Danica Patrick Collides With Crew Member During Practice for the Indianapolis 500

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Danica Patrick was involved in an accident Friday afternoon with a crew member from another team during practice for the Indianapolis 500 while on pit road. (Cue the "Women are bad drivers" joke right ... here. Just kidding, ladies. Anyways, back to the serious reporting.) Patrick was coming back on to pit road after turning some practice laps in her Andretti-Green Racing Honda when she ... [link]

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Here She Comes, Here Comes Speed Racer [Sweep The Leg]
Published 5/10/2008 by Christmas Ape at Deadspin
... Quite a messy day of Indy 500 practice yesterday, with Danica Patrick's car clipping Dale Coyne Racing crewman Charles Buckman and sending him to the hospital with a concussion. Meanwhile, rookie driver Alex Lloyd hit a wall at 223 mph during a practice run and Mario Dominguez got in a minor wreck tapped the inside wall of the warm-up lane. Also, my Micro Machines sets continue to collect dust at my parents' house. A sad day for racing all around. ...

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Posted 5/10/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS

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Posted 5/10/2008 on on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture For Men]

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Posted 5/9/2008 on Indy Racing Revolution

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Posted 5/9/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS

A pit crewman at Friday’s Indianapolis 500 practice fell head over heels for Danica Patrick - mainly because she accidentally ran over him . WISH-TV reports that Charles Buckman , a crewman of Dale Conye Racing, was hit by Patrick as she was making a pit stop. Buckman was reportedly looking for another Indy Car racer, and he didn’t see Danica pulling in until it was too ...

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Posted 5/4/2008 on Indy Racing Revolution

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