Danica Patrick’s on-track feud ends in Kansas garage

Landon Cassill, driver of the #83 Burger King Toyota, and Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, spin after an incident in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 21, 2012 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images for NASCAR)
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Landon Cassill, driver of the #83 Burger King Toyota, and Danica Patrick, driver of the #10 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet, spin after an incident in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway on October 21, 2012 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images for NASCAR)

Danica Patrick did not feel very welcomed in her first NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway Sunday.  After being forced to start in the rear of the field due to an engine change, Patrick was slowly working her way forward.

On lap 155 however Patrick’s day came to a premature end. While exiting turn two, Patrick made contact with the No. 83 of Landon Cassill. Patrick appeared to be trying to spin Cassill; instead her Chevy spun down towards the inside of the track then shot back across and into the wall. Her day was done while Cassill continued on.

“You know better than to do that,” her crew chief Greg Zippadelli said on the team radio. MORE>>>

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