Patrick takes breakthrough fourth

Danica Patrick made history by taking the best ever finish for a female driver in a NASCAR National series event with fourth in Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The IndyCar star had a breakthrough race in NASCAR's second-tier series at the demanding mile-and-a-half oval where she made continuous progress through the 200 laps, recovering from a disappointing qualifying. Starting from 22nd, Patrick moved up all the way to 12th in the order right before the first round of pitstops and she was able to remain inside the top 15 until balance issues caused her to loose ground, eventually dropping a lap down entering the second half of the race

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