Indycar death tonight.

N0ddie

Platinum Member

• Oct 16, 2011

• #1

Not sure if any of you guys watch it but tonight at the season finale of the Indycar championship there was a fifteen car crash where one driver (Dan Weldon) was taken to hospital but died of his injuries.

Totally horrific crash and obviously gutted at the loss of a driver. Just goes to show how dangerous Motorsport can be.

 

Fernandez

Gold Member

• Oct 17, 2011

• #2

A very sad loss.

 

EmmieLou

• Oct 17, 2011

• #3

I've been reading about this this morning, its absolutely horrific.

I'm glad he acheieved his dream before he died, the Brit did well to win the Indy 500 this year for a 2nd time and your thoughts really do go out to all involved.

 

Foxspeed

"the new red baron"

Moderator

• Oct 17, 2011

• #4

indy car or open wheeled racers in america dont have a good record safety wise been a lot of drivers killed......:thumbdown:

 

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Brown bear

• Oct 17, 2011

• #5

foxspeed said:

indy car or open wheeled racers in america dont have a good record safety wise been a lot of drivers killed......:thumbdown:

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Speeds are too high, grids are too big. Especially at Vegas.

 

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sideways danny

• Oct 17, 2011

• #6

Brown bear said:

Speeds are too high, grids are too big. Especially at Vegas.

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they never seem to back off for a second, completely different to F1. It's like a drag race that goes on for 300 miles

 

Giles

• Oct 17, 2011

• #7

very sad.

Same happen to Greg Moore got kill in the finale season 12 year ago.

 

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mikey197

• Oct 18, 2011

• #8

Huge loss to motorsport in the US and my thoughts are with his friends a family

 

Robo_#1

• Oct 20, 2011

• #9

A big loss, and truly devastating for his family I would imagine.

I was in Vegas at the time, I actually saw Dan Wheldon the night before driving down the strip (all the cars were driving up and down the strip). I've pictures and videos somewhere as well (I was going to load em on here once I've got them from the camera). Was going to go the the race but didn't have time on the day.

R.I.P