Danica Patrick: Latest News and 2014 Sprint Cup Ranking Ahead of All-Star Race

At a track where she had never finished in the top 20 and wrecked more times than she kept a clean car, Danica Patrick did something she's only done twice now in her career—finish inside the top 10.     With a seventh-place result, Patrick also climbed back up the points standings. After being stuck in neutral for several weeks, the No. 10 car now sits at 27th nearing the midway point in the season. Leading six laps at Talladega and running near the front in Kansas all day has also earned Patrick respect among drivers and fans. It's hard not to garner recognition when a driver is making clean passes on Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson and co-owner Tony Stewart on restarts. The Sprint Cup circuit no...

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