Having said that, there is clearly some sort of double standard in play and it was on full display this weekend.
Had a male driver taken out two women drivers on a caution lap, and finished fourth, he probably wouldn't have appeared on every morning news show the next day to great adulation.
I'm trying to think back, did they have Roberto Guerrero on after wiping out the whole row? What about Paul Tracy? For a while there he was trashing vehicles left and right. There have been a lot of guys over the years that have caused wrecks that trashed cars. Not sure if they interviewed them all.
Very telling that this is what you remember most about her debut 500.