NASCAR Cup Series

Special delivery by Danica: Patrick hands over keys to new car

Published Nov. 8, 2015 10:21 a.m. ET

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Danica Patrick drives a Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing every weekend in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

But Patrick didn't get the opportunity to climb behind the wheel of her No. 10 bowtie car on Saturday, when complications from an overnight rain left the track too damp and washed out both Sprint Cup practices at Texas Motor Speedway.

Instead, Patrick gave the keys of a Chevrolet -- this one the first sixth-generation Chevy Camaro street vehicle -- to its buyers, Alican "Turk" Boyacioglu and wife Michelle, of Wichita, Kansas.

Alican Boyacioglu, who ordered the vehicle through the Huffiness Chevrolet dealership in nearby Dallas, was surprised when Patrick showed up to hand it over.

According to the Associated Press, Patrick then took the couple for a few high-speed drags in the Texas Motor Speedway parking lot, but ''didn't want to be too hard'' on the $47,000 car, which boasts 455 horsepower.

Not a bad way to break in a new ride.