Dan Wheldon Died At Indy Car in Vegas
10-17-2011, 08:49 AM
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10-17-2011, 08:51 AM
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10-17-2011, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Fujin' timestamp='1318832448' post='21075971
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More info?? NO it was a brad crash. What is odd is I commented to Wade Cunningham when we did our loop that a crash had taken place in the same turn this morning. No one seemed to pay any mind to the comment which just 20 minutes later took Dan life and hurt many others. Race was cancelled as everyone probably knows now.
People are commenting that the speed of the track was too high. Not sure if this was a factor.
More info?? NO it was a brad crash. What is odd is I commented to Wade Cunningham when we did our loop that a crash had taken place in the same turn this morning. No one seemed to pay any mind to the comment which just 20 minutes later took Dan life and hurt many others. Race was cancelled as everyone probably knows now.
People are commenting that the speed of the track was too high. Not sure if this was a factor.
It was a pretty bad crash. I think Dan's car was the one that went flying 200 years once it was airborne. I watched the clip online and in slow motion it was crazy and even crazier in full speed.
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Yeah the $5mil prize attracted more teams this year. If you think about what 34 cars looks like on the track they take up a good portion once they get spread out. 1.5 miles isn't very long.
10-17-2011, 09:18 AM
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The problem is that due to the high banking at LVMS, the drivers don't need to lift, so they are at full throttle the whole time and reaching speeds of up to 220 mph and running three wide.
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