Danica Patrick starts 11th, finishes 11th

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Earl Barban has uttered his familiar, "new leader, 48," innumerable times the past decade at Charlotte Motor Speedway as spotter for Jimmie Johnson, who has six points-race wins at the 1.5-mile track nestled in NASCAR's core.

Moonlighting as Danica Patrick's spotter there Friday night in the Nationwide Series, Barban never had the chance to announce the No. 7 Chevrolet's ascension to the top of the scoring tower. And one of his last messages of the 200-lap race was extremely disheartening ...

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