As far as crashes go, this one has nothing on the Daytona 500-like pileups that are common to NASCAR. But it still had to be pretty freaky for Danica Patrick on Sunday when she blew out a tire and suddenly couldn’t see where she was going.
Patrick’s car lost a tire on lap 176 as she was coming out of turn four at the Subway 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway. She bounced hard off the wall and smacked into David Ragan‘s No. 34 car, which sliced open the left side of Patrick’s car. Bits of Patrick’s car start floating all over the track, and Patrick’s hood popped straight open — which, as any car driver, professional or not, knows, left her unable to see a thing.
It wasn’t the rebound that Patrick, who finished eighth at the Daytona 500, was likely looking for. She came back from the crash to finish 39th but had an unmemorable day altogether.
It’s never a fun time, after all, when you’re stuck having to use your mirrors. Check out the crash in the video below.
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March 03, 2013
