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3/27/2006 9:35:57 AM

nearly sheered in two

R.I.P.

3/27/2006 9:41:20 AM

rookie had a career ahead of him

3/27/2006 9:42:01 AM

no doubt

homey aint even slow down before hittin him

3/27/2006 9:42:59 AM

they said he hit his brakes just tenth of seconds before hitting him.

3/27/2006 9:49:13 AM

i didn't realize he was lettermans driver

3/27/2006 9:50:24 AM

mmmk

that helped

3/27/2006 9:50:49 AM

poor guy just wanted to "days of thunder" the wreck, thinking he could just get by when spotters told him to go low.

well he did. and so did carpenters car

3/27/2006 9:54:12 AM

it was ugly every time i saw the replay of it

3/27/2006 10:02:06 AM

said he hit him in the gearbox, just a few feet lower on the track and it could have been a double fatality

3/27/2006 10:14:01 AM

video?

3/27/2006 10:26:26 AM

espn.com should have it

3/27/2006 10:29:30 AM

can anyone find the video of this crash i wasn't able to see it.

3/27/2006 2:47:51 PM

http://www.jalopnik.com/cars/news-racing/video-of-the-horrific-paul-dana-indycar-crash-163019.php
Ahmet

3/27/2006 4:07:25 PM

fuck

3/27/2006 4:19:44 PM

that shit sucks R.I.P

3/27/2006 7:30:54 PM

im still angry he hit that guy

no excuse

3/27/2006 7:48:58 PM

it really sucks that he hit him.

they said apparently he wasnt listening. but the flags and warning light were on.

but again, at around 200mph you cant really dodge a bullet and when you go low like your crew chief said thats what happened (as the car hit the wall, spotters said go low, and everyone did, but by the time Dana came through the car had already been rolling to a near stop at the bottom of the track). but he had no reason in going that fast in the first place.


lack of experiencee

3/27/2006 7:56:02 PM

yeah

i mean there's a reason you have a steering wheel and pedals

they control the car

rook

3/27/2006 7:57:07 PM

his adrenaline was pumping and he want bout to stop. nigger wanted to show boat

3/27/2006 7:58:00 PM

you'd think

when you see a smashed car in the road

the first thing you would do

is

maybe

slow down

3/27/2006 8:09:22 PM

some nigs were talking about tunnel vision, and adrenaline, which i could agree on since this was his first couple times out on track. i dont blame the guy. they dont have other video to see exactly how far he moved down the track when he was told to go low.

thats the issue im seeing, is did he go low and just happen to catch carpenters car as it was sliding down the track? even then, its caution, and practice. but also 200 mph all pumped up

3/27/2006 8:12:43 PM

well i mean the tunnel is usually pointing in the direction your car is moving

3/27/2006 8:21:47 PM

you ever had tunnel vision.

you cant exactly see clearly

the vid says turn 2, which one would be high on track, looks to me like he did move low like his spotter said. but was just going wayyyyyyy tooooo fast.

but thats just me.

god damned rookies


[Edited on March 27, 2006 at 8:32 PM. Reason : ]

3/27/2006 8:26:26 PM

its not all blurry

the walls are

3/27/2006 8:40:23 PM

"This was his 2nd year in IRL. He's been racing cars since 1996... There will always be rookies in racing, and that means the driver is developing at that level and is on a learning curve. The only way you can learn to drive a car at 200+ mph is to drive a car at 200+ mph..."
Ahmet

3/27/2006 10:00:33 PM

the fact of the matter is that the man is dead, hopefully he will R.I.P,
chances are that at that level, none of us should be bashing his driving skills, the man could probably out drive anybody on this msg board, i know tww is all bout being tough and being an ass, but come on guys...

3/27/2006 10:35:42 PM

nm, fucked up link....

[Edited on March 27, 2006 at 11:11 PM. Reason : fucked up link]

3/27/2006 11:08:54 PM

whoa whoa.. no one is bashing anyone.

there were some obvious reasons to this crash... and some not so obvious.

thats all.

no one is happy he is dead. there is a reason why he was driving IRL and we arent.

3/27/2006 11:40:59 PM

dammit, that link i tried to make was from ebaums world showing the reaction time they have commin out of some turns (granted at a road course) but sitll, its sick fast. look it up under extreme...

3/27/2006 11:54:50 PM

so are u guys saying the guy that was killed made the mistake, or the guy that didnt slow down? or a little of both.

i've had tunnel vision on a bike b4 adrenaline and the tunnel vision is killer who knows if he really had it or if it was just an excuse.

R.I.P

3/28/2006 12:33:17 AM

Guy that hit him died

3/28/2006 12:42:47 AM

Quote :

"i've had tunnel vision on a bike b4 adrenaline and the tunnel vision is killer who knows if he really had it or if it was just an excuse."

hell, sitting in a pass. seat of a drag car was too much. you cant see shit

3/28/2006 12:57:02 AM

woah the guy that was hit was ok ... that's crazy sorry for hte mixup.

3/28/2006 1:55:13 AM

yeah, the first time i saw the crash i didn't know what happened so i was like "THAT KILLED SOMEONE, WTF"

and then the car rolled down and dana's car plowed into it and i just was immediately shut up and shot back

3/28/2006 11:26:38 AM

Quote :

"hell, sitting in a pass. seat of a drag car was too much. you cant see shit"

You get used to it pretty quickly though.

My first trip down the 1/8th was a 6.60 pass at about 98. I don't remember the first 150ft or so of it and in general the whole pass didn't really absorb visually. After about 10 trips, combined with the sound, you feel like you can plot the torque curve out in your head as you are going by hearing and feeling acceleration. In only like my 4th-5th race (running low 6s at 105 now) I was already driving one handed looking back over my shoulders trying to find faster cars running me down (this is bracket racing).

Of course, for like the top fuel guys, I just don't see how that can ever "slow down" for them.

3/28/2006 11:37:45 AM

what kinda car do u have ^ sounds fast

3/28/2006 9:17:04 PM

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 7:56 PM. Reason : for 69]

3/29/2006 7:47:10 PM

pwnt

it said there were six cars in front of him that slowed down, and the yelow lights on the track and his dash were on, but why did his spotter tell him to go low instead of slow down, and the other cars didnt seem to be going much slower than him, shit just dont add up

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 10:19 PM. Reason : ]

3/29/2006 10:17:56 PM

his spotter told him to go low when the car hit the wall, at the top of the track. then the car made a turn for the lower part of the track, where he was cuz of his spotter.

3/30/2006 12:12:44 AM