After successfully becoming the first woman to ever win an Indy racing event, Danica Patrick also became the first woman to ever almost kill a guy in the pit. Well, we don’t have the actually statistical information to back that up, but we’ll go out on a ledge and say we’re right. We do it 45 times a day anyway.

Just before rain interrupted practice for the third consecutive day, veteran crew member Chuck Buckman, a former co-owner of PDM Racing who recently joined Dale Coyne Racing to be the chief mechanic for rookie Mario Moraes’ car, was struck by both of Danica Patrick’s left-side tires and knocked to pit road. Buckman, 63, who lives in Indianapolis, was walking toward Marco Andretti’s parked car when he appeared to see Patrick’s car diving into her pit box. Buckman stumbled and his left leg was clipped by her left front tire, knocking him in the air.

His head then hit her rear tire before he hit the ground. Buckman suffered a concussion, scalp and facial abrasions but was awake and alert Friday night at Methodist Hospital.

Screw the joke. Check out the video:

Danica Patrick’s car hits crew member [Indy Star]
Image [The Star]
Video [YouTube]