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Originally Posted by Racer81x
Not entirely true, it was either last year or early this year, she didn't have enough owner points and rain was going to determine starting position, so Tony went and bought the owner points from one of Baldwin racings teams so she could be in the race.
Thats just plain pathectic
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It was this year.
Tony bought Baldwin's owner points to guarantee Danica would make the first 5 races. NASCAR rules dictate that the top 36 get in on speed, then the next 6 (or possibly 7) are determined by owners points.
She failed to qualify on speed for 4 of the first 5 races. Had it not been for "buying" points, Danica would not have raced in Phoenix (qualified 40th), Vegas (37th), Bristol (41st) or California (40th).
Failing to qualify to run in 4 of the 1st 5 races would have also caused her to miss the races in Texas (42nd), Darlington (40th) and Dover (39th).
So, in fact, she has only qualified to run in 7 races this season.
If you take away the points from those 7 races that she didn't earn a starting spot, and Danica would be lose 102 points. That would drop her from 246 to 144 and instead of being in 28th position in the points, she would be in 38th.
The only drivers behind her in the points would be Michael McDowell, Timmy Hill, Scott Speed, Michael Waltrip and Terry Labonte inside the top 43 spots.