HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Danica Patrick was clearly disappointed after wrecking out of her final race as a full-time NASCAR driver.

Patrick said she got a tire rub shortly before the tire blew, and she slammed into the wall.

“It’s just the story of the year,” she said.

She was evaluated and released from the infield care center. She finished 37th in her final race with Stewart-Haas Racing. She’s being replaced at the team by Aric Almirola.

Patrick will run the Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 in 2018, a two-race finale she dubbed the “Danica Double.”

“There’s still racing in my future,” she said. “I still have a thousand miles to go.”

Asked outside the care center if there’s a silver lining in being able to return next February for the Daytona 500, Patrick took a long pause.

“Yeah, sure,” she finally said. “Let’s hope I don’t end up in the medical center.”