This week pro race car driver Danica Patrick announcing her team for the Daytona 500. The race will be one of her final two competitions before she makes her retirement. Cheddar Anchor Tim Stenovec speaks with Patrick about how she is readying for this race, and life after Nascar.
"One of the things that's really exciting to me also is keeping in mind that I have this cool platform to do other things," said Patrick. "I have a lot of side-hustle going on."
When looking at the future of Nascar, Patrick says her sport is based on personalities. And with many big names getting out of the game, she says the industry has to get more interactive and offer more behind-the-scenes depth.
A driver tried to crash through the exit gates of a South Carolina nuclear plant Thursday night about an hour after security asked the same car to leave when it tried to enter, authorities said.
A former Southern California street gang leader pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder in the 1996 killing of rap music icon Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas — a charge prompted by his own descriptions in recent years about orchestrating the deadly drive-by shooting.
A tarantula crossing the road in Death Valley National Park caused a traffic crash that sent a Canadian motorcyclist to the hospital, the National Park Service said.
