Hurmoth Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Driver Paul Dana died after a two-car crash Sunday during the warmup for the season-opening IRL IndyCar Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The other driver, Ed Carpenter, was awake and alert at a Miami hospital, IRL officials said. Dana, 30, a former motorsports journalist with a degree from Northwestern, was a rookie who competed in three IRL races for Ethanol Hemelgarn Racing last year with a best finish of 10th in the race at Homestead. The Toyota Indy 300 race was expected to be run as scheduled. Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Racing for which Dana was to race this season, said the team's other two cars ? driven by Danica Patrick and Buddy Rice ? will be pulled out of the race. "Obviously, this is a very black day for us," Rahal said. "This is a great tragedy." Carpenter spun and hit the wall moments after the practice began at 10 a.m. EST. As Carpenter's battered car slid to a stop, Dana slammed into it at almost full speed ? about 200 mph. ...Read more Sad:(ews :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 I just saw this on Speed while watching the Corvette Z06 Test Drive. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587351760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
family guy Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Yea, I saw the accident being replayed on ESPN. It was a really bad accident. It's a shame he died :no: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587351764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Are people now gonna call for racing to be banned like they call for boxing to be banned when a boxer dies? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Are people now gonna call for racing to be banned like they call for boxing to be banned when a boxer dies? Erm...no :rolleyes: Accidents happen in all sports. Look at Marc Vivien Foe who died in Football on the pitch, there have been loads of deaths in sport, the most notable in motorsport would have to be Ayrton Senna's tragic death. You cannot prevent people from competing, but you can try to make the sport in question safer. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352168 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackhbob Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Here in the U.S. the most notable motorsports death would be Dale Earnhardt... Sad when you hear about any athlete dying while performing in their sport :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
metallithrax Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Erm...no :rolleyes: Accidents happen in all sports. Look at Marc Vivien Foe who died in Football on the pitch, there have been loads of deaths in sport, the most notable in motorsport would have to be Ayrton Senna's tragic death. You cannot prevent people from competing, but you can try to make the sport in question safer. This is true, but whenever a boxer dies, all the pillocks come out and demand that it is banned. But they don't when there is a death in any other sport. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 This is true, but whenever a boxer dies, all the pillocks come out and demand that it is banned. But they don't when there is a death in any other sport. Can we at least stay on the topic of the man who lost his life? Saw it on ESPN earlier, too. Sad to hear -- sounded like a good guy. R.I.P. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Just saw the wreck. Very horrible. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj6ross Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Like one of the drivers said, "why didn't he just slow down like every one else that was behind the wreck?" Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Like one of the drivers said, "why didn't he just slow down like every one else that was behind the wreck?" Yeah, I just saw the replay on the local news. Dude was still racing full throttle when he hit him. Still, very sad. :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
koppit Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Here in the U.S. the most notable motorsports death would be Dale Earnhardt... Sad when you hear about any athlete dying while performing in their sport :( In Canada (well, near me anyways, he was from my city) it's probably Greg Moore. There was a huge funeral just up the street from my house for him.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ0943 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 very sad. especially to see danica patrick sad. She was his teammate. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587352930 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbeckwith Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 A few people mentioned it, but I find it odd that he did not slow down either. ESPN has several video clips of it, one from another car. You can see from the video that several cars slowed down noticably long before the second impact between the two cars. At any rate, very sad. Appeared to have a promising career ahead. My prayers go out to his wife. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587353633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreAming in DigITal Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Like one of the drivers said, "why didn't he just slow down like every one else that was behind the wreck?" In NASCAR they cannot race back to the flag during a caution...is this the same in Indy? If not he may have been racing to the flag so he wouldn't loose position? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587354547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Wrap Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 video? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587355316 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreAming in DigITal Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 In NASCAR they cannot race back to the flag during a caution...is this the same in Indy? If not he may have been racing to the flag so he wouldn't loose position? Nevermind...The crash wasn't during the race, but during practice. That really is odd then... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587355386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbeckwith Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 If memory serves me correctly, IRL used the "instant yellow" rule prior to NASCAR. They have gone so far as to having a light on the steering wheel that lets them know that the course has gone yellow, along with the lights on the entire course. By what I have read, the spotter even told Dana that there was a wreck and to go low. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587357451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 RIP :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587357822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteWhite Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 This is true, but whenever a boxer dies, all the pillocks come out and demand that it is banned. But they don't when there is a death in any other sport. Name me one other sport where the main intention is to hurt the other player! Pete Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587357840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matrix XII Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 UFC? :rofl: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587357845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteWhite Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 UFC? :rofl:Putting 2 guys into a cage and letting them beat the crap out of each other is not a sport.Pete Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587357881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreAming in DigITal Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 /\ Amen Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587358493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted March 28, 2006 Veteran Share Posted March 28, 2006 does anyone have a video clip of the crash? i couldn't find anything.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587360183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor_88 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 does anyone have a video clip of the crash? i couldn't find anything.... http://youtube.com/watch?v=yTAIpz3KLUM Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/446575-driver-paul-dana-dies-in-crash/#findComment-587360196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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