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Updated: 9:27 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 | Posted: 9:26 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012

Patrick in pursuit of Sprint Cup history

Danica Patrick holds the record for the highest finish by a female in any of NASCAR’s top three divisions — Sprint Cup, Nationwide Series and Truck Series — with fourth place in the Nationwide Series in 2011. Only one female driver, Sara Christian, has logged a Top 5 finish in Sprint Cup history, finishing fifth in 1949. How female drivers, making at least 2 starts, have fared in Sprint Cup Series history:

Driver Years Starts Top 5s Top 10s

Janet Guthrie 1976-80 33 0 5

Louise Smith 1949-52 11 0 0

Shawna Robinson 2001-02 8 0 0

Sara Christian 1949-50 7 1 2

Patty Moise 1987-89 5 0 0

Robin McCall 1982 2 0 0

FiFi Scott 1955 2 0 0

Ethel Mobley 1949 2 0 0

Ann Chester 1950 2 0 0

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