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Breaking: Dan Wheldon has died.....
October 15th, 2011

Posted on 10/16/2011 3:11:34 PM PDT by TaraP

Breaking on CNN


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; indy; indyracing; racing; sports; vanity; wheldon
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To: TaraP; All

watched the whole thing...big open wheel/Indy fan and today was suppose to be an exciting day...terrible crash- smacked the catch fence and the back sheared off...he was a good guy- broken down in victory lane after winning the Indy 500 for his mom who is suffering from Alzheimer..Wheldon drove the National Guard car in Indy for years and was always complimenting our troops...very, very, sad...


21 posted on 10/16/2011 3:25:57 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: drewh

Beautiful Photo..

Prayers to his wife and children...

May GOD ease there pain with his grace and love....


22 posted on 10/16/2011 3:27:10 PM PDT by TaraP (An APPEASER is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last)
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To: TaraP

racers doing a five lap salute for Wheldon...bagpipes playing in the background...

very sad...


23 posted on 10/16/2011 3:29:25 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: Baynative

Yahoo has actual ABC footage... don’t bather with youtube crap.


24 posted on 10/16/2011 3:29:59 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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To: TaraP

RIP and prayers for his loved ones.


25 posted on 10/16/2011 3:29:59 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Compassionate Conservatism? Promoting self reliance is compassionate. Promoting dependency is not.)
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To: TaraP

Amen! Lovely tribute right now with the cars and the bagpipes.


26 posted on 10/16/2011 3:29:59 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: TaraP

Later AP thread:

“IndyCar is very sad to announce that Dan Wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries,” IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said.


27 posted on 10/16/2011 3:30:36 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Abigail Adams

A very close relative is an Indycar official. As a matter of fact, I just saw him on TV. This will be devastating for the whole community. I’m not sure how much longer Indycar can survive. I thought this even before the crash today.


28 posted on 10/16/2011 3:33:55 PM PDT by thesharkboy (<-- looking for the silver lining)
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To: TaraP

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/indycar/story/2011-10-15/Dan-Wheldon-frustrated-with-car-in-Las-Vegas/50786654/1

Driver blog: Dan Wheldon frustrated with car in Las Vegas


29 posted on 10/16/2011 3:36:05 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: TaraP

Did anyone notice the tough looking driver, sort of looked Italian to me, sitting in his car prior to the 5 lap tribute?

The guy was crying so bad I wondered if he would be able to drive.


30 posted on 10/16/2011 3:36:05 PM PDT by yarddog
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31 posted on 10/16/2011 3:36:48 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: mazda77; God luvs America

It is sad to learn of the loss of a young life. I understand the need for expression, but this five lap tribute is not doing much for me. I think they should have lined up the cars for the ceremonial laps and left the pole position vacant as a missing man tribute.


32 posted on 10/16/2011 3:37:26 PM PDT by Baynative (The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
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To: yarddog

that was Dario Franchitti- he’s from Scotland and married to Ashley Judd...


33 posted on 10/16/2011 3:37:47 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: SMGFan

“I am not one to follow, but are the risks at such high speeds really worth it?”

Nah. We should ban it. We should ban anything where anybody might get hurt. /S

Why don’t you just stay home and hide under your covers.

The rest of us will decide for ourselves what risks we are willing to take.


34 posted on 10/16/2011 3:37:54 PM PDT by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: Uncle Ike

Right - they’ll make them start closer to the finish, reduce speeds to 70mph and no switching lanes.


35 posted on 10/16/2011 3:38:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse.)
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To: thesharkboy

I only occasionally watch Indy racing. I usually watch NASCAR. The Indy cars always make me nervous because they aren’t as “crashable” as the NASCAR cars, if you know what I mean. I’m very sorry your close relative will be dealing with this tragic loss, along with the whole community. Prayers for all.


36 posted on 10/16/2011 3:39:41 PM PDT by Abigail Adams
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To: yarddog
I think that was Dario Franchitti


37 posted on 10/16/2011 3:40:07 PM PDT by Baynative (The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
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To: Baynative

i agree- this is really a big blow for IndyCar...they put a lot of effort and resources into this- packages to fly to Vegas, etc...Wheldon was racing for $5million today as he had not been a regular in the series...the loss of Wheldon aside (which i realize is impossible) this is a major blow for the IRL...


38 posted on 10/16/2011 3:40:33 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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To: mnehring
Oh wow, I heard about the crash but haven’t seen it yet. Very sad.

I got the HD video card working in my PC just seconds before. Real bad time to tune in.

39 posted on 10/16/2011 3:41:04 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture (Could be worst in 40 years))
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To: yarddog

That was Scotsman Dario Franchitti, husband of Ashley Judd.


40 posted on 10/16/2011 3:41:27 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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