Catchfence

Yes, I know, even Charlie Brown eventually will realize that Lucy is going to pull that football away at the last minute every time he tries to kick it, but it’s a slow news week in the motorsports world, so let’s clear up some misconceptions regarding Danica Patrick’s potential part-time move to stock car racing:

Several sources have made a big deal about the fact that Danica hasn’t filed an entry for ARCA testing at Daytona International Speedway December 18, 19 and 20, intimating that since she hasn’t registered for the test, she won’t test, and if she won’t test she can’t run the Daytona ARCA race in February, and if she doesn’t run the ARCA race, NASCAR won’t approve her to run the NASCAR Nationwide race a few days later.

Don Radebaugh, longtime ARCA public relations director, says that Danica doesn’t have to file any sort of advance notice for the test. She can enter “the same day. There is no deadline.” As for what car she would drive, there are already at least seven cars entered with “TBA” under the driver’s name.

- Orlando Sentinel