If Danica Patrick knows specifically what her future after this season holds, she’s not saying.
Patrick refused Wednesday to confirm widespread reports that she’s agreed to a three-year extension of her IndyCar contract with Andretti Green Racing.
Asked specifically about the extension, Patrick simply shook her head, not saying a word.
Patrick is considered the biggest draw in the IRL, and her interest in moving to NASCAR has been speculated on numerous times in recent years. She has a close relationship with Tony Stewart, and he has said Patrick will eventually make the jump he did — from IndyCar to stock cars.
“I’m definitely looking at doing some NASCAR stuff,” Patrick said, reaffirming what she’s said often in recent months. “And when we figure out what that is, we’ll announce it. But we haven’t figured it out yet.”
IRL officials have not commented about Patrick’s future.
Patrick was at Homestead-Miami Speedway with several other drivers Wednesday to test for the IndyCar finale Oct. 10. Earlier this season, Patrick insisted she wouldn’t announce anything about her future until after this IRL season concludes.
There’s all sort of possible scenarios: Patrick could solely run the full IRL schedule in 2010, abandon IRL entirely for NASCAR, or possibly put together some sort of schedule combining IRL events with the Nationwide Series or NASCAR’s Truck Series. The Associated Press
Patrick admitted that her 2009 IndyCar season had been a struggle. She is yet to win a race this year, but her consistent results have placed her fifth in the standings - behind only the Ganassi and Penske drivers, and ahead of her three AGR team-mates.
She is upbeat about changes taking place inside the AGR organisation, which see Michael Andretti take full control of the racing team and partners Kim Green and Kevin Savoree focusing on the Andretti Green Promotions business, which runs the St Petersburg and Toronto races.
“We’ve definitely struggled but we’re looking at ways to fix that, change that, make sure that we’re competitive again on the road courses, and really everywhere we’ve been a little bit off, but mostly on road courses,” said Patrick.
“I’m happy about the changes that are happening for next year for the team. I think that they’re very good.” Racer
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