Danica Patrick: Latest News and 2014 Sprint Cup Ranking Ahead of Martinsville

In the second race at Talladega during the 2014 season, Danica Patrick took her first top-20 finish of her career at the track. What appeared to be a decent finish was nowhere close to the work that she put in during the race. Patrick started 27th after a controversial qualifying round that saw her boyfriend, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., miss the race. Several good runs saw Patrick get near the top and even lead seven laps, running her tally to 13 laps led at 'Dega on the season. ESPN Stats & Info points out where she now stands from a historical perspective: Each time she found her way to the top, the difficulty was finding a drafting partner. Patrick was eventually able to transition each time she fell behind, but the 19th-place finish was c...

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