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RIP Dan Wheldon
Non-Beer Discussion by FARGINGBASTIGE6
A tragic day for the Wheldon family, Indy fans, race fans. I've been to a few Indy races at Barber Motorsports Park in Leeds, AL (near Birmingham) and have really enjoyed it. The only thing I can say is that he died doing something he was truly passionate about and enjoyed.
13 years ago
SLOWRUNNER77
84439
Not really a race fan, but this just sucks. My prayers go out to his family and friends. It was obvious by the reaction of the others drivers this guy was well liked.
SUDSMCDUFF
62727
it is sad.. quite the pileup, lucky more people weren't hurt. but driving in circles can be dangerous!
Ugly, ugly incident. Too many cars going too fast on a small circuit (34 here vs 33 at Indy, which is a mile longer and far wider). Could have easily lost more than one. Plus, as Robin Miller said on Sunday night, some of these younger drivers are far too comfortable; they've never faced the death of a competitor. Really enjoyed the moron who called in and said they should've kept racing because that's what Wheldon would have wanted. Uh huh. Sure.