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Add Trannies To The List Of People Faintly Annoyed By Danica Patrick

Tommy Craggs — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:00:07 EDT

The new Danica Patrick commercial: clever deconstruction of gender identity or grievous insult to the transgender community? Discuss. [Trans Universe, via All Left Turns]

Video Of Milka Duno Towel-Snapping Danica Patrick, After 60 Long Minutes, Finally Surfaces

Matt Sussman — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:20:00 EDT

I was ready to move on from this particular story thinking there was no footage of this argument, and eventually concluding it was a lame altercation to begin with. But as the FanIQ headline says, "It's Just as Awesome as We Thought." Crystal clear audio. A towel snap. And a predominantly male pit crew doing absolutely nothing to stop the escalation. God bless America.

Mid-Ohio Endures IRL Cat Fight Epidemic

Matt Sussman — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:30:00 EDT

If the concept of Ohio depresses you, at least the cities of Cleveland, Cincinnati, Youngstown, and Toledo all lie on or near the state border, opening up hopes and promises of other states. But Mid-Ohio? That's a lot of driving to exit the state, and driving in rural Ohio is a good way to lose one's mind. Racing in Mid-Ohio can't be much more exciting, given that I'm sure state troopers patrol the speedway to make sure you don't go over 65.

And the Mid-Ohio madness finally got to Danica Patrick at this weekend's IRL practice session, because she snapped at Milka Duno, a.k.a, the female racer who has remained neutral on where we should by our Internet domains.

After getting out of her car, Patrick walked to where Milka Duno, the only other woman in this weekend's race, was pitted and confronted the driver about getting in her way several times during the practice.

The confrontation lasted about a minute, but witnesses said was heated and that Duno flung a towel in Patrick's direction as the two exchanged words before Patrick walked away.

Having witnessed many arguments between women in Ohio, it's safe to say that "getting in her way" meant these two were probably fighting over me. I'd be honored to put an amiable end to this scuffle by saying that it probably won't work out between either of them and myself. Long distance relationships are the fool's gold of romantic treasure. They're even worse, than, say, assuming a girl likes you when they really don't even know you exist.

Patrick Has Another Confrontation, Another Mediocre Starting Position [Washington Post]

Danica Patrick No Longer A Pretty Girl Who Can't Win Races

sussman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:10:00 EDT

It feels like it took longer than Phil Mickelson's first major, but the petite open-wheeled racer finally reached the checkered flag before a bunch of chauvinistic war-starting toilet-seat-leaving-up booze-crazed horndogs in Japan this weekend, becoming the first female to win a major auto racing event.

And on her 50th start, no less. That, like, means something, since it's divisible by 10, 5, 25, and 17.38, although that last number doesn't go in evenly. If you know what I mean.

So, hey, congratulations to her, and also to the IRL, for prompting me to write a post about one of your races not rhyming with "Blindianapolis 500." And even a normal, boring Indy 500 post would require some kind of creative hook, This Is Spinal Tap reference, or fiery crash. I mean, one can only repeat "Hey, what's Vin Diesel doing in victory lane?" so many times before people in line at Hot Topic start looking at you funny.

Historic Day [IndyCar.com]

IRL Driver Paul Dana Killed In Practice Crash

mjdeadspin — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 13:47:48 EST

Paul Dana, 30, died just before noon today after a crash at a pre-race practice for today's IRL IndyCar Series race. Another car had spun and hit a wall in front of him, and Dana slammed into it at full speed, over 216 miles per hour. The other driver, Ed Carpenter, is awake and alert at the hospital, and looks to be fine.

ESPN Motion actually has video of the crash up right now. It's a segment from SportsCenter, occurring before the seriousness of the injury was known. It begins with Bob Ley reporting a crash and saying that there is concern about a possible serious injury. They even interview the owner of the car, who's still hoping that Dana is going to be alright. The crash itself is horrific, and watching the video is somewhat eerie. I'd imagine it's probably going to come down soon.

Dana was a rookie driver and a former motorsports journalist. Officials have announced that the race will start as scheduled, though Dana's teammates, Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice, have pulled out.

Tragic.

IRL Driver Paul Dana Dies After Crash [Yahoo! News]