"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," Patrick said in a statement. "The ARCA race was a blast, and I'm not ready for my first Daytona Speedweeks to end just yet. I want more racing."
Patrick had been hesitant to make her debut at Daytona because of the top talent that race attracts. She will be joined in the field by Dale Earnhardt Jr., her car owner.
Philly File
* Philadelphia junior welterweight
Danny "Swift" Garcia (15-0, 10 KOs) will face Britain's
Ashley Theopane (25-3-1, 7 KOs) in the 10-round co-main event of ESPN's "Friday Night Fights" on Feb. 26 in El Paso, Texas.
* Drexel freshman guard Chris Fouch was named CAA's co-player of the week (with Northeastern's Matt Janning) and rookie of the week after averaging 22.5 points in two games last week.
Sport Stops
* Arena Football One has reached a one-year agreement with the NFL Network to broadcast a game of the week.
* Michael Wright and Kelci Bryant won the men's and women's 1-met titles at the USA Diving Winter National Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
* An appeals court in San Francisco said it appears that the University of California, Davis violated federal law meant to promote gender equity in college athletics when it eliminated its women's wrestling program.
