What Danica Patrick’s Nationwide Result at Gateway Means

Danica Patrick did nothing to quiet her NASCAR critics on Saturday with her Nationwide performance at Gateway. Patrick followed up her career-best 21st place finish last week with a 22nd place finish this week, finishing 17 laps off the lead. The 28-year-old has had a rough go of it in her first year in NASCAR, finishing 30th or worse in six of her 10 starts this season. Patrick has one win on the IndyCar circuit, where she has spent most of her time racing, but she has come nowhere close to visiting victory lane on the Nationwide circuit. Patrick has at least been able to hold her own on the IndyCar circuit, so you would have to believe that the more experience she gains in NASCAR, the more successful she will become. If Patrick is unable ...

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