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AVONDALE, Ariz. - Danica Patrick wrecked just past the halfway point of the Sprint Cup race at Phoenix Sunday and her frustration apparently didn't wane over the final half of the race.

Patrick, angry at Justin Allgaier for contact on Lap 171, made a beeline for Allgaier after the race. They talked behind Allgaier's car in the cramped garage for three or four minutes. It appeared to be a somewhat animated, tense conversation. Patrick then left Phoenix International Raceway without comment.

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"She was just upset because she got involved in the crash that we had," Allgaier said. "She said she's been through this and that she felt like I needed to settle down at that point.

"I explained my position on why everything happened. I think she understood where I was coming from. It doesn't fix either one of our racecars; it doesn't fix either one of our days."

Patrick was furious with Allgaier at the time of the accident, telling her team on her in-car radio: "The damn 51 was driving like a complete jackass. I'm not at all surprised we wrecked."

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Less than 20 laps after the accident, Patrick had a tire go down and wrecked again. She finished five laps down in 36th; Allgaier, a Cup rookie, ended up three laps down in 30th.

"I tried to leave enough room for them to not have to jam on the brakes and not get wrecked from behind and obviously wasn't anticipating the inside row checking up as much as they did," Allgaier said.

"We went into the corner and went to the outside and passed her and the 34 (of David Ragan) and got by both of them and was just trying to get back in line and get going and unfortunately the end result is what it is."

Patrick issued a statement through her team spokesmen after the race.

"It's tough," Patrick said in a statement. "That's two weeks in a row we've had good cars and nothing to show for it. The car was good all day, we just needed track position. I'm starting to think if we didn't have bad luck, we'd have no luck at all. The GoDaddy guys built me a great car for the second week in a row. I hate it for them and I hate it for GoDaddy. This is obviously an important race for them. Hopefully things turn around in Las Vegas."

Having crashed in back-to-back races to open the 2014 seasoan leaves Patrick 41st in owner points after two races. After the third race of the season, 2014 owner points are used to help determine the field each week, determining the final seven spots in the field with the top 36 in qualifying getting in on speed. Another bad race and Patrick could be in danger of missing races.