Danica Finishes 10th and Will Race on Sunday!

Danica started waaaaay in the back of the field due to using a backup car for Duel 2. Everybody knew she had to race her way in to get the chance to race the Daytona 500 this Sunday. Apparently there was a sense of urgency since Tony Stewart was in the #10 GoDaddy Chevy Pit Box for this race, probably giving instructions to Danica on the radio.

Slowly, but surely, she worked her way up the field during the race and finished 10th to qualify for the race on Sunday. Even as she gets wrecked by Denny Hamlin (again...since he was the reason she's in the backup car due to wrecking her in practice) late in the race. She started 18th for the green-white-checker and huge thanks to her teammate, Kurt Busch, who pushed her all the way up to the 10th spot. Denny Hamlin should know when to push the car ahead of you. In the middle of turns 3 and 4 ain't the spot to do that.

Denny Hamlin trying to explain his late race actions to D.