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horrific Indy Car wreck, Dan Wheldon taken to hospital

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  1. Commodore

    Commodore Member

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    <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TVu7iTf59SQ?hd=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
    #1 Commodore, Oct 16, 2011
  2. Commodore

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    just announced on ABC, Dan Wheldon has died
     
    #2 Commodore, Oct 16, 2011
  3. RoxSqaud

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    Wow.

    R.I.P.
     
    #3 RoxSqaud, Oct 16, 2011
  4. Sajan

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    sad. just saw it on ABC. i don't follow this sport but RIP.
     
    #4 Sajan, Oct 16, 2011
  5. rockHEAD

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    This photo is crazy!

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    #5 rockHEAD, Oct 16, 2011
  6. ferrari77

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    Wow.
    RIP to the Wheldon family.
    Just Wow. :(
     
    #6 ferrari77, Oct 16, 2011
  7. ItsMyFault

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    RIP. Looked pretty damn bad. Eek.
     
    #7 ItsMyFault, Oct 16, 2011
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    it's unreal. It looks like it was just photoshopped in the pic.
     
    #8 Bear_Bryant, Oct 16, 2011
  9. Mr. Brightside

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    Oh man. That is terrible. I was watching the race earlier, but didn't see the crash.
     
    #9 Mr. Brightside, Oct 16, 2011
  10. Cannonball

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    The crash happened on lap 12. How much of it did you watch?
     
    #10 Cannonball, Oct 16, 2011
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    Idiotic how fast those cars were going on that track -- they (race organizers) were just asking for a deadly crash. Rumor was they were hitting 230+ in the time trials -- way too fast for that track.
     
    #11 KingCheetah, Oct 16, 2011
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    I like watching the beginning of the races and introductions. Was watching via online stream, but the connection wasn't too good. But then I had to step out like after 6-7 laps. I was planning on catching the end of it. :(
     
    #12 Mr. Brightside, Oct 16, 2011
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    holy ****
     
    #13 SuperBeeKay, Oct 16, 2011
  14. RoxSqaud

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    I don't know how someone doesn't die everytime one of them little go-kart blurs crash.
     
    #14 RoxSqaud, Oct 16, 2011
  15. Cannonball

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    IndyCar as a whole just seems crazy to me. They go faster than NASCAR but have less protection. It just seems to me like a wreck in those cars has a higher probability of serious injury.

    My father used to race before I was born. Stock cars, sprints, and midgets. My mother was always afraid of something like this happening.
     
    #15 Cannonball, Oct 16, 2011
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    Very sad. I'm surprised that this type of thing doesn't happen more often the sport just seems super dangerous though I admit I don't watch racing
     
    #16 couple of d's, Oct 16, 2011
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    Such a tragedy... I followed IndyCar for years and went to several races mostly in Vancouver. I haven't followed it for a few years though my brother and Dad both still do and were really excited about today's race, as it was the final race of the season with a very tight points race up top. What a terrible tragedy. It really puts "sport" into perspective.
     
    #17 3814, Oct 16, 2011
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    Very sad. Which colored car was Dan's? Im not into racing I cant follow whos who :/
     
    #18 GreatOne1978, Oct 16, 2011
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    He's in the second car that goes airborn
     
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    In the OP's video, it uses Dan Weldon's vehicles camera for a bit - from the 10 second mark to the 25 second mark. It's hard to tell which vehicle is which when the chaos takes place, but I believe Dan's car is one of two cars going airborn around the 26 or 27 second mark.

    Here's a multi-camera replay of the crash where you can see exactly how things went wrong:

    <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MMMHu8lnepM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Such a devastating day for racing. But, at the same time, Will Power is very lucky to have survived. It looked like his car was 20+ feet in the air at one point...
     
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