Despite some setbacks this season – her first full-time campaign in the NASCAR Nationwide Series – Danica Patrick prefers to focus on the positives instead of dwelling on her lackluster finishes.
Danica Patrick Pictures Improvements Instead Of Disappointing NASCAR Results
“I could sort of go through all the the things I think have been better over the year so far – and there’s been quite a few of them,” she said Friday at Michigan International Speedway. “So instead of getting upset about the individual weekends and the results, it’s better to think about what you’ve improved on and the things you need to improve on moving forward so your results keep getting better.”
Patrick is 11th in the point standings after the first 12 races of the season, but she has just one top-10 finish. She has led three laps this year – all at restrictor-plate tracks.
But the JR Motorsports driver indicated a belief that her performance has been dragged down by things happening out of her control.
“I can’t change anything about the fact that stuff just happens in the race and bad luck comes,” she said. “All we can do is work really hard and be as fast as we can in practice and qualify as fast as we can and let it all play out.”
Patrick said she needs to keep getting better despite the progress she feels she’s made, but that improvement will happen.
“We will (improve),” she said. “It’s just going to take time.”
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