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On Thursday night, Danica Patrick was nailed in the head by a rock from a track she was attending in Las Vegas, NV. According to the AP, Patrick was in the stands viewing the dirt track race when the accident took place.The smack to the head [by the rock] left a impact sore mark on Patrick's head. She did have a conversation with medical stuff on Friday, but didn't feel any problems.According to Patrick, had she not been wearing a hat [at the time the rock hit her in the head] most likely the rock would have cause a cut resulted in blood.
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