HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The NASCAR life is nearly over for Danica Patrick. The racing life, too. But not without two legitimate opportunities to win.
That realization came months ago to Patrick, but that didn't stop her from crying when she announced her decision Friday afternoon at Homestead-Miami Speedway that she would attempt to qualify for the 2018 Daytona 500 and the 2018 Indianapolis 500 before retiring.
Why so sad? A driver who has had an accomplished career and can't land sponsorship has opted to do the two races that she could conceivably win.
Granted, neither career has gone the way she would have scripted it.