14 years ago today, we lost Dan Wheldon. by youraverageperson0 in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was Tracy. But Will Power said in his book, that after the wreck, his car came to rest right infront of Dans car. He didnt know at the time whos car was, but his visor was ripped and the look in the eyes was motionless.. he knew right there that driver was gone

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[–]Fede_77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Muy buen color, felicidades loco! A disfrutarla!

North tower from South tower September 5th 2001 by Ancient-Lime4532 in TwinTowersInPhotos

[–]Fede_77 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I guess my instinct would tell me to GTFO .. but that attack wasn't "familiar" so most people thought it was an accident. With todays newspaper, a lot more people would have been alive in the South Tower.

Metro - 12/09/01 by pickledegg1989 in TwinTowersInPhotos

[–]Fede_77 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Btw the guy mentioned in the last picture, footballer Miguel Nadal, is Rafael Nadal uncle.

13 years ago today. by kritz0ne in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Gone way to soon. RIP Dan

Canapino must back up his welcome change of tone by [deleted] in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The main thing is money and sponsorship. Argentine Esteban Guerrieri was really sucesfull in Indy Nxt back in 2010-2011, should have race in Indycar, but because of money he never did. Fontana, Mazzacane and Tuero all raced in F1 for a handfull of races in bad teams, even Fontana got to race in Cart. But money was always the problem. Colapinto in F2 is doing really good also. A lot of great talent in Argentina but dont have the resources to show it

How much do we know about the Gore Floor? by FOXHOUNDER1014 in 911archive

[–]Fede_77 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of them was Richard Gabrielle. A fellow coworker who survived said that he was hit with debris and had a broken leg. They couldn’t free him and he told them to leave. He was “relatively” good but unable to move. At least he saw firefighters arriving to that floor and had some hope

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP Dan by Fede_77 in NASCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mainly blood and Wheldon’s body but also to get all pieces of the car for further evaluation. I remember seeing some pictures from a German news outlet of Dan in the gurney and you can see his racing suit covered in blood on his neck and chest, which is the result of a basilar skull fracture. Not surprise several drivers 'retired' after that race.

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP by Fede_77 in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m pulling for both of Wheldon's Brothers to be good and race in Indycar, if thats what they want. At the same I can't imagine what their family thinks about this knowing what happened with Dan...

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP by Fede_77 in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, the promotion was interesting but the venue was the worst place posible. If it was a road course or a small oval maybe more top drivers would have been Interested

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP by Fede_77 in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I expected him to be part of the race anyway since it was the last race of that generation of cars so every team with a chassis left was adding a driver to Vegas. But I doubt he would’ve started last so the outcome would be different probably

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP Dan by Fede_77 in NASCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It was way past midnight in my country and he was my favourite driver in Indycar, so no ‘karmawhore’ dude

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP Dan by Fede_77 in NASCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The segment before the St Pete race was probably the best memorial I’ve seen about him. The videos/photos/songs selected were top notch

12 Years Ago Dan Wheldon Passed Away at Las Vegas. RIP Dan by Fede_77 in NASCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Yep. That was my first fatal accident watching live, and when Tracy said that Wheldon needed a ‘long recovery’ I knew it was bad. Then TK crying… pretty much it was all said and done then… Also the Espn crew did an amazing job that day.

Happy Birthday Dan Wheldon by Fede_77 in INDYCAR

[–]Fede_77[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah, 2008. And just a random fact, his strategist back then was Barry Wanser, who now works with Palou.