Interesting article - and refreshing to see a member of the media (Kyle Petty) speak truthfully about her and her abilities.
You can see where the writer of the article is leaning towards the established media in trying to hype the Princess, but I think his attempt is an epic failure.
"While Petty is certainly entitled to think what he wants about Patrick as a race car driver, using her qualifying position relative to her racing position isn't necessarily the best argument. Through 26 races in the Sprint Cup Series, Patrick's average finish of 26.8 is 6.8 positions better than her average starting position."
The problem with this attempt to counter Petty's opinion that Danica is not a race car driver is that an average finish of 26.8 only means that she's been driving around the track and finishing the race.
Making laps isn't racing. For the most part, the cars/drivers that she has been finishing in front of are "start and park" cars and other drivers that were actually racing that succumbed to either a mechanical failure or were involved in an accident.
She has advanced from her starting postion through attrition, not by racing.
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