Five Reasons Why Danica Patrick Should Just Retire Already
By Asher Fair
She Has Already Peaked
Some people still anticipate that she could somehow break out and start winning races and being a contender. But the fact is, that just isn’t the case. While her past two finishes in the championship standings are tied for her career-high, here’s why that is not the case.
A career-high NASCAR Cup Series standings finish of 24th place through four seasons may not seem like a peak for many people. But for Danica Patrick, it is. As mentioned earlier, she has not had one single top 5 finish in 169 career Cup Series races and rarely finishes in the top 10 or even the top 15. Why should she start now all of a sudden?
One place she has had good results in is IndyCar. Even though she only won one race in her seven-year IndyCar career, she finished lower than 10th place in the standings just once, with that being a 12th place finish in her rookie season. Her career-high finish was a 5th place effort in 2009. In seven Indianapolis 500 races, she never finished lower than 10th place in a race she did not crash, and she only crashed once. Her career-high finish was a 3rd place effort in 2009.
The bottom line is the fact that she certainly does know how to drive a race car. The problem is that despite this fact, she has still not been able to perform well in NASCAR, and she appears to be getting worse. Her peak years are behind her, and all of the evidence backs that up.
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