Sprint Cup rookie was cleared after a hard crash at Phoenix International Raceway last weekend left her with a headache and sore neck. 
Danica Patrick says she was hit in the head by a rock while watching a dirt track race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) Story Highlights - Driver says it knocked her to the ground
- She was wearing a hat, or else Patrick says she probably would have bled
- She was attending a dirt track race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
LAS VEGAS — As if a headache and sore neck following a hard crash in last week's Phoenix race wasn't bad enough for Danica Patrick, her night as a dirt track race fan could have been better.
Patrick, attending a race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track, took a rock to the head on Thursday night, she said Friday.
DANICA: Patrick in hard crash at Phoenix
"I feel like I have a concussion from last night," she said, joking. "It's really sore. It hit me straight in the head. Good thing I had a hat on, or I feel like there would have been blood."
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Patrick's boyfriend, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., owns the Stenhouse Jr. Racing team and fields dirt cars.
As for Phoenix, where Patrick blew a tire, sending her car hard into the wall, the Sprint Cup Series rookie said she experienced a sore neck for the first time after a crash.
Patrick said she did not believe she had a concussion — "I really felt fine," she said — and was cleared by the medical staff.
"I told them, I said, 'I had a headache on Sunday night and on Monday my neck was sore,' " and they said, 'Well, it sounds like it could have been worse and we're glad you're OK,' " she said.
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Danica Patrick and David Ragan crash on the front stretch during the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Douglas Jones, USA TODAY Sports Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick crashes on the front stretch during the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Douglas Jones, USA TODAY Sports Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick sits up against the wall after a wreck during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jared Wickerham, Getty Images Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Safety officials work on Danica Patrick's car after a wreck during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jared Wickerham, Getty Images Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick and David Ragan sit idle on the track after a crash during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jared Wickerham, Getty Images Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick walks to the ambulance after crashing on the front stretch during the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Douglas Jones, USA TODAY Sports Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick is tended to by safety crew members after crashing during the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick is tended to by safety crew members after crashing during the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
Danica Patrick's car is towed off the track after crashing at the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Jonathan Ferrey, Getty Images Related story Fullscreen ![None]()
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Danica Patrick says she was hit in the head by a rock while watching a dirt track race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports) LAS VEGAS — As if a headache and sore neck following a hard crash in last week's Phoenix race wasn't bad enough for Danica Patrick, her night as a dirt track race fan could have been better. Patrick, attending a race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt track, took a rock to the head on Thursday night, she said Friday. DANICA: Patrick in hard crash at Phoenix "I feel like I have a concussion from last night," she said, joking. "It's really sore. It hit me straight in the head. Good thing I had a hat on, or I feel like there would have been blood." PHOTOS: Danica Patrick's NASCAR career Patrick's boyfriend, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., owns the Stenhouse Jr. Racing team and fields dirt cars. As for Phoenix, where Patrick blew a tire, sending her car hard into the wall, the Sprint Cup Series rookie said she experienced a sore neck for the first time after a crash. Patrick said she did not believe she had a concussion — "I really felt fine," she said — and was cleared by the medical staff. "I told them, I said, 'I had a headache on Sunday night and on Monday my neck was sore,' " and they said, 'Well, it sounds like it could have been worse and we're glad you're OK,' " she said. PHOTOS: Danica Patrick's Phoenix crash Story Highlights
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