Clint Bowyer with a "stellar" 21st place finish at Kansas overtakes the touring princess, who finished right where she started (27th), for 16th place in the point standings...
Carl Edwards, Casey Mears, Austin Dillon, Michael Annet, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Matt Debendetto and Ty Dillon all were a lap down like Bowyer - but still managed to gain ground on Panica - who was 2 laps down.
It won't take too much longer for her spot in the standings to match the combination of her talent (or lack thereof), her equipment and team.
Top tier team and equipment combined with her ability as a race car driver = bottom half in the points over the course of a full season. Her career average finish is currently 24.4 in Sprint Cup competition.
In 2012, Danica's average start was 36.1 compared to an average finish of 28.3.
She now qualifies much better with an average of 21.8, but barely improves that with an average finish of 19.5 so far this season.
She can't lose any more spots this weekend as it's the All Star race. But last year her average start at Charlotte was 9th and her average finish was 32nd...
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