PATRICK SPARS WITH COMPETITOR.Byline: A.J. Perez Staff Writer FONTANA - Danica Patrick Danica Sue Patrick (born March 25, 1982 in Beloit, Wisconsin) is an American auto racing driver competing in the IndyCar Series. She is from an Irish-American family and was raised in Roscoe, Illinois. didn't hold back words - or perhaps one of her fists - after she got tangled up with Jaques Lazier Jaques Lazier is an Indy Racing League driver born January 25, 1971 in Denver, Colorado and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier. The younger Lazier ran in U.S. late in Sunday's Toyota Indy 400 at California Speedway The California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of "sister track" Michigan International Speedway. It is located approximately 40 miles east of Los Angeles on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. . ``The first person I saw after the accident was Jaques and that wasn't a good thing,'' said Patrick, who blamed Lazier for the Turn 2 mishap that knocked both from the race with 15 laps remaining. ``I confronted him. I told him how I felt. I was mad at him.'' But sometime during the ride to the infield care center in the back of an IRL 1. (jargon, chat) IRL - In real life. Generally synonymous with f2f. 2. (language, robotics) IRL - Industrial Robot Language. safety vehicle, Patrick evidently took it up a notch. The 23-year-old IRL rookie struck Lazier in the face. The driver of the SUV had to stop briefly to tend to the situation, which reverted back to verbal sparring as they circled the track. ``My son hits harder than she does,'' chided Lazier, whose son Kayden is 4. Lazier, a resident of Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. , didn't offer any further details and said he's going to let IRL officials handle it.
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