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IndyCar driver Justin Wilson has died of head injuries suffered yesterday
ABC Sports ^ | 9:03 p.m. EDT August 24, 2015 | JENNA FRYER

Posted on 08/24/2015 6:13:05 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid

Edited on 08/24/2015 7:20:20 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

INDIANAPOLIS -- IndyCar driver Justin Wilson has died from a head injury suffered when a piece of debris struck him at Pocono Raceway. He was 37.

IndyCar made the announcement on Monday night at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


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To: advertising guy

I think you are right. That piece of nose cone that hit him bounced off of his helmet and flew maybe over 50 feet in the air.


41 posted on 08/24/2015 7:02:07 PM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: arbitrary.squid

I am so sad. I cried over Dan Weldon and I am crying over Justin.


42 posted on 08/24/2015 7:08:37 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: tcrlaf

“I was at the Vegas race when Wheldon was killed”

That one hurt as well. Saw him at Indy qualifying a few years prior. Myself and my best buddy had pit passes, our last roundup as he was dying from mesothelioma, not much past 50 years old.


43 posted on 08/24/2015 7:10:39 PM PDT by DAC21 (.z)
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To: kvanbrunt2

That kind of thought that too. But who knows.


44 posted on 08/24/2015 7:15:04 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: nascarnation

Felipe Massa was hit in the head with a spring in F1 in 2009 I think and was very lucky to recover. He had eye injuries, required surgery, and there was speculation at the time whether he would even walk again.


45 posted on 08/24/2015 7:19:05 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: kvanbrunt2

Sources tell me he was basically dead at the track.

If you can lip read Mike Andretti speaking to Hunter-Reay in the winner circle, seemed to confirm that.

Kept on life support until wife, parents, and brother could fly in.


46 posted on 08/24/2015 7:20:08 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: kvanbrunt2

What does that even mean? Are you suggesting he would have survived at another hospital?

The emergency personnel at these races are first-rate. I have more trust in them than some random person at a keyboard on freerepublic.

What did you mean to accomplish with that post?


47 posted on 08/24/2015 7:22:10 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: arbitrary.squid

Eternal rest,Prayers for Justin Wilson and Family and Friends.


48 posted on 08/24/2015 7:22:51 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: arbitrary.squid

Rest in peace driver....


49 posted on 08/24/2015 7:23:53 PM PDT by Cold Heat (For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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To: rstrahan

There would be so many challenges to that, though. The heat would be much more intense in a small closed environment, you’d have fogging and debris would hit the screen during the race...it’s very different than a large windshield like you get with Nascar.

I’m not opposed to closed cockpits, but how feasible they are in open-wheel racing I’m not sure. It can’t just be tradition that they are this way now.


50 posted on 08/24/2015 7:25:06 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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To: arbitrary.squid

Horrible, prayers for his family


51 posted on 08/24/2015 7:41:02 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: arbitrary.squid

R.I.P., Badass. We IndyCar fans may be few, but we will all miss you.


52 posted on 08/24/2015 7:56:17 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: arbitrary.squid

RIP Justin Wilson....


53 posted on 08/24/2015 7:57:33 PM PDT by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: Never on my watch

In a sport where rivalries are often intense and sometimes deeply personal, I cannot recall Justin ever saying an unkind word. And he made the best of the opportunities he had in the sport - after all, he even won races driving for Dale Coyne.

It’s a sad day for this IndyCar fan.


54 posted on 08/24/2015 7:58:36 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: nascarnation

“Hinchcliffe got knocked out at Indy last year with a much smaller piece of shrapnel.”

In Hinch’s case, it was a suspension piece that penetrated the tub and then his leg. We wouldn’t have him anymore if it hadn’t been for the quick action of the safety team.


55 posted on 08/24/2015 8:00:50 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Nothing is sometimes the right thing to do, and always a wise thing to say.)
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To: arbitrary.squid

To his Family, Prayers, he was a Good Guy!


56 posted on 08/24/2015 8:05:55 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
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To: arbitrary.squid

Godspeed lad.


57 posted on 08/24/2015 8:29:22 PM PDT by Kaosinla (The More the Plans Fail. The More the Planners Plan.)
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To: KosmicKitty

Right. I lost a niece last week to a drunk driver. The truck driver parked in a truck stop and forgot to put the parking brake on. The truck rolled out onto the highway and smashed her car. He is charged with vehicular homicide.


58 posted on 08/24/2015 8:56:29 PM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: arbitrary.squid; Chode; nascarnation; SgtBob; McGruff; umgud; al baby; The_Sword_of_Groo; ...

Prayers for the Family PING

I don’t even know what to say...


59 posted on 08/24/2015 9:04:17 PM PDT by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
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To: arbitrary.squid

Prayers up for him and the whole family. It’s still dangerous out there.


60 posted on 08/24/2015 9:07:02 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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