Re: Briton Dan Wheldon dies in IndyCar race in Las Vegas
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Originally Posted by Damien
I don't follow IndyCar but it seems absurdly dangerous from the little I have learned thus far. They go really fast, as you would do Formula 1, but all the turns are wide and gradual allowing the drivers to maintain that speed throughout the race. The side of the track has a gating and barrier so there is no where to 'run off' in the event you go too wide, allowing a car to crash into the barrier and then, worse, remain on the track in the path of others.
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l watch it sometimes and they go much faster in IndyCar then they do in Formula 1 and while also in F1 there are quite a lot of turns and corners which will slow their speed down as they do their laps but in IndyCar they go faster and maintain that speed and while emotions are always high after a tragedy l feel they will have to be seen to do something in regards to safety and perhaps limiting the speed they go.
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