Simviation Forum - sad start to the IRL season

Mar 26^th, 2006 at 1:27pm

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http://sports.yahoo.com/irl/news;_ylt=AotZo6S26_.abRDZWvF3GGc5nYcB?slug=ap-irl-h...
Sad way to start the season.

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Reply #1 - Mar 26^th, 2006 at 1:59pm

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Very sad start indeed... Sad

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Reply #2 - Mar 26^th, 2006 at 3:43pm

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Always sad to see a driver lost. Terrible way to start the season. Sad

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Reply #3 - Mar 26^th, 2006 at 3:44pm

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they just showed the wreck in the pre-race. Wow. Never seen anything like that.

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Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2006 at 1:17pm

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Question that will never be answered is why a driver would speed up past other cars when there was a wreck?

But while sad, at least he was doing something he apparently dreamed of doing when he was killed.

I can only wish for something like that when my time comes.

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Reply #5 - Mar 27^th, 2006 at 1:35pm

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I honestly think this was a case of a rookie on his first proper race day being nervous and perhaps having gotten little sleep the night before. Pointless speculating though, its just good that carpenter is ok at least. The telemetry from Dana's car showed he tried braking but it was only fractions of a second before he hit Carpenter.

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Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2006 at 2:12pm

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I honestly think this was a case of a rookie on his first proper race day being nervous and perhaps having gotten little sleep the night before. Pointless speculating though, its just good that carpenter is ok at least. The telemetry from Dana's car showed he tried braking but it was only fractions of a second before he hit Carpenter.

From the opinions in the article you linked to Craig I expect it was just that. They'll be able to see the telemetry data. When its all happening around you I can believe it would be very easy to lose the bigger picture...

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