I saw the eulogy too. I've never seen Dave so emotional. One of the classiest things I've seen in a long time. Wheldon was a class act after the race. Can't wait for the St. Petersburg in a few weeks.
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I saw the eulogy too. I've never seen Dave so emotional. One of the classiest things I've seen in a long time. Wheldon was a class act after the race. Can't wait for the St. Petersburg in a few weeks.My Teams
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RIP Paul Dana, and I agree with Wheldon being a class act.
I find myself intrigued with the safety of this issue. I wonder why he wasn't slowing down and hit that fast. I also wonder what the fatal injuries were, because I've seen a ton of shows on racing safety and it's amazing what they do to the cars nowadays to make them safe. I know death is a unavoidable risk, but hopefully they can learn from this. Sadly it sounds like driver error is a big culprit though.
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Re: IRL Driver Paul Dana dies during practice
Originally posted by jcollins28I see you have read the Robin Miller piece. Robin is spot on and it is sad that most people would rather call him a no good S.O.B instead of listening to what Robin has to say. Robin for all intense and purposes was Paul Dana in the 70's. He worked every odd job in racing you can find so he could run sprints, midgets and what ever. For Robin though there was a systems of checks and balances set in place to basically save him from himself.
That system was done in by the economic landscape of today's open wheel racing in both CHAMP CAR and the IRL. With a skinny grid and racing money tough to come by who can blame a owner for throwing in a self funded driver? I do not think that Robins piece was to insult Paul Dana and his family. It was to put a glaring spotlight on a very serious issue that is facing this sport. I myself find some irony in Paul's death that is tied to these merger talks.
Let's face it if a merger happened we would be looking at a very stout grid for a open wheel series. You could make a good argument that in a merged series the Paul Dana's of the world would be forced to spend a little more time in a feeder series before moving up."Basketball may have been born in Massachusetts, but it grew up in Indiana." - James NaismithComment
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Originally posted by baracus16I saw the eulogy too. I've never seen Dave so emotional. One of the classiest things I've seen in a long time. Wheldon was a class act after the race. Can't wait for the St. Petersburg in a few weeks.
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Re: IRL Driver Paul Dana dies during practice
Originally posted by mgoblueRIP Paul Dana, and I agree with Wheldon being a class act.
I find myself intrigued with the safety of this issue. I wonder why he wasn't slowing down and hit that fast. I also wonder what the fatal injuries were, because I've seen a ton of shows on racing safety and it's amazing what they do to the cars nowadays to make them safe.
Take care,
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Originally posted by forensicdOur driver drove with Panther Racing testing a few years back aftr winning the USAC division, but nothing ever became of it (he was too old and doesnt have the "look").
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Re: IRL Driver Paul Dana dies during practice
Just wanted to add my condonlences here as well. Paul was as dedicated driver as you'll meet. I was fortunate to know and work with him in his formative racing years. You'll be missed Paul.
Dan further showed why so many of us in racing like him last Sunday. Fast, personable and a class act.
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