Huge Indycar crash

[Jimbeam3678]

Looked like one nasty crash. Why the flames though when they have crashed, when F1 cars crash very rarely you see flames.

Does Indycar need to look at the designs of their cars ?

 

[Housey]

Can't believe that in 2011 we still have drivers dieing in motorsports as popular and mainstream as indycar.

When you have cars going 200mph plus it is inevitable, sadly.

 

[stulid]

F1 should totally implement that 360 camera system on the cars.

 

[dannyjo22]

Gutted, that's why Indy drivers have far more respect for each other than F1 drivers, far more chance of getting killed. A f1 driver thinks nothing of running another driver off the track.

So many great drivers lost or hurt in Cart/Indycar

 

[booyaka]

RIP indeed.

It's the speed and the closeness of the racing that is much more likely to cause accidents at Indy car. They are doing 200mph with 20/30 car side by side - in F1 you don't see that.

 

[Skillmister]

Can't believe that in 2011 we still have drivers dieing in motorsports as popular and mainstream as indycar.

Those sort of speeds and that many cars all bunched up, its bound to happen at some point

F1 should totally implement that 360 camera system on the cars.

For sure.

 

[Danthus]

Gutted, that's why Indy drivers have far more respect for each other than F1 drivers, far more chance of getting killed. A f1 driver thinks nothing of running another driver off the track.

So many great drivers lost or hurt in Cart/Indycar

Not sure that is fair.

 

[Fr0dders]

Motorsport will never be 100% safe.

When you have cars going 200mph plus it is inevitable, sadly.

Those sort of speeds and that many cars all bunched up, its bound to happen at some point



For sure.

You get complacent though don't you ?

You see the crashes that drivers survive, you don't really have any deaths in big forms of motorspot and you think it won't happen.

And then like you say, the inevitable happens ...

so sad.

 

[Psymonkee]

RIP

 

[Tk7]

Damn, awful crash, that's a real shame about Wheldon, R.I.P

 

[pmbuzz]

RIP Dan Wheldon

 

[Andybtsn]

Very sad. RIP

Does anyone know the cause of the death? Did something hit him?

 

[Danthus]

I would imagine it was a head injury, I am only guessing though.

 

[Fr0dders]

I would imagine it was a head injury, I am only guessing though.

from what i can make out on the numerous videos, he went into somebody, which then flipped him up in the air like a hot wheels car and sent him upside down straight into the concrete wall at the top of the bank.

He then ended up at the bottom of the bank with a failed rollover bar so his head would have made direct impact with the race track

 

[dannyjo22]

The 10th driver to die in Cart or IRL since the loss of senna in F1.

Just looking, can't believe it's almost 12 years since Greg Moore died.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

His poor parents must be devastated watching events unfold and never getting the chance to say goodbye to their son.

RIP Dan

 

[Countcussy]

Was watching live on Sky. Felt sick to the pit of my stomach.

We are so used to watching motorsport guys get out and walk away. This looked bad instantly.

RIP Dan.

 

[Danthus]

The 10th driver to die in Cart or IRL since the loss of senna in F1.

Just looking, can't believe it's almost 12 years since Greg Moore died.

17 years since Senna died.

 

[ShakenNstirred]

RIP Dan Wheldon

 

[Psycho Ned]

Shocking stuff, just got back home and had recorded the race on Sky+ saw there was a 3 page thread on here and knew that wasnt normal....not sure I'm gonna watch it now

Even worse really is that Wheldon was only reallyracing due to a competition indycar were running on the final race where a driver and member of the public could win $2.5 million each should Wheldon have won

He won the Indy 500 this year as well, unbelievable he's now gone...

RIP Dan Wheldon