Danica Patrick to Drive in NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2010?

According to ESPN's Marty Smith, Danica Patrick is in the final phase of signing a two year contract with JR Motorsports to drive in the NASCAR Nationwide series in 2010. Early in the 2009 NASCAR season, Patrick made it known that she was planning on moving from the Indy Racing League to NASCAR. For the past few months she has been meeting with big faces in the NASCAR community, including former IRL driver and NASCAR champion, Tony Stewart. Many people were privy to wild speculation as to what team would sign her and how she would be received into the NASCAR community. However, much of the talk was silenced when Patrick signed a three year extension with her current IRL team, Andretti-Green Racing. Now the word is, according to sources clo...

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