I had been looking forward to watch the final Indycar race of 2011 which I believe would have seen the driver I support (Dario Franchitti) win the championship (Which he did).I was also looking forward to seeing local boy Dan Wheldon coming through the field to win his $5 million prize, However 11 laps in while and while the cameras were actually in car with Dan there was an accident happening right in front of him, The cameras suddenly cut away to show what could only be described as carnage.15 cars crashing, Some were flying through the air, Some were spinning and some were engulfed in fireballs.Of course knowing that modern day race cars were safe I was concerned about the drivers involved but I never realise it would claim the life of one of the greatest drivers Britain produced.Many outside of motorsport would have heard who of him but those who did knew that this man was exceptional and the things he could do with a racing car was simply brilliant, He was not only a multiple champion but a down to earth person who was so full of life and was loved by everyone he came across.He never entered F1 but he was great in America's version of F1, The only difference between F1 and Indy is that Indycars are faster and run on three different types of circuit, Road courses, Street circuits and of course Ovals.It was on an Oval that our boy was sadly killed.This race apparently is going to happen again next year, Well I believe that this is just stupidity on a massive scale. Las Vegas should be dropped as well as the other small ovals of the same size and replaced with the ovals at Pocono Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway which are much larger.I also believe there should be some sort of Super-licence introduced so that the drivers are shown to be capable of handling these machines, This has worked well in F1.Indy racing is a fantastic racing series and in my opinion is much better than F1, Ok F1 has the glamour but Indycars has better racing and the "Drivers - Start Your Engines" with system check radio calls are brilliant, Also the double file (Where two cars line up next to each other) restarts are awesome.I could talk about how great Indy racing is all night but that is something I will leave you to decide.As a tribute to Dan here is a video of Dan Wheldon winning the 2011 Indy 500Good Bye Dan Wheldon, Rest in peace.

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