Danica Patrick’s Star Will Continue to Soar After Historic Run in Daytona 500

I hope you haven't grown tired of the Danica Patrick hype because it is just beginning. The driver, who just began her first full-time Sprint Cup season, pulled off an impressive run at the Daytona 500 while finishing eighth. This is the highest finish for a female driver in the Great American Race, and it was not the only standard for female drivers at the Daytona 500 set by Patrick. She was the first female driver to start on the pole, and the first to lead a lap during the race—a fact that NASCAR tweeted:In all, Patrick led five laps on the day, and she was in a position to win the whole thing. She was sitting in third in the final laps, but was unable to make a push and wound up in eighth. Patrick, no doub...

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