Danica Patrick is ready to get back on track at the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 in Richmond, Va., on Friday night.
Patrick earned her first top-10 finish of the season in Texas before the Nationwide series took a short weekend off in the schedule.
But the 30-year-old JR Motorsports driver admitted the short-track Richmond International Raceway will be a test for her.
“Short tracks are challenging, and an area where I need to see improvement,” Patrick said in a team press release. “We have great results to build off from our last race, so this is a good opportunity to take that positive momentum and move forward.
Patrick, who is currently 11th in the Nationwide standings in the No. 7 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, finished 18th in last year’s race at Richmond and is looking to build on that performance.
“I have a certain level of experience at RIR, so that is something I have going for me,” Patrick said. “I just want to go in there, take it one lap at a time and not get ahead of myself. There is a great support system with (crew chief) Tony (Eury) Jr. and the entire Go Daddy team.”