While Michael McDowell's trip to victory lane at the 2021 Daytona 500 cam in improbable fashion an even more unlikely champion of the 1990 Great American Race spent years racing at Yakima Speedway.
Her name is Christmas Abbott she owns a CrossFit gym in Raleigh North Carolina and she just signed a deal to be on the pit crew for NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb. Her new gig involves
Danica Patrick won the pole of the Daytona 500 on Sunday, becoming the first woman in NASCAR history to win the pole position of a Cup Series event. Patrick turned in a qualifying speed of 196.434, besting fellow drivers Jeff Gordon, Trevor Bayne, Ryan Newman and teammate Tony Stewart...
The Nascar season kicks off this weekend with the Nationwide Series Drive4COPD 300 on Saturday and then the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Danica Patrick will hopefully be involved in both races.
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