OB33 Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 ESPN.com story The IRL is among the best when it comes to safety, but I think they really need to take some measures to slow these cars down, Paul Dana is just the latest in a growing list of drivers dying at the wheel, I know they reduced speeds last year, but with amount of protection drivers have in an open wheel car I think maybe IRL should take a page out of NASCAR's book and try to keep the cars under 200. Just my 2 cents. #CHOMPCHOMPCHOMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakwood Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Open-Wheel racing and Oval tracks do not mix. I say IRL and CART should only race on road courses and leave the oval tracks to Stock Cars. Open-wheel cars are just to power full to be used at full speed for the entire race, they need multiple turns to slow them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Open wheel racing is much more dangerous then Stock Car, there really not much you do when you have a butual crash like this its just lucky the other guy is ok. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyc Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 good to here that Carpenter is awake and alert, but sad to hear about Dana. i love Indy cars, and i love them racing on ovals but this seems more of a driver error crash than anything else with Dana just clipping Carpenter's left rear. but, RIP Paul Dana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCHitman Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 This is tragic.I thought Dana was ready to break out this year and show some people he was ready for the IRL.Another Story Owner of Kalamazoo Tech Kobras (Nat'l College Fant. Assc. Basketball, Football, and Hockey) 2006-07 NCFAB National Champions2006 NCFAF Midwest Conf. ChampionsRochester Patriots (Major League Hockey - AHL Fantasy League) 2005-06 Neilson Cup ChampsDetroit Black Panthers (Xtreme Hockey League) 2005-06 Yzerman Conference ChampsSheldon Motorsports (TRAC) - #20 Guinness Chevy & #21 UPS Chevy #44 Syracuse University ChevyCommissioner ofMLH (Major League Hockey, an AHL Fantasy League)TRAC (Team Racing Auto Circuit, NASCAR) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamingboy Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Truly a tragedy. Anytime a person dies during any sporting event, it is a tragedy. Insert Witty Signature Here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 I'm a big racing fan, and I've seen many accidents, but this one was just....I can't explain it. ESPN has a clip on its website, and its just a horrific crash. You just get chills down your back from watching it.Its a shame, and I agree, Indy Cars should not be on oval tracks such as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Dale Earnhardt, Adam Petty, Paul Dana, Kenny Irwin, Tony Roper, Ayrton Senna, Tony Renna, Greg Moore, Bill Vukovich III. And thats just a small list from the last 20 years. Is there any other sport where your favorite athlete has a real statistical possibility of being killed while performing? Anyone who says these guys arent athletes is an idiot.Heres a list of all the fatalities from racing. DeathsJust crazy. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harperdc Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 the crazy thing is that that stat is way down from the 1960s and early 1970s. gotta thank Sir Jackie Stewart for that one.that's right up there along with the wreck Alex Zanardi had in which he lost his legs...hitting the back half of another car (re: the engine) definitely is grisly.the problem with the IRL isn't the speed...it's the nature of the beast. more horrific-looking accidents and, sadly, deaths have come out of the IRL than any other motorsport (save rally raids like the Dakar Rally) in the past 10 years...but the amazing thing is that more of the IRL's wrecks haven't ended lives (or even careers). it's a testament to the modern designs of the cars.----Jorg Bastuck, a co-driver for one of the Junior WRC cars in this weekend's WRC Rally Spain was killed after an accident today too. Bizarrely it wasn't the wreck that killed him; he and the driver got out and were tending to the car when a second car went off the road and down an enbankment at the same place and struck and killed him. rally racing has seen more deaths in the past few years then they really should have (Michael Park RIP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Is there any other sport where your favorite athlete has a real statistical possibility of being killed while performing? Anyone who says these guys arent athletes is an idiot. I'm not arguing that they're not athletes, but lets not make that point based on people crashing and dying. I'm not sure you meant to, but that's the way it read. Yeah do that. Do exactly THAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Is there any other sport where your favorite athlete has a real statistical possibility of being killed while performing? Anyone who says these guys arent athletes is an idiot. I'm not arguing that they're not athletes, but lets not make that point based on people crashing and dying. I'm not sure you meant to, but that's the way it read. Agreed.Whether or not they're athletes is in no way related to the risk of their occupation. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winghaz Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Paul Dana's wife is from Bismarck, N.D. -- the town I was born in and lived in for 22 years until just two years ago when we moved to Fargo. I don't know her family personaly, but I know of them, and my heart goes out to her and their families.I was thinking, though, that being a spouse of an auto racer must be similar to being the spouse of someone in the military. You just never know when or if you're going to get that call ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Paul Dana's wife is from Bismarck, N.D. -- the town I was born in and lived in for 22 years until just two years ago when we moved to Fargo. I don't know her family personaly, but I know of them, and my heart goes out to her and their families.I was thinking, though, that being a spouse of an auto racer must be similar to being the spouse of someone in the military. You just never know when or if you're going to get that call ... Whats worse is that with a racer spouse you can see them die right before you. At least military people dont let you see them die.But they die more often.That was a truly horrific crash.The entire racing world will remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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