Danica Patrick gives Las Vegas race a face
27.02.10
Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Tony Stewart? Not much of a significant, or even if they are the most popular drivers in America.
Face the speedway hopes to pitch up selling thousands of tickets belongs to Danica Patrick, the first woman to win an IndyCar rush and pinup the most popular in racing history.
The strategy worked.
Speedway president Chris Powell said this week that he believes Patrick has been a director for the sale of up to 15,000 tickets for the city today Sam's 300.
When the 27-year-old begins move-tier NASCAR racing in the Nationwide Series today at 1:30 PM- Suffer allows - she will not even the first woman to have competed in the race.
Patty Moise ran into the racecourse Nationwide first time in Las Vegas in 1998 when it was called the Busch Series. In 2002, Shawna Robinson became the abigail only be measured at the track in the Cup series.
Neither had the hype of Patrick. His fans are young and old, men and women.
Kingman, Arizona, residents and Millie Ballard herbs were on the circuit two weeks ago to buy a T-shirt Patrick and the shirts were not hard to find they were front and center in the gift shop.
Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal