Danica Patrick vs. Milka Duno Catfight Video: "It's Not My Fault You're Slow!"

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While I know it isn't NASCAR, it's still fun to watch two female drivers in the IRL IndyCar Series get after it. As we talked about Saturday, Danica Patrick and Milka Duno had a bit of tiff on pit lane after practice for Sunday's race at Mid-Ohio.

Today, we've got the video. Finally.

In the flick, you'll get to see what led to the confrontation on pit road between Danica and Milka. Judge for yourself, but to me I can understand fully why Danica would be so ticked.

Danica initially vents about the incident to her team, and later, she decides to head down pit road to find out whether or not Milka actually saw her. That, my friends, is when the action gets fun.

Danica brings the words, Milka brings the towel. Cha-Ching!

Click the link below to check out the video.

I'm trying to pick the best line of the entire confrontation and I keep going back to the bomb that Danica dropped with "It's not my fault you're slow!"

The brutal honesty in that statement is just awesome.

Duno is nothing short of a rolling road block in the series (she finished 23rd on Sunday, 6 laps down) and in the video above when they showed the two drivers on track, it was very apparent that Milka was either 1) blocking Danica intentionally or 2) running out of talent by not looking in her mirrors.

So was Danica right to be mad? You bet.

Danica, as I see it, was the only driver in that situation acting like a professional. She didn't grab anyone, didn't start yelling, and didn't act like Milka.

She should have slapped back, especially after Duno throw the towel in her face not once, but twice. At that point though, that video turns a little painful as Danica launches into full whine mode. With the high-pitched "What the hell?" and the "I just want to talk to her", Danica loses her case right there.

Have no fear though, as Danica brings it right back on Milka (after Duno repeatedly tells Danica to leave) with the "How am I [going to pass you] when we're in the f***ing corner and you cut down?"

You go Danica, break out the big girl words!

If I'm Danica (I'm not, I kind of lack racing ability and good looks), I'm either throwing a water bottle at Milka's face at that point, jumping over the wall, or breaking something in the pit area. Instead, she just walked away calmly -- hopefully to plot revenge.

We can only hope, right?

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-21-2008 @ 1:30PM

Bud t said...

You go Danica slap that fat lipped no talent bit...h in the head....She thinks shes hot.....not, But you are and YOU can drive

7-26-2008 @ 12:19AM

SpunOut4Him said...

If Danica can drive and Milka is slow, why then couldn't Danica pass her? God forbid Danica actually have to work to make a pass like every other real driver does.

Love how Danica threatened to tell her daddy, er, Brian Barnhart on Milka when Milka threw the towel in her face. What a crybaby. She's lucky Milka didn't throw a fist in her face.

7-21-2008 @ 1:50PM

mbyte84 said...

Danica got told.

She went over ready to start a screaming match with Milka, but her tone quickly changed when she had the towel thrown at her face. Danica than slows down and becomes more conciliatory, "I just wanted to talk".

Milka 1 , Danica 0

7-21-2008 @ 3:50PM

Insidious said...

Danica stormed in while placing her "water bottle" on the counter - some videos about this incident don't start from this film point. That, along with her tone of voice, created the animosity for the rest... In a work situation like this, Danica should have approached her work associate in a discreet and calm manner.

Not good to offend sensibilities and make insidious comments.

7-21-2008 @ 11:10PM

Urban Barbie said...

Danica had no busineess going to Milka's pit area. Not only did she go to her area, she came with a bad verbal attitude. Danica was caught off guard when Milka let her have it.

Be careful what you choose to step into. That said, girls still rule!

7-22-2008 @ 1:26AM

anna seitter said...

BOO HOO-BOO HOO -BOO HOO-BOO HOO, SOME OF THE COMMENTS I READ ABOVE ARE RIDICOLOUS.
After viewing the video 3 times now, if i was in danica's place, after the towel or whatever got throwed twice at me ,the water bottle and whatever else available would smashed in the little beaneather milkey face with all my power and if she would kept up her face by now would require plastic surgery. The milk BTH was as slow as the ants like usual and she should have gotten the hell out of the way. As hot head as she sometimes is, i can't believe danica walked away like a calm professional
role model lady. Towels do not work for me....

