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Patrick's ready to go Nationwide

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

(Updated 10:05 am)

By Dustin Long
Staff Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Maybe you missed Danica Patrick finishing sixth in the ARCA race Saturday.

Or maybe you didn't see her in a commercial Sunday during Super Bowl XLIV. Or maybe you won't have time to catch her Wednesday night when she's on "CSI: NY" as a race driver.

No worries. JR. Motorsports announced that Patrick will make her NASCAR Nationwide Series debut in Saturday's race at Daytona. She'll be a teammate of Dale Earnhardt Jr.

"She did fantastic, her first stock-car race," car co-owner Kelley Earnhardt said after the race. "She was aggressive and didn't back out of it."

Contact Dustin Long at 373-7062 or dustin.long@news-record.com

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