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  • Danica Patrick Derailed By Fan's Shoe

    While leading at Montreal, Danica Patrick hits a shoe | From The Marbles - Yahoo! Sports



    Who throws a shoe? Apparently, someone at Montreal.

    While leading Saturday's Nationwide Series race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a spectator threw a shoe onto the track, and the shoe landed in the racing groove. As Danica Patrick led the field back to the spot where the shoe was, she ran it over squarely and its remains shot out from underneath her car.

    It looked innocuous enough -- it's just a sneaker, right? Well, Patrick's car immediately started to lose the handling and eventually, what looked to be a bracket or a bolt came out from underneath her car. Her chances at the win were over. She finished 26th, six laps down.

    The shoe was the bizarre conclusion to Patrick's adventures in the three Nationwide Series road course races this season. In the first, at Road America, she was spun by Jacques Villeneuve (Gilles' son) on the final lap while running fourth. Last week at Watkins Glen, she was collected by Ryan Truex's return to track after an off-course excursion on the first turn of the first lap of the race. She then finished last.

    Before Saturday's sole incident, Patrick had one of the day's best cars, and after taking the lead through pit strategy and a timely caution, had cleanly held on to it. Patrick has shown flashes of competitiveness at times in 2012 -- especially on road courses -- but crashes and incidents like the one on Saturday have been the story of Patrick's season. Through 22 races she has failed to finish six times and is 11th in the points standings.

  • #2
    That was a bummer. She could've won the race if not for that freak accident.

    Collecting: Browns/Cavaliers/Indians GU/Autos,
    Ohio State Autos, Jamaal Charles GU/Autos,
    Johnson/Mears/
    Reutimann/Nadeau

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    • #3
      Originally posted by jsab4807 View Post
      That was a bummer. She could've won the race if not for that freak accident.
      She could've wrecked the 22 on the last lap

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      • #4
        Originally posted by gladdyontherise View Post
        She could've wrecked the 22 on the last lap
        On the bright side, at least SOMEONE took out the 22 on the last lap lol

        Collecting: Browns/Cavaliers/Indians GU/Autos,
        Ohio State Autos, Jamaal Charles GU/Autos,
        Johnson/Mears/
        Reutimann/Nadeau

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        • #5
          Originally posted by jsab4807 View Post
          On the bright side, at least SOMEONE took out the 22 on the last lap lol
          Seriously? NICE!

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