Video: Patrick, Stenhouse wreck each other for 2nd time
Right behind her, the No. 17 was being dragged past her stall in the New Hampshire garage.
That would be the car belonging to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – her boyfriend.
For the second time this season, Stenhouse and Patrick connected on the track. Coming off a restart, Patrick lost control and slid sideways into Stenhouse and Travis Kvapil. Patrick and Kvapil were done for the day.
Patrick, who finished 37th, apologized for triggering the accident.
"I just got sideways and there is nothing you can do," she said. "The worst part is that you know, obviously, I didn't want to take anybody with me. I feel bad. What can I say? We were having a reasonable race and just didn't mean to do it."
Stenhouse took the high road and refused to blame Patrick.
"I've been wrecked before and wrecked people myself," he said. "Fortunately, we have been able to finish a lot of these races and that is what has kept us in the points of where we are."