My heart, my thoughts, and my prayers go out to the widow and family of Paul Dana who lost his life during practice for today's IRL season opener as well as Paul himself.
This is another reminder that the sport we love can be a blood sport.
With that, Dan Wheldon, who won the race, represents everything great about this sport. He is a worthy champion who, no doubt, will eventually come to Formula 1 and win the WC for Great Britain. He asked his team to be chaste in their joy out of respect for Dana's family as he was taking the checkered flag seconds after a thrilling last lap victory over Helio Castro-Neves!
Chris
IRL 300 at Hempstead
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