Danica Patrick Leaves Longtime Lover In The Dirt

Danica Patrick has finally ended her five-year relationship with fellow racer Ricky Stenhouse Jr. — with insiders saying she left him standing still over parenthood!

Racing fans got the message when Ricky showed up without his longtime love at the NASCAR Cup Series awards ceremony on Nov. 30. Now a spokesperson for Ricky has confirmed that Danica is traveling solo again — after The National ENQUIRER warned that Danica was fed up with waiting for Ricky to get serious!

Insiders told The ENQUIRER that the NASCAR beauty had been expecting a proposal since Dec. 2015. Ricky, however, didn't even make a move when Danica announced in Nov. 2017 that she's retiring! At the same time, Danica went public in a new ESPN documentary about her plans to have children with Ricky — after they were married!

“I have always had people say, ‘You’ll make a great mom someday,’” Danica told interviewer Hannah Storm — adding that having kids is “definitely more of a thought now. And being with Ricky, that is something he has always wanted...Ricky’s well aware that I’m not having a family unless we’re married in any capacity!”

Danica — who's been divorced once — had started dating Ricky in 2012. The romance started out fast, with the couple having moved in together in 2013. But, warned insiders, Danica had quickly become disillusioned once Ricky hit the brakes when it came to building a family together. Danica even revealed that she'd gone through an in vitro fertilization treatment to have her eggs frozen in 2015.

Danica said: “I was, like, ‘Look, I’m gonna take control of my life here, and I don’t know where it’s going, and I’m not married, and I don’t know what the plan is, and I don’t know how long I’m gonna race — but I can only have 33-year-old eggs today.” Ricky, meanwhile, spent years insisting the couple were "focused on" racing. In reality, Ricky and Danica were on a collision course!