Dan Wheldon - RIP

[Brown Dog]

It was a great run.

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

RIP Dan




Most horrific crash I've ever seen

 

[Joshooha]

Oh my god, that is terrible.

 

[AIbandit]

I hope it was painless. Rest in peace Dan.

 

[bjoehandley]

Wow, that looked like one hell of a wreck, could have sworn one of the cars was literally flying at one point on the Yahoo video!

 

[xjtrailrider]

RIP Wheldon

At least INDY CAR still races the way it should be, all-out. NASCAR=SUCK

 

[UNCC_99XJ]

RIP Dan. The worst crash I've ever seen as well.

Link to the video for those who haven't seen it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YcAZ7I_lk7M

 

[xcm]

go fast, turn left. dang ole.

 

[Lowrange2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMMHu8lnepM&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_809745

That seems to be the best video of it.

RIP.

 

[WAD357]

WOW.... RIP

 

[R6TeXJ]

really sad,

 

[UNCC_99XJ]

Video of the 5 lap tribute...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PMUNsuZWA&feature=share

 

[SC Rednek]

I was there at the speedway today, it really was bad. It took them almost an hour just to get the wrecked cars towed off the track, they were still cleaning up oil and debris two hours after it happened. I've just never seen any wrecks that even come close to what happened out there today, almost half the cars involved.

It came out that Dan Wheldon was in bad shape just a few minutes after the crash, and it was definitely a very long couple hours waiting for the announcement, but honestly nobody there was surprised when it finally came out.

Dan Wheldon was a husband and a father, my prayers go out to that family tonight.

Photo I took of the 5 lap tribute.

 

[urban yan]

That was allot of carnage. It could-have been allot worst than one casualty... not that one casualty is acceptable.

 

[SC Rednek]

Couple things did make me mad though.

A lot of spectators started leaving when they announced that the rest of the race was canceled except for the 5 lap tribute, a few even got pissed they didn't get refunds.

And the stupid announcers just wouldn't shut up during that five lap tribute, somehow they just felt they had to talk non-stop through the whole thing.

 

[bjoehandley]

That wreck may be up there witht the F1 wreck back in '55 in the horror of it.

 

[evogibson]

after hearing about this today, i started crying...driving is a true passion of mine, and to hear about someone that i had a shared passion with pass, that hit me very very hard. its made me realize that life is too short to not follow your dreams. i will be finishing my XJ and buying a new project. i will be building a race car in memory of not only Dan Wheldon, but Ayrton Senna as well. I will chase my dream and honor those who have lost there lives living it. Rest in Peace Dan Wheldon. To a great man and a great driver.

 

[mxracer624]

This is not a good day in motorsports history, as im sure y'all heard that we also lost the off road racing champion Rick Huseman in a plane crash while he was flying home from vegas today. Both were incredible racers and willl be missed.

 

[1ATony]

That was a really bad wreck. Pretty sad stuff.

 

[tbburg]

That wreck may be up there with the F1 wreck back in '55 in the horror of it.

I think not. While the on-track mayhem was pretty bad, there wasn't a wrecked car pinwheeling through the stands.