Danica Patrick has big plans for when she's done racing
Dan WetzelColumnist
Part 2
“If it goes better … as I was saying the other night, if it goes really well, I’ll think about how much longer I want to do it because that’s the fun,” she continued. “I do this. I love this. It’s one of those things that I still love and want to do. And I just believe in myself. I believe I can do it. I have come a long way.”
But if this year is like last year, when she finished 24th in the standings?
“No, that thought that doesn’t come to mind,” Patrick said. “In the next couple years if it’s not going great, then [I’ll] look at it, because it’s been more than a couple years, it’s been a good handful of years. It’s been too long.
“The frustrating thing is, a couple years ago we were in the top 12 and qualifying well,” she continued. “And we were in the top 15 … and I feel like I am a better driver than I was a couple of years ago.”