Well, it’s been a few months since I last updated. I will once again try to get this on schedule with some “Monday morning quarterbacking” as we start off with the 2010 season. I welcome commentary folks, let me have it… Just understand, I tend to give it back.

It was just announced that the Danica Circus in Daytona will continue for one more week as JR Motorsports GM Kelley Earnhardt announced that Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this Saturday in the season opening Nationwide Series race in Daytona.

“I think Danica proved to everyone that she can compete in stock cars at a high level, and right now seat time is extremely important,” Dale Junior’s sister Kelley said. “She has worked extremely hard during the past two months for this opportunity. Her dedication and work ethic is infectious.”

Patrick ran a respectable race this past Saturday in the ARCA series finishing in 6th place. The race was not without incident for her as she made contact with another car and made a pretty good save to keep the car from being destroyed.

Patrick said, “"To be the one driving that GoDaddy car at Daytona means a lot to me,” Patrick said. “Racing in the Nationwide Series race was my goal during this entire two-month preparation process, but we wanted to make sure it was the right thing to do. The ARCA race was a blast, and I’m not ready for my first Daytona Speedweeks to end just yet. I want more racing.”

In my column this week I mentioned my take on Patrick qualifying at Daytona and the chance that she could actually miss the race. Well, NASCAR.COM corrected me today by saying that JR Motorsports is guaranteed a starting spot because they acquired points from the CJM’ Racing’s No. 11 car from last season. Accordingly, I stand corrected with that little nugget of information.

However, a 6th place finish in an ARCA race, surviving a harrowing spin down the front stretch grass and not wrecking would not, in my eyes make her good enough to race in the Nationwide Series race Saturday. There’s on positive thing I can think of, she’ll most likely remain on the lead lap and if she can survive the carnage, she could get a great finish. However, she could also be involved in the “big one” and be out early. I think she should have entered the race in California and let it go at that. I want to see how long until she’s lapped there.