided with the inside wall at high speed, causing her car to catch fire. Patrick was taken to the infield care center for a chest x-ray and described the wreck as "the worst of her career".

Patrick ended the 2016 season 24th in points and no top-tens; she also had a best finish of 11th at Charlotte's fall race and led a career-high 30 laps in 2016.

On January 19, 2017, Nature's Bakery terminated its sponsorship of Patrick, citing inadequate social media promotion and the endorsement of a rival product. Days later, Stewart-Haas Racing filed a $31 million breach-of-contract lawsuit for compensation for the 25 races that Nature's Bakery was scheduled to sponsor in 2017 and more in 2018. The suit refuted both grounds upon which Nature's Bakery terminated the sponsorship and accused Nature's Bakery of plotting to avoid future payments and not having the resources to fulfill the demands of a primary sponsorship. Patrick now only has ten races sponsored in the 2017 season: three apeice from TaxAct and Code 3 Associates, and four from Aspen Dental.


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Oh the interesting world of NASCAR sponsorship - like the Lake Speed car of '97 this will be one of the more interesting collectibles in years to come, I imagine. Got to be hard for drivers to lose the major sponsor before or even during the racing season. As for the model - nice to see a 2017 Fusion "stock car".
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