Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick, pictured, took offense to alleged in-race actions by driver David Gilliland. Creative Commons

Even in Nascar, workplace relationships can turn sour. Danica Patrick, 31, driving the #10 car, collided with Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., 25, driving the #17 car as well as Brad Keselowski, 29, who was driving the #2 car at Sunday's CocaCola 600 in Charlotte, N.C.

The trio were driving three-wide entering a turn, when Stenhouse became trapped on the bottom of the racetrack. Patrick and Keselowski were aligned above him on the outside of the track. Stenhouse, her boyfriend, wrecked Danica Patrick after he made contact with her race car trying to keep his on-course. Patrick and Keselowski were sent up into the outside wall after Patrick in-turn nudged Keselowski after being pushed by Stenhouse.

"I cut her off and wrecked her and myself," recounted Keselowski, who said he didn't see Danica Patrick about to collide with him until it was too late.

Patrick and Stenhouse were unavailable for comment following the race. Patrick and Keselowski finished in the bottom half of the grid, and Danica reportedly ignored the bevy of press around her car at the close of the CocaCola 600 event.

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In a statement released through her team, Patrick said that she "felt like we were making good progress and starting to get the car to a place that was really good, and had an accident." Patrick drives for Stewart-Haas Racing.

Kevin Harvick ended up winning the Memorial Day weekend event: one that was unexpectedly filled with similar wrecks.

At one point, Mark Martin contacted Aric Almirola while Martin was attempting to gain the "lucky dog" free-pass position. Almirola and veteran Jeff Gordon ended up crashing along with Martin.

Kurt Busch and Dale Earnhardt, Jr., two other veteran drivers experiences somewhat-unfamiliar engine trouble that damaged their standings in the Sprint Cup race.

The next race for this field of drivers is the FedEx 400 in Dover, Del. on June 2.

See Danica & Ricky's crash below:

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