Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona
(AP Photo/Dave Martin) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The IndyCar star will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports in Saturday's second-tier Nationwide Series race. The decision announced Monday to race at Daytona was made after team officials dissected her stock-car racing debut in the ARCA race at Daytona on Saturday. The team had left the option to race up to Patrick, who wanted to assess her first race before deciding whether to enter one of the most prestigious Nationwide races of the season. Read More...

Shootout fails to match expectations
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) There was a tangible sense of electricity surrounding the first event of Speedweeks, a race everyone expected to be so rough-and-tumble that NASCAR's relaxed rules toward aggressive driving would most certainly be tested. Instead, Saturday night's exhibition Budweiser Shootout felt more like a cease fire. (MORE)

Patrick finishes 6th in stock car debut
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Bobby Gerhart held yet another trophy. Danica Patrick held her own. (MORE)

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