Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway, Danica Patrick

IndyCar driver Danica Patrick will run a dozen stock car races in 2010 - beginning with the Feb. 6 ARCA season-opener at Daytona International Speedway - and may add a 13th event depending on how comfortable she feels in the car, her team, JR Motorsports, announced Thursday.

As expected Patrick's stock car calendar will primarily book-end her IZOD IndyCar Series schedule, which runs March through October. The only question that remains is whether she will compete in the Feb. 13 NASCAR Nationwide opener at Daytona or put off her NASCAR debut until the Feb. 20 Nationwide race at California's Auto Club Speedway, located just outside Los Angeles.

"We want to give Danica the best opportunity to compete at Daytona and that includes making sure she is 100 percent comfortable in that driver's seat,'' JR Motorsports co-owner Kelley Earnhardt said. "The Nationwide race there is perhaps the most competitive race of the year.

"Once the ARCA race is complete, we will get with Danica and make a decision based on the best interests of her, the team and our sponsor, Go Daddy.''

 

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