Female race car driver Danica Patrick got into a heated exchange with another racecar driver at a race on Saturday. The fireworks began after a lap at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
After getting out of her car, Patrick quickly walked to where Milka Duno, the only other woman racing over the weekend, was pitted and confronted the less experienced driver about getting in her way several times during the practice.
The confrontation lasted only about a minute, but witnesses said it grew heated and that Duno flung a towel in Patrick's direction at one point as the two exchanged words. Patrick eventually walked away.
On a video shot by a friend of Duno's and shown to The Star, Duno told Patrick on several occasions to "go away." When Patrick didn't leave immediately, Duno threw a towel in Patrick's direction, prompting Patrick to direct foul language at Duno before the minute-long incident ended.
"She came to my team and our pit box in a very bad way with bad words," Duno said. "If you come in a nice way, perfect, we can talk. If you come in a bad way, you are going to find my bad side." It looked to us that Duno was the one that was out of control from the videotape. She seemed to be flying off the handle a bit more than Patrick.
Patrick said she didn't regret her action.
"I wanted to know if she saw me (on the track) . . . It's hard to locate people once they get away from their car," she said. "I stayed behind the wall. I just wanted to ask what happened. "Unfortunately, things involving me tend to evolve. I'm on the hot seat when I do something and when others do something (connected to me). It's kind of the line that I walk because I'm popular."
Hey now, let's not get cocky, Danica! This ain't high school.
