In 49 other states, it's just sports.
SB Nation's NASCAR guru Jeff Gluck agrees with us: Ryan Truex's car hitting Danica Patrick's during Saturday's Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway was an accident.
It was obvious to everyone. Well, everyone except Danica.
And, in typical Danica fashion, she stripped down to her underwear and made out with a GoDaddy.com girl she over-reacted after the race:
She put on a show of displeasure, walking up the track and giving Truex a "What the hell?" gesture with her arms extended, then complained to ESPN that Truex "runs hard."
So while the wreck wasn't Patrick's fault, the part-time NASCAR driver isn't doing herself any favors with fans who are still deciding whether they like her or not.
Longtime NASCAR fans have seen that type of incident hundreds of times, and typically both drivers treat it as "that's racin'." Meanwhile, those type of angry gestures are typically reserved for a driver who made a much bigger mistake than Truex did – or acted intentionally.
Truex, for his part, was immediately apologetic after the race and emphasized he didn't mean to run into Patrick.
It seems like Danica is winning just as many friends in NASCAR as she had in IndyCar.
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