Sprint Cup 2013: Will Danica Patrick Prove Her Worth This Season?

By now it has been established that Danica Patrick's pole-winning run around the Daytona International Speedway was historic, both in the Sprint Cup sense and in the Daytona 500 sense. It is another accolade to add to her already considerable list. But is it a accurate indicator of how her rookie season will turn out?Let's take a look back out how she's fared since coming to NASCAR in 2010. When she came onto the Nationwide scene that year, the best word to describe her performance was disastrous. It seemed that every other race she was in her No. 7 Chevy was crinkled up or wasted in one way or another. 2011 was a bit easier on her, if only a little bit. She was a little more consistent, posting a fourth-place finish at Las Vegas to re...

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