IndyCar 2011

gs39t

amacachi wrote: »

Aye. Just don't get how Helio and Briscoe have regressed so much over the last while.

Apparently Helio is now the subject of a lawsuit related to the tax issue he had a while back, and his head just isnt in the game. Shame, he's one of my favs.

Briscoe i dont know; i reckon it was just a flash of brilliance which faded away. Or Nicole :pac:

TheChrisD

Final race should be starting in a little while. Pre-race invocation etc. are done.

34 cars, this'll be one hell of a race!

amacachi

Totally fcukin forgot! What happened to Power?

TheChrisD

Holy ****, that was a huge crash! Several cars got in the air!

He's in it. Dario wins the championship.

amacachi

Wish I hadn't switched on there

amacachi

Hope everyone's alright, terrifying stuff.

TheChrisD

Cunningham, Hildebrand, Bell, Howard, Scheckter, Kimball, Tracy, Viso, Wheldon, Lloyd, Mann, Power and Rice all involved.

No replays yet, this might not be a great sign

acquiescefc

hope Wheldons ok.

horrible

Grim.

jesus wheldons car was decimated

amacachi

Amazing that so many walked away. The secondary crash was just unbelievable and there was at least one car barrell-rolled into another car along the wall and went along the wall.


I suddenly see why they limit the numbers so seemingly low.

dcr22B

Don't think Wheldon will be heading for the Gold Coast 600 V8s this weekend after that shunt.

acquiescefc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcAZ7I_lk7M

Grim.

have a bad feeling about wheldon

amacachi

Grim. wrote: »

have a bad feeling about wheldon

What Tracy said raised my hopes a bit but the I remembered it's Paul "The Mouth" Tracy.

Johnny Mowlem looks like he's in bits.

Grim.

to me it looked like the crash ripped the roll hoop off dans car

TheChrisD

amacachi

Amazing to see Power walk away from that.

TheChrisD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcAZ7I_lk7M

amacachi

Pippa Mann looked like she was in serious shock when taken from the car, shouldn't be anything too serious for her though.

The tone about Wheldon really isn't positive.

dcr22B

I've switched it off, too many bad memories of Greg Moore at California Speedway in 1999

dcr22B

Tweet from Ashley Judd, Dario F's wife (for those who don't know):

Thanks everyone for prayers. No update on Dan yet except unconscious but vitals are good. Everyone here very scared. Pray for medical team.

amacachi

Hard to say much from that, if there's any head injury I'd imagine they'll be keeping him sedated for quite a while anyway.

afatbollix

Any one got a web stream?

TheChrisD

http://www.justin.tv/freddy49net

amacachi

Would've been more surprised if Power wasn't injured.

TheChrisD

Driver's meeting called. Hopefully they will just be discussing what will happen with this race, whether they'll keep going or call it off.

acquiescefc

..

amacachi

Not sure there's a word to describe that photo.

Grim.

had a feeling that happened

amacachi

The Twitter probably isn't the best place to be right now.

afatbollix

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/autoracing/wheldon-seriously-injured-in-massive-15-car-wreck-that-sent-cars-flying-las-vegas-indycar-race/2011/10/16/gIQALKhJpL_story.html?fb_ref=NetworkNews&fb_source=home_oneline


Photos of them putting in the helicopter. They are not doing CPR which is good But his head all wrapped up. Which makes sense from the pics above.

acquiescefc

some bad stuff coming thru twitter from local news ppl ,hoping its fake.

amacachi

acquiescefc wrote: »

some bad stuff coming thru twitter from local news ppl ,hoping its fake.

Always gonna be people who want to be the first to confirm something, hopefully it's the usual thing of people being tools.

promethius

doesn't seem to be legit, hope he's ok, you'd forget the risks these guys take sometimes

TheChrisD

Two hours now. Still all we can do is hope.


EDIT: Driver's meeting has just ended. No interviews will be had, I suspect Barnhart will be making an announcement soon.

frostie500

That was a horrendous crash

amacachi

Eh yeah, Kanaan not exactly filling me with hope there.

frostie500

amacachi wrote: »

Eh yeah, Kanaan not exactly filling me with hope there.

What did TK say? The stream keeps dropping for me?

amacachi

frostie500 wrote: »

What did TK say? The stream keeps dropping for me?

Nothing, just looks in bits.

Grim.

frostie500 wrote: »

What did TK say? The stream keeps dropping for me?

all the drivers looking close to tears

TheChrisD

Yea, no words have been said by anyone yet, but the mood in the paddock is extremely solemn.

Grim.

sickening

RIP dan

TheChrisD

RIP

amacachi

frostie500

I was actually supposed to be at this race and was raging all weekend to have missed it but it must be absolutely horrible to be there. Hopefully we get some good news soon from the hospital.

namloc1980

Not an Indy fan but just terrible.

RIP Dan Wheldon.

DOC09UNAM

RIP Dan Wheldon, horrific and horrible to watch

My thoughts are with his family.

amacachi

Really feel sorry for Johnny Mowlem.

acquiescefc

let johnny mowlem go home please

namloc1980

frostie500 wrote: »

I was actually supposed to be at this race and was raging all weekend to have missed it but it must be absolutely horrible to be there. Hopefully we get some good news soon from the hospital.

It was announced on Sky that he has passed away.