All eyes were on Sarah Fisher chasing Danica Patrick midway through Saturday night’s IndyCar Series race at Kentucky Speedway, and the popular drivers gave them something to see.
As Fisher tried to pass Patrick on the high side down the front straightaway, their cars touched slightly, sending tire smoke into the air and a hush through the crowd.
Somehow, they kept their cars rolling straight.
“A big-time shake (of the car),” Patrick said of the impact on lap 81.
Unlike the spat Patrick got into with Milka Duno last month at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, no fingers were pointed. Patrick said she wanted to see a replay of the incident before she could understand what happened and comment on it.
“But I held my line from what I felt inside the car,” she said.
Fisher called it “good racing,” not unlike what both have experienced in go-karts. “I’ve seen (Tony) Kanaan and Helio (Castroneves) do that all the time,” she said.
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