Danica Patrick Will Not End Up in NASCAR

For all the open wheel and NASCAR people who are putting forth the conspiracy theories that Danica Patrick is coming to NASCAR, sorry to burst your bubble, but she will not be going stock car racing.

Patrick has become less of a driver over the last few years and more of a marketing machine. She’s more famous for her looks then her driving and no doubt makes more money from her outside efforts then her racing. Yes, she has won an IndyCar Series race and continues to be competitive in that series, but her talent behind the wheel seems overshadowed by her talent to smile for the camera.

Danica’s contract with Andretti-Green Racing is set to end after this season, and suddenly the rumors are flying that she is considering a jump to the world’s premier stock car racing series, NASCAR. Oh wait, that’s the same line that was written back in 2006 when she was in the same situation.

In 2006, Patrick dropped subtle hints that she might consider defecting to NASCAR. Her father even made a nearly covert visit to Chicagoland Speedway during the NASCAR weekend, allegedly to speak with officials from Roush Racing.  Turns out that Patrick did not come to NASCAR and her father’s visit was just that, a visit to a NASCAR race as a guest of Roush; in fact he never even spoke with any Roush execs.

When the dust settled in 2006, Patrick re-signed with Andretti-Green, at a much larger salary no doubt, and life went on. MORE-->>