Filed under: Daytona Int'l Speedway, Nationwide Series, Danica PatrickDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- After a top-10 taste of stock car racing over the weekend, Danica Patrick has decided to accelerate her learning curve and will enter Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway. Patrick announced her decision Monday, two days after finishing sixth at Daytona in an 80-lap race in the ARCA Series, which is an entry-level, training series for many drivers. The Nationwide Series is NASCAR's version of Triple-A baseball and a significant step up. "Racing in the Nationwide Series race was my goal during this entire two-month preparation process,'' Patrick said, "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."