Patrick struggles at Fontana

Danica Patrick at Fontana Friday

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NASCAR TV ratings savior Danica Patrick's lessons continued Friday as she struggled to feel comfortable in her car during two practice sessions. The difference between Daytona and Fontana is that at Daytona it takes very little talent, being a 100% throttle track if you have good HP the car pretty much drives itself. At Fontana you have to actually drive the car.

It does not matter if she is slow or not, as Americas most popular driver, and a hero to many aspiring young drivers, she is sure to boost TV ratings for the race.

Patrick was 37th (among 44 cars) in the first practice session and 27th of 49 cars in the final practice session.

"The tough thing for me is I don't know how it's supposed to feel," Patrick said. "Until the car is right, I can't have an expectation level. I'm just like, 'hmm, do I deal with this, do I not? I don't like this. Maybe it has to be like that. Maybe I always have to drive around this issue.' So I really don't have any of those answers at this point. It just takes time."