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RIP Dan Wheldon -- Indycar Season Finale in Vegas

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  1. S Brake

    S Brake F1 World Champ

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    I believe three other drivers are being treated at University hospital in Vegas.
     
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  2. 4re Nut

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    Correct; Pippa, Will, & JR.

    Think what must be going thru JR's mind...if he hadn't crashed at Indy Dan wouldn't have been in the race today.
     
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  3. Dom

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    RIP.
     
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  4. JAM1

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    Very sad. RIP Dan.
     
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    Yes, a racer! RIP
     
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  6. GuyIncognito

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    it really was a bizarre set of circumstances that led up to Wheldon entering this race.
     
    GuyIncognito, Oct 16, 2011
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  7. Isobel

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    Whenever he participated in the odd race, I looked forward to it as I knew he'd make the most of the one time ride. Always rooted for him and I'm in shock.
     
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  8. 4re Nut

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    Yep. Plus he was the in-race reporter and the live feed was an in-car view from his car as the wreck began.

    All very bizarre, almost spooky.

    Danica's movie analogy was spot-on; Hollywood stuff from the Indy win to today's race circumstances to the accident.
     
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  9. Miltonian

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    Wonder if his spotter was able to warn him? Looked like he kept his foot down and plowed right into someone else's accident.
     
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  10. GuyIncognito

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    I doubt it, it all happened so fast...just a couple of seconds. and by the time he got there, the track was blocked.
     
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    So sad. This just makes me sick. He was my favorite. RIP
     
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    +1 The smoke could be seen from his in car before they pulled away to the aerial shot of the accident.
     
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  13. Ryan S.

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    RIP. Prayers for the family too.
     
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    Thoughts and prayers to all involved. Very sad day in racing.

    Jedi
     
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    His sons were so young. Just makes me sick that they won't remember their dad.
     
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    People will be asking a lot of questions about this: 34 cars? speeds too high? track too fast?

    No good answers....
     
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  17. indaville

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    Very sad day, RIP!!

    Matt
     
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    Horrible :(

    RIP Dan
     
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    That's such a sad loss. Condolences to his wife, kids and their families.
     
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    They'll have hours of videotape and recordings of him doing what he loved.

    Compare that to the children who lose their fathers on the highways.

    Because of safety features innovated by motorsports, there are thousands and thousands of kids who don't lose their dads on the highway.

    Every death is a tragedy.
     
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    Anybody see what Inside Line wrote about it? Somehow the Danica PR machine made it about her...

     
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    Incredible loss. RIP champ.
     
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  25. GuyIncognito

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    nice photo.
     
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