Over the weekend, warrior princess and race car rookie sensation Danica Patrick bitch-slapped fellow driver Jaques Lazier for driving like a girl. At least, that was Jaques initial story before he changed it and then announced that his four-year-old son hits harder.
"So you're telling me that Jaques is saying he got beat up by a girl?" Danica asked.
The bad juju between the two was caused by a crash in the Toyota Indy 400 as their cars came together, spun, and slammed into a wall. Danica suffered a sore left elbow while Jaques was not injured. But each blamed the other for the crash that set up the dramatic finish. Tempers flared and the two had to be separated.
That's when Danica tapped Jaques in the temple and told him to use his head. Jaques remember the encounter differently.
"That's not the way I wanted to finish my season," Danica said later. "I was on my radio all day about him. He was all over the track even when he was running by himself. No wonder he jumps around from team to team. Needless to say, I'm pretty frustrated."
Jaques said it was Danica who was the one at fault for the crash: "She didn't want to give me any room. It's hugely misplaced at this level of racing to have an attitude like that," he said. "The only thing I can say is she's thinks showtime. She's been on Letterman and all that other stuff. I guess she thinks she's bigger than the whole rest of the series."
The reply shows Lazier was the driver at fault.
