Five Reasons Why Danica Patrick Should Just Retire Already

Jun 17, 2017; Brooklyn, MI, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Danica Patrick (10) during practice for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 17, 2017; Brooklyn, MI, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Danica Patrick (10) during practice for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jun 18, 2017; Brooklyn, MI, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Danica Patrick (10) before the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 18, 2017; Brooklyn, MI, USA; NASCAR Cup Series driver Danica Patrick (10) before the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports /

Lack Of Enjoyment

In order to put your life on the line and drive at over 200 miles per hour on a weekly basis, you need to have a lot of enjoyment and passion for what you do. Danica Patrick just doesn’t have that passion anymore, and she has said so herself.

"“As long as it’s fun – and it hasn’t been super fun lately. But every year I start the year, I always have hope that it’s going to be the year that things are going to click. I understand my career hasn’t progressed. Maybe it’s regressed? Why is that? Am I worse driver than I was a couple of years ago? Probably not. I don’t think anybody gets worse. So it’s really a matter of all the factors around you.”"

She’s going out there every week risking her life doing something she hasn’t been enjoying lately, doesn’t need to be doing to make a living, and frankly isn’t even great at. In the end, is it really worth it without the reward exceeding or even coming close to the risk?