DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The roar of the cars from the Daytona 500 and her crash midway through the Great American Race is a distant memory now for Danica Patrick, who now sets her sights on the Indianapolis 500, in the 7th starting position.
Danica was taken out in a multi-car crash on lap 101 of the 200-lap Daytona 500, initiated by Chase Elliott who was trying to pass the race leader, Ryan Blaney, and instead collected Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Kasey Kahne, David Ragan, and Patrick.
The Daytona 500 was won by Austin Dillon. Blaney would go on to finish seventh. Danica, who started 28th in the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet, would finish 35th in her final NASCAR race.
Fast forward to
FAST 9
1: Ed Carpenter, Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 229.618'
2: Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske Chevrolet, 228.761
3: Will Power, Team Penske Chevrolet, 228.607
4: Josef Newgarden, Team Penske Chevrolet, 228.405
5: Sébastien Bourdais, Dale Coyne Racing Honda, 228.142
6: Spencer Pigot, Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 228.107
7: Danica Patrick, Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet, 228.090
8: Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 227.262
9: Helio Castroneves, Team Penske Chevrolet, 227.859
POSITIONS 10-33
10: Tony Kanaan, A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 227.664
11: Matheus Leist, A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 227.571
12: Marco Andretti, Herta - Andretti Autosport Honda, 227.288
13: Zachary Claman De Melo, Dale Coyne Racing Honda, 226.999
14: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport Honda, 226.788
15: Charlie Kimball, Carlin Chevrolet, 226.657
16: Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 226.557
17: Kyle Kaiser, Juncos Racing Chevrolet, 226.398
18: Robert Wickens, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda, 226.296
19: James Davison, A.J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet, 226.255
20: Max Chilton, Carlin Chevrolet, 226.212
21: Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport Honda, 226.048
22: Gabby Chaves, Harding Racing Chevrolet, 226.007
23: Stefan Wilson, Andretti Autosport Honda, 225.863
24: Sage Karam, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet, 225.823
25: Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport Honda, 225.748
26: Oriol Servia, Scuderia Corsa with RLL Honda, 225.699
27: J.R. Hildebrand, Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet, 225.418
28: Jay Howard, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports / AFS Racing Honda, 225.388
29: Ed Jones, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, 225.362
30: Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda, 225.327
31: Jack Harvey, Meyer Shank Racing with SPM Honda, 225.254
32: Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport Honda, 224.935
33: Conor Daly, Dale Coyne Racing dba Thom Burns Racing Honda, 224.429