7-22-2008 @ 9:50AM

Kim said...

I must defend Danica here. I have a personality very similar to hers, especially when men talk down to me or treat me poorly. If I have something to say to someone, I say it. I, like Danica would have mulled the situation over for a few minutes and probably done the exact same thing with one difference.....I would NOT have sounded like a whiney girl by any means and I always try to talk down to a person that has ticked me off by using educated words, not foul language. :-) Other than that, you go girl!

Kim

7-22-2008 @ 12:34PM

Susan said...

Male race car drivers argue too. I guess it's a big deal because it was Danica arguing with a woman this time.

I never watch IRL races but it seems that I see a lot of video of Danica arguing with the other drivers. I see no problem with that. But when she grabs another drivers arm and those types of things then she has crossed the line. Everyone knows that if a man driver does anything back then he'll be accused of abusing a woman.

I think the arguing is fine and the IRL should penalize Danica when she crosses the line.

JMO

7-23-2008 @ 3:19PM

SUSAN, before the lately beaneater girl , DANICA has had only 2 previous arguements with other drivers Bryan briscoe about 2 months ago and DAN WELDER last year. That's all.
Maybe some reporter has been inflaming her altercations.
3years running in INDY 3 hot situations.Is it enough to compare her with my tony stewart body? Ya all be the judge.
works for me... OOPS it may be weldon and he does weld altercations for others, he done it before between TONY KANAN and SAM HORNEY.

7-23-2008 @ 8:53PM

I WAS VIEWING DANICA'S VIDEOS here on the fanhouse and one of them said to go to NOER.COM. i DID and there they were 83 video's about various drivers. ONE of them was titled :
THE CAT FIGHT BETWEEN DANICA AND ASLEY FORCE, (something i had never heard of). I play the video and, the all video is about a commercial for " CHANELSHIET . COM". NOTHING about danica or ashley. ASHLEY IS NOT EVEN IN INDY RACING; she is in drag racing foolish me for watching.
Up above the danica altercation inflating was only a suspicion of mine. Now i know is fact. It's on YOUTUBED , but have to click on NOER.COM to get to it for whoever is in terested.

7-26-2008 @ 12:31AM

Geoffrey: Are you serious? And I quote, "Danica, as I see it, was the only driver in that situation acting like a professional. She didn't grab anyone, didn't start yelling, and didn't act like Milka."

On what planet exactly is going up to someone and saying, "You have no f***ing idea what you are doing out there considered 'acting like a professional'?

As far as how Milka acted... 1) Danica is lucky she only got the towel in her face and not a fist and 2) she was only giving back the attitude she was getting from Princess Danica. You reap what you sow and if you act like a witch, don't be surprised when you get treated like one.

All that said, Danica got exactly what she wanted out of that situation. More attention. I guess if she can't get it by doing something on-track to deserve it, she might as well resort to throwing tantrums.

7-26-2008 @ 1:25AM

DANICA COULD NOT PASS BECAUSE THE SLOW GRANMOM
MILKSHAKE DRIVER KEPT ON BLOCKING HER AND BLOCKING IS ALLOWED IN NASCAR NOT INDY RACING. It's illegal in indy. THAT'S why danica had 100% rights to bitch and complaint.
DANICA had no need to tell her daddy BARNHARDT about the towel. ONLY YOU HEARD THAT. The all country saw the towel throw twice on video and so did barnhardt.

7-26-2008 @ 12:05PM

Let me bust out the Anna to English dictionary.

1) It was practice. Therefore, it was not blocking.

2) Danica has been called a menace and penalized for blocking others in racing. She thinks it's fine for her to do it but she continually bitches and whines when it gets done to her.

