The touring queen qualified 39th and in typical fashion (even though this was her 4th trip to Dover), didn't take long to go multiple laps down after she failed to hold her line and ran into the side David Stremme's car. She tore up his left rear quarter panel - but she evidently got the worst of it.
She then "soldiered" on ultimately finishing 4 laps down in 24th position.
She was the beneficiary of 3 Toyota's having there engines blow up, another Toyota (Denny Hamlin) losing a right front tire in the corner, Jamie McMurray losing a radiator and her teammate Ryan Newman getting into a pushing match with David Gilliland that knocked both cars out of the race.
Meanwhile, at the front of the pack, the race was won by Tony Stewart! Which if the season ended today (which it doesn't) would put him in the Chase with a wild card.
Tony climbed 4 places in the points with the victory.
Danica gained 1 spot too (due to David Gilliland being knocked out of the race by her teammate) and now sits in 29th spot.
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