While Scott Dixon enjoyed the taste of milk in Victory Lane, and reflections on the 92nd Indianapolis 500 were tossed around, the incident which will probably cause the most comment occurred in pit-lane on lap 171.
With the amount of media glare directed on her, Danica Patrick was the focus of attention throughout the race, even though the #7 Andretti Green Racing entry was never a real contender for victory. Patrick made sure that she would grab at least a share of the headlines, however, after being involved in a pit-lane collision with Penske's Ryan Briscoe in the closing stages.
The Australian appeared to pull away sharply from his tyre and fuel stop, but veered wider than expected as he negotiated the crew in front of him, edging into Patrick's path. Although the #7 attempted to swerve around the errant Penske car, her left rear made contact with its right. Patrick limped to a stop in the pit exit and, despite imploring the marshals to bump start her, was pushed back and out of the race. Briscoe's damage was also was terminal.
After the incident, however, and still wearing racesuit and helmet, Patrick defiantly and determinedly marched down pit-lane towards where Briscoe, still in the cockpit, was parked in the Penske stall. Race officials, team representative and a man in suit and tie all set off after the feisty female, eventually persuading her to detour over the wall and back to the AGR stall.
"It is probably best I didn't get down there anyway, isn't it?" she eventually told pit reporter Jamie Little, "We will see if he can find me first..."
"I was going down pit-lane and, as people pull out of their pit boxes, if you are in the outside lane, they have to wait to blend in," she later explained, giving her take on the incident, "From what I know, it looked like it was pretty obvious what happened. You just don't come out of your pit box and swing three lanes out. That's why there is a 'get up to speed' lane and an 'at speed ' lane. I was 'at speed'."
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