Nascar Is On It's Way!

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The start of the NASCAR season is right around the corner. Before we know it, cars will be racing around one of the most famous NASCAR tracks, Daytona International Speedway.  

By Carly Signor

The off-season saw a ton of changes. To make it easy for you to understand, here is a list of who went where.

Driver Previous Team         New Team    
David Reutimann #00 MWR         #10 Tommy Baldwin/Stewart Haas (part time)

Kasey Kahne #4 Red Bull Racing #5 Hendrick Motorsports

Mark Martin #5 Hendrick Motorsports    #55 MRW (part time)

David Ragan #6 Roush Fenway #34 Front Row Motorsports

Kurt Busch #22 Penske Racing #51 James Finch

Clint Bowyer #33 RCR        #15 MRW

AJ Allmendinger #43 Petty Motorsports #22 Penske Racing

Brian Vickers #83 Red Bull Racing Currently without a ride

But these are not the only changes coming for NASCAR. Many drivers are changing series including Aric Almirola, Danica Patrick, Austin Dillon, and Travis Pastrana.

Almirola, a driver in the Nationwide series last year, has gotten a full time ride with Petty Motorsports in the historic No. 43.  

The latest driver to switch from IndyCar to NASCAR is Patrick. Patrick will run ten Sprint Cup races, in addition to the full schedule she is going to run in the No. 7 car for JR Motorsports in the Nationwide series. 

Last year’s Camping World Truck Series Champion, Dillon is moving from the truck series to Nationwide where he will run the famous No. 3 for his grandfather, Richard Childress.

After a delayed debut due to an injury during the 2011 Summer X-Games, Pastrana, an extreme sports star, will run a partial Nationwide schedule in 2012.