Why isnt danica racing

She finished 24th in the standings in each of the next two seasons and then again finished 28th in her final full season in Danica Patrick never won a NASCAR race — her best finish was a sixth-place finish in Atlanta in — but did record seven top finishes during her five-year run and, more importantly, became an inspiration to young women everywhere.

Ahead of the Daytona , Danica Patrick announced that it would be the final race of her NASCAR career as she wanted to put more focus into her many business ventures.

She began her final Daytona in 28th position but had moved into the top 20 at the midway point of the race. For Patrick, that moment came in While she stopped racing full-time during the previous year, she took part in one last Indy and Daytona before calling it a career. After spending almost three decades behind the wheel, retiring from racing had to be quite a change.

Anytime anybody asks me if I could change anything, what would I change? I spent a lot of time racing and now I can spend time doing other things. The auto racing pioneer will officially retire Sunday at age What I love about racing was that ability to progress and get better and finish better and better and ultimately win.

She won Rookie of the Year that year in She led 19 laps, she finished in the top five. And that was the start of the phenomenon known as 'Danica Mania. She dropped out of high school when she was 16 years old to pursue racecar driving in England. Three years later, she moved back to the U. With nearly races under her belt, including seven podium finishes and five pole-position wins, Patrick has only won one race -- the Indy Japan in