IRL rules make for dangerous driving

With 100% throttle driving, the same engines, the same chassis and the same tires, the IRL formula produces artificially close racing. That results in a lot of accidents (open wheel cars usually crash when they touch). It also results in some weaving and blocking to keep a competitor from slingshotting past. This Express Times article talks about Danica Patrick's complaints about drivers Tomas Scheckter and Tony Kanaan during the Meijer 300 IndyCar race in Kentucky Sunday. Kanaan blocked Patrick to prevent her from passing….could there be a bit of jealously there given Patrick will drive with Kanaan next year for AGR and she comes in with a $21 million sponsorship and she will be the 'star' of the team immediately?