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Mon Nov 30 09:50am EST

Danica underwhelms with 'announcement,' but there's more ...

By Jay Busbee

We really should know better by now. When Danica Patrick promised a "major announcement" Monday morning on Good Morning America, we were all thinking it would have something to do with NASCAR. Would she finally end this two-step of leaked rumors and silence and commit to racing with JR Motorsports?

Um ... no.

The "big announcement" turned out to be the fact that she would be rocking the GoDaddy logo on her Indy ride full-time next year. Danica made the announcement via an unveiling of the car at right live on GMA, in between your local weather and tips for keeping within your budget this holiday season. In other words, exactly the kind of place you'd expect to find race fans.

But, yes, I tuned in, and this makes me guilty. So now I'm bringing the rest of you down with me. (Also announced: the formalization of a new contract with Michael Andretti's recently-renamed Andretti Autosport, a deal that had been first announced sometime back during the Clinton administration, or so it seems.)

Still, dig a little deeper and there are some potential possibilities. Sirius Speedway is reporting that Danica will drive a JR Motorsports Chevrolet "in a clandestine test session at Daytona International Speedway within the next two weeks." Make of that what you will, but any time the word "clandestine" is involved, we're all over it.  (Hat tip: The Daly Planet.)

More news -- actually, any news -- as it develops.

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