Danica Patrick: Latest News and 2014 Sprint Cup Ranking Ahead of Auto Club 400

If Danica Patrick goes another race without an accident, that's called a finishing streak. 2014 didn't start out well for Patrick. She wrecked on the 145th lap of the Daytona 500, dropping her out of the race and putting her at 40th. A week later, she had two accidents in a 15-lap stretch at The Profit on CNBC 500, bowing out after 266 laps and ending up in 36th. Those two races are a microcosm of Patrick's time in both Sprint Cup and NASCAR as a whole, as a combination of bad luck and poor driving has prevented the star from shedding the perception that she's merely a pretty face with marginal talent. But Patrick's results have improved in recent weeks. She ended the Kobalt 400 in 21st and moved up 18 spots from her starting position to fi...

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