Patrick led the second session of group qualifying Thursday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and ended up with a fourth-place starting position for the Coca-Cola 600 -- which proved to be the best ever by a female driver on an unrestricted track in NASCAR's premier series. The previous mark had been shared by Patrick and Janet Guthrie, the latter of whom started ninth at Bristol and Talladega in 1977, before the era of restrictor plates. Patrick qualified ninth in the most recent Sprint Cup Series event two weeks ago at Kansas. The starting spot was the second-best of Patrick's career following her historic pole in the 2013 Daytona 500, where she became the first woman ever to lead NASCAR's top series to the green flag. More...