Danica returns to IndyCar for 4 months

LAS VEGAS -- Danica Patrick says she is sad her three-week stretch of NASCAR is coming to an end. Patrick will drive in the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. She then will return to full-time IndyCar racing for the next four months. Patrick's next NASCAR race is not scheduled until New Hampshire at the end of June. Patrick made her Nationwide debut at Daytona, where she was collected in a mid-race accident and finished 35th. She struggled last week at California to a 31st-place finish. Patrick has had a busy week, going from California to Alabama for the first IndyCar test of the season. Then it was on to Las Vegas and back to a stock car.