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[Pandora]

Yep! I think he was just tryin' to look the tuff guy for his new hottie girlfriend.

They moved those cameras fairly quick, but they just replayed it and they are chatting with Gordon now.

 

[crabcake]

Gotta admit that his wrists didn't collapse like I expected, the boy must be pumping up as he moved Kenseth several feet.

I did notice that; I also noticed Kenseth's wrists (literally) go a little limp.

 

[crabcake]

Well, JJ may have fallen to 3rd in points, but only 19 points down. Not bad for the crappy day he had from the get-go!

 

[Pandora]

Well, JJ may have fallen to 3rd in points, but only 19 points down. Not bad for the crappy day he had from the get-go!

Kahne is #2.

 

[Speedy70]

Mark's only 32 points out in 4th place.

 

[gumby]

Yep! I think he was just tryin' to look the tuff guy for his new hottie girlfriend.

Yeah but he left his helmet on when he pushed him. He was afraid his makeup would get messed up.

 

[Ken King]

Yeah but he left his helmet on when he pushed him. He was afraid his makeup would get messed up.

Or his nose. If you can get away with wearing a helmet to a fist-fight, do it. Probably added to his bravado.

 

[Ken King]

DAMN!!! Paul Dana killed at Homestead this morning in a 170mph crash.

Just saw a clip of that crash. Damn tragic, but I guess it's all part of the "go-fast" business.

Was Dana the one that t-boned the other car or the one that got t-boned? It wasn't a long segment and they weren't specific, not to mention that I don't follow IRL enough to know who is who.

 

[Penn]

I think Dana was the one that got "T-boned".

At 3:00pm, they were doing the intro about today's Indy Car race when they showed the film clip.

Nasty sight, to see him get rammed at 176mph, or so said the announcer.

Bits and pieces flying everywhere.

 

[Pandora]

And I heard it was Dana that slammed into the stopped car. HOWEVER, they didn't make it sound like a T-bone at all but more like Dana slammed into the back of a stopped car.

 

[crabcake]

No, Dana was the one who hit the car (he's the one who t-boned the other car). The issue at hand is why didn't he slow down? Rahal-Letterman is reporting no communication problems, the caution lights were on, yet he didn't slow down. :shrug:

Regardless of the "why's", it's a sad tragedy, yet a risk these guys take when they step into the cockpit of the car.

 

[Mikeinsmd]

Just saw a clip of that crash. Damn tragic, but I guess it's all part of the "go-fast" business.

Was Dana the one that t-boned the other car or the one that got t-boned? It wasn't a long segment and they weren't specific, not to mention that I don't follow IRL enough to know who is who.

Dana was the one who hit the wrecked car. He should have been slowing down. We'll never know why he wasn't.

 

[Pandora]

A t-bone accident to me is straight into the driver/passenger door, I understood (heard didn't see the video) Dana to have hit the rear of the car (back end) trunk area and it is a good thing because at 170 MPH, they would be mourning the loss of 2 drivers.

If it was a t-bone as some have said here, I am shocked that the person that was t-boned lived. :shrug:

 

[Penn]

Ya'll are right - I heard it wrong........

ESPN commentary:

"Carpenter, the stepson of Indy Racing League founder Tony George, spun his Vision Racing car exiting Turn 2 of the 1.5- mile Homestead-Miami Speedway oval and hugged the outside wall before slowly creeping back onto the racing surface.

It was nearly stopped when it was hit in the left-rear corner at nearly full speed by Dana's car."

 

[Mikeinsmd]

A t-bone accident to me is straight into the driver/passenger door, I understood (heard didn't see the video) Dana to have hit the rear of the car (back end) trunk area and it is a good thing because at 170 MPH, they would be mourning the loss of 2 drivers.

If it was a t-bone as some have said here, I am shocked that the person that was t-boned lived. :shrug:

I guess you could say it was more of an "L" bone... The stopped car was perpendicular to him and he hit it behind the drivers seat.

 

[Pandora]

I guess you could say it was more of an "L" bone... The stopped car was perpendicular to him and he hit it behind the drivers seat.

Ok, I finally found a video.

Here

After looking at it, I cannot tell what the hell end, side, whatever, he hit.

I also cannot hear any sound and not sure if it is the link or my wonderful computer again.

 

[Pandora]

^ That video is graphic and you can hear the sound if you turn the volume all the way up. The sound is bad.

 

[kom526]

Bobby got a TOP 5!!!
Kenseth bumping Gordon was uncalled for and cost me 1st place in my fantasy league. :asshat: There was NO WAY that Kenseth was stronger than the 2, 29 or 24. If he was, HE would have won the race. If DIRT Busch was driving "Grave Digger" the 17 would've be a pile of busted up sheet metal on lap 495.

Did I mention the top 5 that Bobby got in the 43 car?