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Teammates tangle, Patrick seethes after crash-filled Indy

By CHRIS JENKINS, AP Sports Writer 53 minutes ago


INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Teammates Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti tangled on the track, perhaps costing Kanaan a chance to win. Danica Patrick—all 100 pounds of her—went looking for a fight before cooler heads prevailed.
Scott Dixon took the victory, but the walls at Indianapolis Motor Speedway claimed plenty of trophies in a mayhem-filled Indianapolis 500 on Sunday.
No one was injured seriously in the seven crashes and spinouts that marred the race, but Kanaan still paid a heavy price. He went from leading the race to crashing out of it in a matter of seconds.
Kanaan put the blame his teammate and didn’t seem to take any comfort in the fact that Andretti apparently said he was sorry over the team’s radio.
“He’d better be,” Kanaan said. “That was a very stupid move. Me being a good teammate, I didn’t want to turn into him and take out two cars.”
Kanaan was leading on lap 106 when he appeared to slow on the backstretch and was passed by Scott Dixon and Andretti.


Kanaan seemed to think Andretti didn’t give him enough room to race, and that caused him to slide out of control coming out of Turn 3—where he was blindsided by Sarah Fisher, who had nowhere to go.
Andretti went on to finish third and didn’t seem willing to take the blame.
“Stupid? I don’t know about stupid,” Andretti said. “Last-minute, maybe.”
Team owner Michael Andretti, Marco’s father, tried not to take sides.
“It’s just a tough call,” Michael Andretti said. “It’s racing. I guess he was surprised Marco was there, and it’s tough.”
Kanaan decried his tough luck at Indy, a complaint usually reserved for the Andretti family. Counting the 12 laps he led Sunday, Kanaan had led 214 career laps at Indy but still hasn’t come home with a win.
“Every time I lead, something happens,” Kanaan said.




Kanaan was seething, but his display of anger was nothing compared to Patrick’s after she was run into by Ryan Briscoe while trying to leave pit lane late in the race.
A furious Patrick then got out of her car and walked purposefully toward Briscoe’s pit for what was shaping up as a confrontation with his crew. She removed her gloves and seemed ready to rumble before track security personnel directed her back to her own pit area.
“I was ready to take it all off, my helmet and everything—because it’s hard to talk through the helmet,” Patrick said. “It’s probably a better idea that I didn’t make it all the way down there anyway because, well, as you guys know, I’m a little emotional.”
Patrick said she was waiting for Briscoe to come talk to her about the incident. After watching a replay, Briscoe seemed convinced that Patrick had plenty of room to move over and didn’t seem willing to offer an apology.
Patrick’s near-rumble was perhaps the race’s most memorable moments, but it was hardly the only spectacle at Indy this year.

[fectsnanteemy]

I dunno what replay Briscoe was watching but the only place Patrick could have went is into the wall.

Of course if Briscoe doesnt smoke the rears and lose the rear end would this even be an issue.

[arrasleds]

I lost interest in the race when she got knocked out.

I imagine many people did.

[Maypeevophy]

I lost interest in the race when she got knocked out.

I imagine many people did.

It was 'go' time as far as she was concerned. And l cant much blame her. She may have opted to hit the brakes, but she was well into the fast lane going out of pit row.

Briscoe just flat out f#&$ed it up.

[AccusaJalsBub]

I lost interest in the race when she got knocked out.

I imagine many people did.

Really? I watch so little racing that the Indy is sacred to me. Watched the whole thing...

[Qncvqpgfg]

I lost interest in the race when she got knocked out.

I imagine many people did.

I know I did.

[RIjdrVs3]

Really? I watch so little racing that the Indy is sacred to me. Watched the whole thing...

I don't watch much racing, either. And, I didn't watch the whole race. (I was flipping back-and-forth between the race and the Phils game.) But, the Indy 500 is still sacred to me, too.

[SOgLak]

Funny.

Once Danica was knocked out, I said to myself "NOW we have a race on our hands. The bitch is gone the bitch is gone!"

[Ternneowns]

She's exceptionally whiny....but she's a looker.

[hLabXZlK]

Really? I watch so little racing that the Indy is sacred to me. Watched the whole thing...

At least you can watch it. I have to wait until after the race is over and watch it that evening.

[Sellorect]

At least you can watch it. I have to wait until after the race is over and watch it that evening.

Why is that? No TV?

[EmpokemyMok]

Funny.

Once Danica was knocked out, I said to myself "NOW we have a race on our hands. The bitch is gone the bitch is gone!"

I guarantee she could school you in a race.

[LINETFAD]

Why is that? No TV?

It's blacked out in these parts. I used to be able to watch it when I was growing up, but it's blacked out on the Terre Haute stations now as well.

[Kausilwf]

It's blacked out in these parts. I used to be able to watch it when I was growing up, but it's blacked out on the Terre Haute stations now as well.

Is attendance the issue?

[Azzi_Kahlila]

You probably screamed with glee when Sarah Fisher got knocked out as well.

[JesikaFlpk]

Is attendance the issue?

I guess it is, but I don't really understand that as the excuse. If someone wants to go to the race they are going to go and I don't think not showing it on TV will make someone go because they can still listen to it on the radio.

[sesWaipunsaws]

Absolutely. She's very good looking, no doubt about it.

But I can't stand the hype around this broad. And I can't stand broads in racing in general. She's won one race in her entire professional life, but if you listened to the hype and attention she gets you'd think it was 30.

[Immarsecice]

I guarantee she could school you in a race.

I don't recall saying "I could beat danica patrick in an Indy Car race".

Leave the douchebaggery at the door.

[GrileVege]

I don't recall saying "I could beat danica patrick in an Indy Car race".

Leave the douchebaggery at the door.

You had already carried it in, it was here.

Danica competes. She's a driver.

[avaiguite]

Absolutely. She's very good looking, no doubt about it.

But I can't stand the hype around this broad. And I can't stand broads in racing in general. She's won one race in her entire professional life, but if you listened to the hype and attention she gets you'd think it was 30.

Just for that, I'm going to be a Danica fan.