Danica Patrick Argues With Milka Duno
Danica Patrick and Milka Duno fight in the pits after an on track incident at the Honda Indy 200…
The catfight between Danica Patrick and Milka Duno was priceless…Danica was in 11th place during morning practice at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and apparently wasn’t happy about Milka’s behavior. So Danica gets out of her car and walks right up to Milka and confronts her about getting in her way several times during the practice…Are you kidding me? Can you imagine Felipe Massa confronting Lewis Hamilton after a race because he cut him off on the track? Pa-leeze Danica-you don’t own the course…Milka may have less experience, but she certainly has been around the track a few times…In the least she deserves a little respect? She holds the record for the highest finish for a female driver in the 24 Hours of Daytona, is a former model, started racing when she was 24 and just so happens to hold Masters Degrees in Organizational Development, Naval Architecture, Maritime Business and Marine Biology…Yet most people still don’t know who she is…Danica, on the other hand, has plastered herself all over the pages of Maxim Magazine during her racing career-unlike Milka who hung up her leopard lingerie before going behind the wheel…sure, Milka’s career has slowly lost traction while Danica’s has gained momentum, peeking with her win at the Indy Japan 300 earlier this year…and I must admit, if I were Milka I might be a wee-bit jealous and fed-up with Danica’s attitude and yes, I would have slapped her when she said “I can’t help it if you’re slow.” Granted I don’t know Indy cars, so I cant say who is the more talented driver, but I do have much more respect for Milka than I do for (sorry kids) Princess Danica.
Unless, of course, this was all just a clever PR stunt…
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on July 20th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
hey just so ya know… its common courtesy to let someone that is running faster go by in practice. it is considered EXTREMELY bad form to not let someone by… if you saw what she did to danica intentionally in the corner was not acceptable… especially in practice could have damaged 2 multi million dollar cars… now i dont like danica but she was actually right.
on July 20th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I agree that it was in extremely bad form. However…my issue was more with the way Danica handled it. Of course Milka saw her, so why would Danica feel it necessary to confront her camera-she already knows Milka doesnt like her. Just seemed a bit over the top and antagonistic. Plus, I love the fire in Milka and this makes for a great rivalry.
on July 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
yeah danica probably should have just gone through the owners… but to be a good driver you have to sorta be nuts
which is what danica is.
what is sad is people are giving danica a hard time for responding in the wrong way and Milka is given a free pass for doing something that is NOT acceptable in ANY level of racing… i have seen the argument about 5 times but only Sportscenter showed why danica got mad…. pathetic the level of our journalism today
on July 21st, 2008 at 8:04 am
Again, I couldn’t agree with you more Manoftheisland…other writers and myself discuss the pathetic level of journalism everyday. Its disgusting and getting worse. Danica is running with the big boys and is the first credible ‘female’ threat to the sport-if she hiccups too loudly its gonna make news…for me, it doesn’t really matter what Milka did to Danica during practice-rude-yes, unacceptable-yes, but Im willing to bet this happens all the time? Danica didn’t need to throw a hissy-fit-generally-associated-with-her’gender’ to give the male-dominated sport any more fodder-and Milka laughing in Danica’s face was the ultimate uh-bitch slap, no? Sorry to say, Danica created this one herself…but if I can find a video of what Milka did, I will post it in efforts to give people the larger picture.