Danica and NASCAR already taking IRL sponsors/partners

Hot Wheels will sponsor JR Motorsports' No. 7 Chevy driven by Patrick in the Nationwide Series this season, including primary sponsor placement for the August 14 Carfax 250 at Michigan Int'l Speedway. Hot Wheels and Patrick also are working together on other promotional initiatives, including a special Hot Wheels vehicle designed by Patrick herself (Hot Wheels). In Orlando, Ganguli & Smith noted Hot Wheels will be a "secondary sponsor" of Patrick's car excluding the Carfax 250. When asked if she "played with Hot Wheels as a child, Patrick replied that she had Barbies." Patrick: "I'm a girl!"ORLANDO SENTINEL