Fat Albert Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 . Feel for the 23 year old Californian, having out driven the cream of oval racing he blew a couple of million dollars on the last corner Quote
Captain Colonial Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 People just do not realise how difficult oval racing is. Rookie mistake, what a price to pay. Poor sod. Quote
Uncle Fester Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Gutted for the rookie, but I remember watching Wheldon (the eventual winner) racing in karts when he was about 12! God I'm old Quote
pistonbroke Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Gonna be remembered for that more than if he had won unbelievable bad luck Quote
fatbaldbloke Posted May 29, 2011 Posted May 29, 2011 Happy for Dan Wheldon, good local boy from Bedford. Quote
SteveD Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 feel gutted for the guy ,but answer me this why do drivers turn into squeeling baby pigs that shout s***e when they win like vettel does ,yaba daba dee ring a ding ding ding ,what the f**k is that all about ,its yaba daba doo you stupid german mong ! Quote
barney Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 you called...? feel gutted for him though...that must hurt.. Quote
peterg Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 QUOTE People just do not realise how difficult oval racing is. "must turn left, must turn left, must turn left....." repeat ad infinitum - yeah must be really hard oh sorry maybe it should be "must turn left, don't hit the wall, must turn left, don't hit the wall....." Quote
fatbaldbloke Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 I worked for a while at a Nascar team and Brian Vickers, one of the sprint cup drivers explained to me how it works. The conversation went something like: BV: We have 39 races in a year, 37 ovals and 2 street circuits. Me: The street circuits sound fun, where are they? BV: Watkins Glen and (somewhere else, I can't remember where). Me: Watkins Glen's a race track, not a street circuit. BV: No, a street circuit is anywhere we turn right! Quote
s2k7 Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 "must turn left, must turn left, must turn left....." repeat ad infinitum - yeah must be really hard well, easy said and done....@ 225 mph? Quote
Captain Colonial Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 What's the Indy 50, by the way? Fuel costs shortened the race? Quote
Lurksalot Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 crazy incident , but at least he had the skill and determination to get over the line , most crashes like that end up with the wreck spewing across the circuit collecting a dozen others Quote
echoz Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 Surely matey that he was lapping shoulda got outta the throttle on the straight? lol Quote
pistonbroke Posted May 30, 2011 Posted May 30, 2011 With 4 banked corners per lap and 14 meters of track width available I would have thought the previous 499 3/4 laps would have been enough practise at lapping backmarkers Quote
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