--Stan Barrett won't race in Mexico

--Patrick First Woman To Win IndyCar Race

-- Nationwide prepares its own 'car of tomorrow'

--The Director’s Take: Brake Set-Up Crucial For Mexico City Race

--Parrott looks to make amends in Mexico

MEXICO CITY -- Stanton Barrett's plan to field a car for his father in Sunday's Corona Mexico 200 NASCAR Nationwide Series race hit a series of speed bumps that will keep 64-year-old Hollywood stuntman Stan Barrett out of the car when the field takes the green flag at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Danica Patrick became the first woman to win in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.

MEXICO CITY -- The NASCAR Nationwide Series likely will go with its own version of the "car of tomorrow" in 2009, but not at the start of the year as had been targeted by NASCAR officials.

The NASCAR Nationwide Series returns to Mexico City with plenty of anticipation for the drivers and crews that participate.

Brad Parrott wants to give Scott Pruett the one that got away.

NASCAR Number
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 20

5: Nationwide Series victories in a row by Ryan Newman in 2005. Newman won the first three in consecutive races -- races 24-26 at Watkins Glen, Michigan and Bristol -- then won the 29th race, at Dover, and the 31st race, at Lowe's. He finished 16th in the next race he entered, race 33, at Texas. Kyle Busch has won the past two Nationwide races and starts Sunday's race from sixth on the grid

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This Day in NASCAR History
By Bill Marx, The Sporting News,April 20

1958: Bob Welborn wins the Virginia 500 for his second straight Cup victory. Welborn competes in 18 of 51 races, winning five and finishing in the top 10 in 15. Four of the wins come in races 7, 12, 16 and 19 -- the only Cup races he runs from April 5 through May 24.