Fairer Sex Crying Foul: Bristol Issues for Danica Patrick, Jennifer Jo Cobb

It was a rough afternoon for female drivers Danica Patrick and Jennifer Jo Cobb at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday to say the least. Patrick’s much anticipated short track debut ended with a hard wreck, while Cobb’s day ended before she ever got behind the wheel. After getting lapped twice early in the event, Patrick had settled into a spot inside the top 20. She weathered a few taps and bumps and appeared headed to a respectable Bristol debut. At Lap 247, that all changed. Patrick exited Turn 2 alongside Ryan Truex, the two made contact, and Partrick ended up slamming hard into the outside wall. Replays showed that Truex did come down on Patrick, but Danica didn’t exactly leave him a lot of room by the wall either. In wha...

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