Originally Posted on foxsports.com on June 5, 2007.
Danica Patrick was Miffed. She fumed. She stomped up to give Dan Wheldon a piece of her mind. She raised her voice and her eyebrows, dramatically making her point. Danica went so far as to push Wheldon to make sure he got it. Wheldon's reaction?
He ignored her. Like the leftovers you don't want to eat after you get home, and then fester in your refridgerator.
Danica was upset that Dan and Dario Franchitti hadn't let her pass them on the track. Wheldon went so far as to bump her car. She managed to keep it off the wall, and finished the race. But she was upset.
Unfortunately, she hadn't mastered the Jeff Gordon Bristol shove. Back to the drawing board, Danica! You did much better slapping Jacque Lazier.
Meanwhile, at the rain delayed Nascar race, Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch had another round of "Oh, yeah, well, take that!" which usually ends with both cars wrecked and ruining a good finish.
However, this version amped up the typical slugfest when Busch bumped into Stewart. On pit road. While Jason Lee, a crewmember, was on the right fender.
Lee had to jump onto the hood to avoid being crushed by Busch's car. Never fear, it appears Lee gave Busch an earful after it happened, and he wasn't hurt.
Both sides are claiming the other is at fault.
The IRL announced neither Danica or Dan would be penalized.
Nascar parked Busch at the time of the offense, but penalties could be handed down tomorrow. Busch's problem is that a crew member on pit road nearly got hurt and it was clearly intentional behavior.
The on-track incident is likely to be considered "just racing" even if you could see the outcome watching the two race without giving.
I think Busch could be up for a signficant penalty. Maybe even a suspension.
After all, if Junior loses 100 points and his crew chief for 6 races for tinkering with the COT, which didn't almost injure someone, shouldn't intentional behavior which comes within inches of harming a teammember be worth more?
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