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Danica Patrick flexes muscle in Sunday's Martinsville race, fades late

Danica Patrick raced through the field in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup, putting herself in position for a top-10 finish at Martinsville Speedway.

While she faded in the final laps of the STP 500, finishing 16th, Patrick and her Stewart-Haas Racing team put themselves in position to challenge.

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Kyle Busch proved unbeatable, leading 352 of 500 laps.

"It was one of those typical Martinsvilles where there is a lot of body work damage," she said. "I look at everyone else's car and there is [damage], too.