3) And bullspit I'm the only one that heard her say she was going to tell Barnhart on Milka. If you've managed to figure out YouTube, check out the last 5 or so seconds of this video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=frcOogBzSY8

7-27-2008 @ 6:19AM

SPIN OUT, FIRST off, nobody is busting anybody here.
So what if it was practice. BLOCKING in INDY , is not allowed period because with those cars it's exteremely dangerous to do so. In the past drivers have got hurt and even died because blocking accident .The same rule is enforced in formula 1 also.
QUESTION TO YOU : AT 180 TO 220 MPH 1 CAR BLOCKS ANOTHER AND THE CAR IN BACK REAR ENDS THE FRONT ONE and both go flying. Q... what defference does it make if it was done during practice or racing??? Now be realistic; it's dangeruous in both cases that's why is illegal, PERIOD.
I viewed the exact same video that you did plentty of times.
Danica arrived to what's her face pit with a frustrated attitude; yes i saw that but i never heard the F ... word.It was something else. At the end of tape the only think i heard about earnhardt
i mean BARNHARDT, was the word BARNHARDT. I could be
lying and say i never even heard BARNHARDT but what for?
AIN'T LIKE I'M GOING TO LOOSE A MIL if you are correct and i'm not.NO LOSS either way. uNLESS YOU GOT nsa/fbi/cia electronic filters equipment to separate danicas voice from all those crew member shouting at same time something and the mlikey girl screaming out of her longs broken english, I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU HEARD about DANICA saying that she was going to BARNHARDT? I REALLY DID NOT and i had my daugther listen to the tape and she did not either.
Only you heard because no one else has said anything about that.HOW YOU HEARD? i DO NOT KNOW UNLESS I'M RIGHT ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC FILTERS.
NOW ipotetically speaking: even if you are correct and she did say she was going to the principal? OK, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT ?WHAT DO YOU EXPECT HER TO DO IF THE MILKSHAKE did not want to listen a word and just kept on yelling and screaming? Suppose danica would jump the counter and knock the beaneater to the ground?. Suppose as soon as the MILK girl throw the towels , danica reaction would been what many other women or guys do: and that's TARGET
the EGG NOG chick face with everything and anything available around danica onthe counter and wherever else?
WOULD YOU have liked that kind of reaction better?
Or would you now be on this pages exposing how violent hot head danica is ? I know the answer but i prefer you to reply to the question, and by the way , i would had not been as mellow as danica if a towel or whatever else, had targeted me.
Hasta la vista senor. La muchacia venezuelana este mujo nerbiosa e un pochito loca. Sii senor non me gusta la milka duno.

7-28-2008 @ 8:06AM

Charlie said...

Danica is such a great driver she almost killed another pit crew just trying to leave the pits. That has to be one of the worst driving blunders in history.

7-28-2008 @ 8:21AM

Should Danica's teammate run down to her pit because she wouldn't move over and let him by. Can he help it because she is slow, There have been many instances when she blocked other drivers. Swap car's between Danic and Milka and Milka will be out running her. Driving an Andretta car gives her a huge advantage over the other female drivers. What is one of the men going to do when she charges into their pits. Nothing. And she knows it. If she really wanted to do something besides mouthing Milka gave her the oppurtunity and she backed down. She's just a spoiled little girl who has been given one of the best rides in Indy car racing.

7-29-2008 @ 1:03AM

REALLY? ......in her first year at indy RACING, danica FINISHED 4th in the indyanapolis 500 driving for david lettermann/rayhal team. 4 afinish that some drivers would pay big $$$$ to achieve and a milion$$ to win it.
Was the lettermann/rayhal team, the best TEAM of indy racing??. Not even close. SHE started at ANDRETTI/GREEN
RACING last year, and only than she got one of the best rides. The top 5's and the win few weeks ago showes it.
MILKA DUNO driving fast in another team?
GIVE AS ALL A BRAKE. MY 73 YEAR OLD MOTHER WILL SMOKE HER IN A CLOUD OF DUST.

7-29-2008 @ 7:53PM

android said...

Anyone who think Danica Patrick is hot has been spending way too many hours watching cars go in circles. Fact is, she is an average looking youngish woman in a male dominated sport, who can only get tough with another woman driver. In my circles, she is a 4 out of 10, one step above a dog. Her behavior is that of a dirty PIG!

7-29-2008 @ 9:42PM

and the behavior of the milkshake girl is that of a jelous bully
and an infuriated beast. Oops, this time it's the yogurt girl not milkshake.