Danica Patrick looks forward to dual driving duty

Danica Patrick is looking forward to getting back to NASCAR later this month, even though she will then be switching back and forth between the IndyCar Series and stock cars.

Patrick resumes her part-time NASCAR Nationwide schedule for JR Motorsports in three weeks at New Hampshire.

The three Nationwide races Patrick ran earlier this season were before the start of the 17-race IndyCar Series schedule.

After Texas on Saturday night, there is a two-week gap before the next Indy race in Iowa. That June 20 race will mark the first of four consecutive weekends for Patrick when she will have two IndyCar races and two Nationwide races.

Patrick said Friday that the schedule gives her "a lot of predictability through the summer." She says that will actually be a nice change.