<P> On August 18, Stewart - Haas Racing announced at a press conference that Patrick had signed a multi-year contract which allowed her to stay with the team for 2016 . She also switched crew chiefs from Daniel Knost to Billy Scott for the upcoming season . At the first race of the season, the Daytona 500, she retired when she made contact with Greg Biffle on the 184th lap, spun into the grass and heavily damaged her car's front end . Patrick was fined $20,000 for gesturing to Kasey Kahne after he wrecked her car at the Auto Club 400 . She was involved in a high - speed crash with Matt Kenseth at Talladega which necessitated a chest radiograph . Patrick struggled with form during the season, but did improve her average result for the fifth consecutive year to a career - high 22.0 in thirty - six starts . Her best result of the season was eleventh place at the fall Charlotte race, and she led a career - high 30 laps . Patrick was again 24th in the final drivers' standings, but had fewer points than the previous season, at 689 accrued, and did not finish three races she entered . </P> <P> Patrick remained with Stewart - Haas Racing for the duration of the renamed Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 2017 . She began her campaign with her best finish in any NASCAR Cup Series race with a fourth place at the Advance Auto Parts Clash exhibition race at Daytona . Patrick was credited with a 33rd - place finish for the season - opening Daytona 500 after she was forced into retirement from being caught up in a multi-car accident . She later took her first top - ten finish in seventy - seven races when she placed tenth at Dover on June 4 . On November 17, Patrick announced that she would step away from full - time racing after the season finale at Homestead - Miami, though she also announced plans to compete in the 2018 Daytona 500 and 2018 Indianapolis 500 . She retired halfway through when her right - rear tire blew after glancing the wall and she collided heavily with another barrier . Patrick finished the 2017 season with one top - ten, eleven DNFs and an average finish of 23.8 . She scored 511 points, putting her twenty - eighth in the drivers' standings . </P> <P> In January 2018, it was announced that Patrick would be reunited with longtime partner GoDaddy for sponsorship of the "Danica Double" and assistance as she moved on to her life as a business woman and entrepreneur . For her final NASCAR race at the 2018 Daytona 500, Patrick signed with Premium Motorsports to drive its No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 after discussions with Chip Ganassi Racing did not yield in a race seat . Her final Daytona 500 came to an early end when she was involved in a six - car accident on lap 102, placing 35th in the final results . Patrick concluded her NASCAR career without scoring any wins, and finished in the top ten in 3.6% of her 191 races . On March 7, 2018, it was announced that her final Indianapolis 500 appearance would be in a third car for Ed Carpenter Racing . </P> <P> Patrick was scheduled to test for Formula One team Honda in November 2008, but this was called off when the Honda team pulled out of the sport . In late 2009, the American Formula One team US F1 allegedly considered testing Patrick for a potential drive in 2010 . However, she said she was not contacted by anyone from the team and had no plans to leave the IndyCar Series for Formula One at the time . After the announcement of the return of Formula One to the United States in 2012, Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone said that "to have someone like Danica Patrick in F1 would be a perfect advert ." However, in 2015, Patrick asserted that she had no desire to move into Formula One, because she was too old to switch racing series; she said that she felt more comfortable being around her family and friends in NASCAR . </P>

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