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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Danica Patrick’s NASCAR career ended with a 35th-place finish after she was involved in a crash during Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Patrick made her final NASCAR start Sunday driving a Premium Motorsports entry with crew chief Tony Eury Jr. calling the shots on her GoDaddy sponsored car. Eury was Patrick’s first crew chief when she started in NASCAR at JR Motorsports in 2010.
Unfortunately there was no Cinderella ending to her story as Patrick was caught in a lap 102 accident on Sunday and eliminated from the race.
“The car was a lot better than it was in the Duel; a lot better than in practice. Tony Eury Jr., my crew chief, did an awesome job. The guys, the whole team, did a really good job,” Patrick said.
“I know we pulled this together not that long ago, a month ago, that’s a tall order to get a car ready for a superspeedway that’s competitive. But it was. I said earlier today that I feel like the whole thing was picture perfect with GoDaddy on the car and it being that green again.”
Patrick made 191 career Cup starts and although she’ll compete in the Indianapolis 500, she walks away from NASCAR disappointed.
“I’m just sad that it ended that way,” she said.
