R.I.P. Dan Wheldon (11)

Oct 16, 2011 5:55 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
baldydude
baldydudebaldydudefermoy, Cork Ireland164 Threads 4,643 Posts
another sad day for motorsports with the loss of Dan Wheldon, a 33 year old british born racing driver, who lost his live this evening during an indy racing league race at the las vegas motor speedway in a horrendous hi speed crash involving 15 cars.

R.I.P. sad flower
Oct 16, 2011 5:57 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
unouwantme2
unouwantme2unouwantme2pussyville, Tipperary Ireland144 Threads 4,470 Posts
baldydude: another sad day for motorsports with the loss of Dan Wheldon, a 33 year old british born racing driver, who lost his live this evening during an indy racing league race at the las vegas motor speedway in a horrendous hi speed crash involving 15 cars.

R.I.P.
just saw the crash, horrific to say the least R.I.P
Oct 16, 2011 6:08 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
baldydude
baldydudebaldydudefermoy, Cork Ireland164 Threads 4,643 Posts
unouwantme2: just saw the crash, horrific to say the least R.I.P
just watched it again on youtube, its unreal the way the cars were flung through the air, its like something u'd see in a playstation game but think its impossible to happen for real blues sigh
Oct 16, 2011 6:10 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
unouwantme2
unouwantme2unouwantme2pussyville, Tipperary Ireland144 Threads 4,470 Posts
baldydude: just watched it again on youtube, its unreal the way the cars were flung through the air, its like something u'd see in a playstation game but think its impossible to happen for real
ye my taughts exactly... actually lucky there wasnt more killed
Oct 17, 2011 3:46 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
WESTERNSTAR1
WESTERNSTAR1WESTERNSTAR1†_ °_†, Cork Ireland8 Threads 5 Polls 3,490 Posts
baldydude: another sad day for motorsports with the loss of Dan Wheldon, a 33 year old british born racing driver, who lost his live this evening during an indy racing league race at the las vegas motor speedway in a horrendous hi speed crash involving 15 cars.

R.I.P.
sad flower f1 cars on a indy track ? why not race on a f1 track.alot safer dunno
Oct 17, 2011 3:48 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
Seen the crash a few times and the TV keep replaying it.

Very sad.

RIP sad flower
Oct 17, 2011 3:50 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
kingdog
kingdogkingdogcork, Cork Ireland9 Threads 2 Polls 27 Posts
RIP Dan.He died doing what he loved.He was one of the most talented drivers of his generation and its a pity that we didnt see more of his talents on this side of the world
Oct 17, 2011 3:51 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
salanky
salankysalankydublin, Dublin Ireland90 Threads 1 Polls 9,888 Posts
WESTERNSTAR1: f1 cars on a indy track ? why not race on a f1 track.alot safer
nothing safe about driving anything at speed on a track with other people regardless of weather its an oval or has corners and straights dunno

RIP and best wishes to those who were also injured in the other cars, doubt many walked away unscathed sad flower
Oct 17, 2011 3:53 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
unouwantme2
unouwantme2unouwantme2pussyville, Tipperary Ireland144 Threads 4,470 Posts
only realised 2day he has a wife and young kids.. last race of the season and all an 4 that to happen
Oct 17, 2011 4:51 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
baldydude
baldydudebaldydudefermoy, Cork Ireland164 Threads 4,643 Posts
WESTERNSTAR1: f1 cars on a indy track ? why not race on a f1 track.alot safer
sorry, but they are not F1 cars, indy car oval racing celebrated its 100th anniversary this year so they are actually older than F1 racing, also the indy cars are specially build for the ovals nd are much heavier, stronger and surprisingly faster than an F1 car, the crash yesterday happened at just over 200mph, but the cars are capable of doing in excess of 240mph conversing

it was just unfortunate with the angle that he crashed into the retaining barrier sigh

doubt anything will change in the american racing scene, whether its indy car, c.a.r.t, nascar etc that race on the super speedway ovals, death will always be a passenger with the speed that they race at dunno
Oct 17, 2011 5:08 PM CST R.I.P. Dan Wheldon
WESTERNSTAR1
WESTERNSTAR1WESTERNSTAR1†_ °_†, Cork Ireland8 Threads 5 Polls 3,490 Posts
baldydude: sorry, but they are not F1 cars, indy car oval racing celebrated its 100th anniversary this year so they are actually older than F1 racing, also the indy cars are specially build for the ovals nd are much heavier, stronger and surprisingly faster than an F1 car, the crash yesterday happened at just over 200mph, but the cars are capable of doing in excess of 240mph

it was just unfortunate with the angle that he crashed into the retaining barrier

doubt anything will change in the american racing scene, whether its indy car, c.a.r.t, nascar etc that race on the super speedway ovals, death will always be a passenger with the speed that they race at
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