Goodyear Tire Testing Wraps up from Phoenix

on August 30, 2011August 30, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 30, 2011

GOODYEAR CONCLUDES TWO-DAY TIRE TEST ON NEW SURFACE AT PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Jimmie Johnson & Tony Stewart drive new track

(PHOENIX, Ariz.) – Five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers – Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, Kurt Busch and Kyle Busch – completed a two-day Goodyear tire test at Phoenix International Raceway on August 29-30. The tests ran from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day and provided NASCAR’s official tire manufacturer with data and feedback on PIR’s new racing surface following the August 12 completion of the track’s first major paving project since 1990. The research gathered from the tests will assist Goodyear in selecting a tire for the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at PIR on November 13.

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Photos: Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement Gallery

on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011

2011 Scottsdale August Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement Vertical

2011 Scottsdale August Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement Signs

2011 Scottsdale August Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement News Conference

2011 Scottsdale August Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement Danica Table

2011 Scottsdale August Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement Car

2011 Scottsdale August Danica Patrick 2012 Announcement Car Unveiling

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Tony Stewart Statement on Danica Patrick, intend to go Cup in 2013

on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011

Statement from Tony Stewart Regarding Danica Patrick’s
Limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule with Stewart-Haas Racing in 2012

KANNAPOLIS, N.C., (Aug. 25, 2011) – In a press conference earlier today in Scottsdale, Ariz., Danica Patrick announced she will run a limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) in 2012 with sponsorship from Go Daddy, the world’s largest Web hosting company and domain registrar in the world.

Below is a statement from Tony Stewart, co-owner of SHR with Gene Haas, regarding Patrick’s move to NASCAR and to SHR.

“We’re very excited to have Danica Patrick and Go Daddy join Stewart-Haas Racing in 2012 for a limited NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule with the intention of us running her full-time in Sprint Cup in 2013. We’re proud of the fact she wants to come and be a part of Stewart-Haas Racing and what we’ve built with Ryan Newman and myself and all of our partners. Having Danica and Go Daddy as a combination at SHR is something we’re really looking forward to.

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Official: Danica Patrick Going NASCAR in 2012

on August 25, 2011August 25, 2011

IT’S OFFICIAL: GO DADDY GIRL GOING “FULL THROTTLE” INTO NASCAR!
2012 Plan includes Full Nationwide Schedule & Select Sprint Cup Races in the Go Daddy Car

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Aug. 25, 2011) — Putting the pedal to the media metal, and with Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons at her side … Danica revealed her racing future today.

“We can finally put the rumors to rest — I am going full-time NASCAR with Go Daddy next year,” Danica told a crowded news conference at Go Daddy’s Scottsdale headquarters a few minutes ago. “I am going to race a full Nationwide schedule and limited Sprint Cup schedule in my GoDaddy.com Chevrolet next season.”

For the NASCAR Nationwide Series races, she’ll drive with her current stock car team, JR Motorsports, owned by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. In the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Danica will be with Stewart-Haas Racing, co-owned by two-time Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart and Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation. Both series will be financially fueled by Go Daddy, her long-time sponsor who first signed the Go Daddy Girl in 2006.

“I am very fortunate to have a forward-thinking, powerhouse sponsor like Go Daddy,” Danica said. “Go Daddy is definitely committed and focused, which is why they are at the top of their industry.”

“I have so much respect for Danica, and not just because she looks stunning in her Go Daddy firesuit,” Parsons said. “She’s got it all … she’s a competitor, she’s focused, she’s a risk taker, she’s tenacious, she’s got business savvy and look at what she’s already accomplished before ever driving a full NASCAR schedule.”

Danica finished fourth in the Nationwide Series this year in Las Vegas, which ranks as the best-ever result for a female driver in any of NASCAR’s top three national touring series.

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