Danica Patrick’s Best Opportunities to Shine in 2014 NASCAR Season

As she enters her second full season in Sprint Cup racing, Danica Patrick is already at somewhat of a crossroad. On the one hand, Patrick has to prove that she learned her lessons well from her first full season in the Cup ranks, and that she will be a significantly improved competitor in 2014. She can't finish 27th again at season's end—like she did last year—and believe it was a good season. Rather, anything less than a top-15 or even top-20 finish in 2014 will be a disappointment if Patrick wants fans and other competitors to take her seriously. She can't follow or just run laps and gain more seat time behind the wheel, like she did last season. She has to prove she belongs with the Johnsons, Gordons, Earnhardts, Stewarts, Bu...

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