Danica Patrick NASCAR Nationwide Season Begins on a High Note

Danicamania is back!  JR Motorsports driver Danica Patrick started from a career-best qualifying position of fourth, and earned a career-best finish of 14th at the Drive4COPD 300 on Saturday. Patrick managed to maintain a Top 10 position without a tandem drafting partner for the first quarter of the race.  She finally found a drafting partner in Clint Bowyer.  He propelled her past four cars to take the race lead on lap 31, making her the first woman to ever lead a NASCAR lap at Daytona.  When Bowyer's engine became hot, Patrick bobbled her car and was unable to reconnect.  She then slipped to ninth place.  Bowyer, slipping even further to 18th, blamed Patrick's spotter for poor communication.  Patrick adm...

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