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INDIANAPOLIS -- The 93rd running of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing lived up to the billing on Sunday with wild action (eight caution periods), a historic finish (Danica Patrick's third place) and a popular victory (Helio Castroneves' third Indy win).

Here's a look at some other storylines from Sunday's Indianapolis 500:

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Ryan Hunter-Reay wasn't fast enough to earn a spot in next Sunday's Indianapolis 500 as he exited Turn 4 on his final lap of qualifying Sunday at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

But somehow, someway, the 28-year-old Floridian conjured up just enough speed in the final few seconds -- the final hundred yards -- to make the field by three hundredths of a second (.03) bumping out Canadian Alex Tagliani, who was sitting in his car, next in line to qualify, as the traditional gun shot sounded ending qualifications.

While I know it isn't NASCAR, it's still fun to watch two female drivers in the IRL IndyCar Series get after it. As we talked about Saturday, Danica Patrick and Milka Duno had a bit of tiff on pit lane after practice for Sunday's race at Mid-Ohio.

Today, we've got the video. Finally.

In the flick, you'll get to see what led to the confrontation on pit road between Danica and Milka. Judge for yourself, but to me I can understand fully why Danica would be so ticked.

Danica initially vents about the incident to her team, and later, she decides to head down pit road to find out whether or not Milka actually saw her. That, my friends, is when the action gets fun.

Danica brings the words, Milka brings the towel. Cha-Ching!

Click the link below to check out the video.

While I don't really know if "catty" is a valid word in this situation, it seemed like the best description of the confrontation Saturday afternoon at Mid-Ohio.

Two of the IRL IndyCar Series' female drivers, the always-involved Danica Patrick and the always-at-the-back-of-the-pack Milka Duno (occasionally pronounced Milk 'n' Donuts) had some sort of a tiff during a practice session at the road course track.

Or, as the Indianapolis Star's Curt Cavin called it, "an ugly exchange":

Danica Patrick's decision to confront Milka Duno about her driving today at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course led to an ugly exchange between the only two female drivers in the IndyCar Series.

Patrick went to the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing pit box after the morning practice to complain about her struggles to pass Duno, but Duno did not like Patrick's style. [...]

On a video shot by a friend of Duno's and shown to The Star, Duno told Patrick on several occasions to "go away." When Patrick didn't leave immediately, Duno twice threw a towel in Patrick's direction, prompting Patrick to use foul language before the minute-long incident ended.

Kitty say meow!

What? Danica Patrick said some naughty words? Shizzam! And Duno threw a towel? Wow!

Driven By Estrogen

At Kansas Speedway this weekend, female race car drivers will make history with seven of them competing on the same track.

IRL's Got Milka

Behind the open wheel of an Indy car for only the second time, Venezuelan Milka Duno passed the IRL rookie test on Thursday to receive her series license.

The former sports car racer's start in Sunday's Kansas Lottery Indy 300 makes her the first Latina to compete in the series and part of the first three-female IRL event in history along with Sarah Fisher and Danica Patrick.

Pretty sure Duno's still the only Naval Engineer with four Master's Degrees from any country--male or female--driving in any racing league.

Impressive resume. Easy on the eyes, too, huh guys?