Dan Wheldon ... RIP
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Dan Wheldon ... RIP
If you have not heard. Dan Wheldon, the Indi 500 winner had a fatal crash at LV race today. What a sad day for the racing community. I have to say this ... stop racing the dangerous oval. It is accident waiting to happen traveling at 220 mph all the time in a pack. Road race like F-1 is more suitable for open wheel race car ... and safer in many aspect.
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Rip. Wish it's easy to say that it's going at those speeds that u likely die if it happens but it could happen to neone on track at lesser speeds. Sad. Condolescenses to the family. Mike
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If you have not heard. Dan Wheldon, the Indi 500 winner had a fatal crash at LV race today. What a sad day for the racing community. I have to say this ... stop racing the dangerous oval. It is accident waiting to happen traveling at 220 mph all the time in a pack. Road race like F-1 is more suitable for open wheel race car ... and safer in many aspect.
I agree with the statement above. Running constantly around 200MPH next to concrete walls makes no sense. I guess it mimics interstate driving. Backroad driving with twisties and turns, ups and downs, fast and slow is a lot more fun and safer and F1, ALMS, Grand-Am proves that.
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wasn't this race supposed to be 200 laps?
even in a tin-top, the oval is frightening. it's sorta pointless, like it's designed in roman times to be a battle with the last man standing, as the winner. where is the technique? is it just a matter of survival?
dan was due to share a v8 supercar drive with reigning champ, james courtney, in aus in the coming weeks. RIP
even in a tin-top, the oval is frightening. it's sorta pointless, like it's designed in roman times to be a battle with the last man standing, as the winner. where is the technique? is it just a matter of survival?
dan was due to share a v8 supercar drive with reigning champ, james courtney, in aus in the coming weeks. RIP
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Dan Wheldon RIP!
I agree with the statement above. Running constantly around 200MPH next to concrete walls makes no sense. I guess it mimics interstate driving. Backroad driving with twisties and turns, ups and downs, fast and slow is a lot more fun and safer and F1, ALMS, Grand-Am proves that.
I agree with the statement above. Running constantly around 200MPH next to concrete walls makes no sense. I guess it mimics interstate driving. Backroad driving with twisties and turns, ups and downs, fast and slow is a lot more fun and safer and F1, ALMS, Grand-Am proves that.
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Yeah, this one really bugged me and my wife also. Very sad. I tuned in and everyone was just sitting around...some crying. Racing is the real deal in any format. I hit a tire wall last year with the pinata at RA...happened so fast I didn't have time to brake. All I had was a bruised shoulder from the harness. It's amazing how well protected we are, but certainly not invincible. Blessings to his family. He will be sorely missed. But, I concur, bad format for this race at such high speeds.
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