Rain 延期するs Daytona 500 but sun 向こうずねs on autoracing's sweetheart Danica Patrick as she moves to 最高の，を越す tier of Nascar... and look who's trying to get in on the limelight

By Hannah Roberts
Updated: 11:10 BST, 27 February 2012

She is already the unrivalled pin-up girl for Indycar.?

And now Nascar are 決定するd to （人命などを）奪う，主張する Danica Patrick for their own.

The glamorous brunette was 始める，決める to make her debut in Nascar’s 賞与金 series today-until rain 原因（となる）d the season's 開始 Sprint series race to be 延期するd.

冒険的な sweetheart: Nascar are 決定するd to （人命などを）奪う，主張する Danica Patrick for their own

But already she is getting all the attention.

On Thursday she walked away from a fiery 難破させる in the first of two qualifying races.

Driver Aric Almirola shunted her on the last stretch in the first of two qualifiers for the Daytona 500. She 攻撃する，衝突する the inside 塀で囲む 令状ing off her car but walked away 損なわれない.

Then making headlines by the day on Friday she won 有利な立場（位置） for yesterday’s DRIVE4COPD 300 全国的な Series race.

She led a field of 50 to became only the second woman in history to 勝利，勝つ 政治家 for a race in the 最高の，を越す three 全国的な series.?

But after starting from the 有利な立場（位置） in Saturday's 全国的な Series race at Daytona International Speedway, Patrick was caught in a second 失望させるing 衝突，墜落 when JR Motorsports チーム仲間 Cole Whitt 軽く押す／注意を引くd her 後部 bumper and sent her spinning into the 塀で囲む.

Called off: Driver Tony Stewart and Danica Patrick speak before rain 原因（となる）d the Daytona 500 race to be 延期するd for the first time ever

Big moment: The glamorous brunette was 始める，決める to make her debut in Nascar?s 賞与金 series today

Cover girl: Danica Patrick is one of the most recognised 競技者s in the world

She 再結合させるd the race to finish 38th meaning that she will begin race at noon tomorrow in 29th position, but qualifies automatically 予定 to owne r points.

退役軍人 driver Elliott Sadler, says she is one to watch. He told the New York Times: 'The last 24 months, she’s by far the most 改善するd driver we have on the 回路・連盟, counting all three series'

But whatever happens today Patrick’s 決定／判定勝ち（する） to switch to 在庫／株 car racing 十分な-time after seven years in the IndyCar Series makes Nascar the real 勝利者.

The cover girl is one of the most recognised 競技者s in the world, which bring attention to the series, 同様に as more people and more money to the sport.?

研究 shows she's already 増加するd 利益／興味: As of last week Patrick already 階級d in the 最高の，を越す 10 in 商品／売買する sales in 2012. And as of January she 階級d in the 最高の，を越す five of most 認めるd NASCAR drivers.

'There's so much 利益／興味 with Danica coming over to NASCAR, I think it's going to really broaden our fan base,' Lesa フラン Kennedy, the CEO of NASCAR sister company International Speedway Corp., said last month.

Popular touch: Romney 調印するd autographs and chatted with 支持者s while he waited to see if the race would go ahead

Girl 力／強力にする: Danica Patrick gets ready to climb into her number 10 car yesterday before she 衝突，墜落d after a 軽く押す／注意を引く from her チーム仲間

'When she shows up, it just has a different feel to it. She's a real dynamic individual to start with and I think it'll be 利益／興味ing to see her compete on the 跡をつける. There's certainly a スポットライト, without a 疑問, but she seems to do 井戸／弁護士席 with that. She seems to do 井戸／弁護士席 under 圧力.'

She arrived at the pre-race driver 会合 Sunday with three-time NASCAR 支持する／優勝者 Tony Stewart, the owner of her Cup car. Mitt Romney was also there.

Tomorrow’s debut will be the first of 10 scheduled Sprint Cup Series events this season.

Although 激しい にわか雨s have stopped and 非常に／多数の jet driers are 押し進めるing water off Daytona International S peedway, レーダ shows more 嵐／襲撃する 独房s moving toward the high-banked 跡をつける. 'Best chance for us to 乾燥した，日照りの 権利 now,' NASCAR (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Steve O’Donnell wrote on his Twitter 料金d. 'レーダ （疑いを）晴らす. We’ll need some help as rain still 長，率いるd this way, but 希望に満ちた it breaks up.'

アイロンをかける lady: Patrick has already had an 衝撃 on the sport and is in the 最高の，を越す five most recognised Nascar drivers as she makes her debut

Fan base: Patrick already 階級s in the 最高の，を越す 10 in 商品／売買する sales in 2012

Last 実験（する）: Danica Patrick 運動s her number 10 Chevrolet, left, during the final practice for the 54th Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race

Gutsy: Patrick 衝突，墜落d yesterday for the second time in three days

Rain saturated the famed speedway earlier today, sending fans scattering for cover and leaving everyone in wait-and-see 方式. Puddles of water formed in parts of the 内野, and many fans got drenched as they tried to make the best of a いっそう少なく-than-ideal 状況／情勢.

Drivers 退却／保養地d to their motorhomes, surely relaxing while keeping an 注目する，もくろむ on 開発s.

No Daytona 500 has ever been 延期するd before.

The last 縮めるd Daytona 500 was Matt Kenseth’s 2009 victory, when rain stopped the event 48 （競技場の）トラック一周s from the finish. He was 宣言するd the 勝利者 while the cars were parked on 炭坑，オーケストラ席 road.

The 2010 race had more than two hours in 延期するs as NASCAR twice stopped the event to 直す／買収する，八百長をする a pothole in the surface. Jamie McMurray held off Earnhardt Jr. to 勝利，勝つ that race. The season opener is NASCAR’s most prestigious event.