Injured McClure to miss second race
For the second consecutive weekend, Jeff Green will replace the injured Eric McClure in the No. 14 Toyota.
Caraviello: Patrick gets wall-to-wall course at Darlington
The first time Danica Patrick hit the wall was in her first run during Nationwide Series practice Friday morning, when she clipped it with the right-rear of her No. 7 car. In opening Sprint Cup practice, she hit it again entering Turn 3. Later, she scraped it in almost the same place in almost the same way. With minutes remaining in the session she hit it one more time, this time harder in between Turns 3 and 4, the impact leaving a long, white streak down the right side of her green automobile.
Accident memories murky for thankful McClure
The overriding emotion that Eric McClure felt before his crash last weekend at Talladega Superspeedway was excitement. He had a chance for his first top-10 finish of the season and liked his position as his No. 14 car approached the restart for a green-white-checkered finish. Then he saw smoke, and he mashed the brake pedal -- and it went straight to the floor.
