Danica Patrick has complained repeatedly about the lousy luck she’s encountered in her Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.
But last Sunday in the AAA 400 at Dover, she finally caught a few of the right kinds of breaks. Partly as a result and also because she simply kept after it in her No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford throughout the race, Patrick recorded her first top-10 finish since the spring Bristol race of 2015.
It was 77 races in between top-10 runs for Patrick.
“It was a good day for us,” Patrick said. “We got a bit lucky with staying out at the right time and catching the yellow flags.