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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

So unfortunate. RIP Dan Wheldon.


41 posted on 10/16/2011 3:41:56 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Baynative

Is this event still on TV now??


42 posted on 10/16/2011 3:43:11 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: SkyDancer

It doesn’t necessarily mean that the media is morbid. Not everyone was watching and there will be some that will want to see the crash. Fans and drivers in other motor sports. That can’t be helped. They spoke of the catch fence causing a lot of damage. The video will probably be watched by some to see how to improve that.


43 posted on 10/16/2011 3:43:48 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: bobk333

Some people have no class.


44 posted on 10/16/2011 3:44:04 PM PDT by NELSON111
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To: freejohn

Indy race car driver. Very, very nice guy with two little kids.


45 posted on 10/16/2011 3:45:11 PM PDT by Reagan69 (I supported Sarah Palin and all I got was a lousy DVD !)
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To: Baynative

Yes, that is the guy.

Were they by chance on the same team?


46 posted on 10/16/2011 3:45:13 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Admin Moderator

Can you correct his name spelling in the title. Thanks


47 posted on 10/16/2011 3:45:24 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Baynative

God,awful to watch.

RIP Mr. Weldon


48 posted on 10/16/2011 3:45:31 PM PDT by Mears (I can't take anymore of this.)
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To: SMGFan
I am not one to follow, but are the risks at such high speeds really worth it? Just like air shows? It is all entertainment, but is this a more riskier form of spectator sport for the participant?

50-100 high school athletes die every year in the United States. Sadly, these things happen.

49 posted on 10/16/2011 3:45:53 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Beaten Valve

No they ended the race and did the 5 laps and returned to regular programming.


50 posted on 10/16/2011 3:49:33 PM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: SMGFan

You just wouldn’t understand so I won’t even go beyond to just tell you to opine on things you know something about.

We who are involved in this level of the sport do it because we love it, understand the consequences and accept that as what comes with the territory just as a soldier (done that too) understands the consequences of volunteering or striving to do what we do because it is what we do best. Live life to the fullest and have no regrets as to our fate.

For the family left behind, the racing community will make sure they are taken care of just as the military families do when a soldier has given the ultimate sacrifice. Having lived the life if both professions, they are very similar as to the sense of family that runs through them.


51 posted on 10/16/2011 3:49:51 PM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: SMGFan

Some forms of racing are used as development labs for technology that eventually shows up in your street car and saves lives. ABS and traction control was perfected at the racetrack and then used in production cars, saving innumerable lives.


52 posted on 10/16/2011 3:53:21 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Don’t know how the technology will help us street folk, but the soft wall and hahn’s device certainly did its job in the Jimmy Johnson crash last night. Could have been an even worse weekend for racing...


53 posted on 10/16/2011 3:57:21 PM PDT by dubyagee ("I can't complain, but sometimes I still do.")
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To: yarddog

They were not teammates, but friends for a long time. Wheldon was British and though he has Italian parents, Dario Franchitti is Scottish and married to American actress Ashley Judd.


54 posted on 10/16/2011 3:57:51 PM PDT by Baynative (The penalty for not participating in politics is you will be governed by your inferiors.)
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To: TaraP

RIP Dan


55 posted on 10/16/2011 3:59:48 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (Cain for President - Because I like the content of his character)
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To: TaraP

Later...


56 posted on 10/16/2011 4:11:31 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Nik Naym

There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.

Hemingway


57 posted on 10/16/2011 4:14:31 PM PDT by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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To: Baynative

Isn’t he married to one of the Judd sisters? The actress?


58 posted on 10/16/2011 4:14:37 PM PDT by nfldgirl
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Does anyone know why FR removed the news of Dan Wheldon’s death from the breaking news section and also the latest articles section? I had to search to find this thread again. That fine man has been dead for less than a couple of hours and news of his death has already been zotted? Shameful.


59 posted on 10/16/2011 4:19:09 PM PDT by CaribouCrossing
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To: CaribouCrossing

Can’t answer your question.

Or make a comparison to when Earnhardt died.

Maybe someone will know.


60 posted on 10/16/2011 4:22:23 PM PDT by nascarnation (DEFEAT BARAQ 2012 DEPORT BARAQ 2013)
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