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Should IndyCar return to Las Vegas?
Anyone who views this question knows what I'm talking about. After the tragic loss of Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, should the open wheel series return to the circuit? Obviously it's a very tough decision, and there are arguments both ways.
As of right now, IndyCar's 2012 schedule visits only 5 ovals, Vegas being one of them. However, Auto Club Speedway (Greg Moore, 1999), and Indianapolis (Tony Renna, 2003), have also seen drivers killed behind the wheel. Jeff Krosnoff was also killed in 1996 in a CART race at Toronto, which IndyCar will visit next season. Add in that the series continued to race, and may possibly race at Homestead Miami Speedway, even after Paul Dana was killed in 2006.
Despite what history has said and how history should tend to be followed in most cases, I feel like IndyCar should not return to Las Vegas Motor Speedway; at least not in 2012.
Maybe the events of 13 days ago are still to fresh on my mind, but I can't even imagine going back to a track where the last time IndyCar drivers turned a lap, they lost a legendary driver and good friend. I personally knew Dan, so that may also have a little effect on my opinion, but it's still my opinion. Out of respect for the Wheldon family, and with the hearts and thoughts of the drivers in mind, I feel like it;d be a bad idea to return to Las Vegas quite yet.
But I'm not asking this question just to ramble on why I think what I think. Let me know your own thoughts.
God bless, and keep the Wheldon family, as well and the Wanser family (six year old Michael) and the Simoncelli family & MotoGP community (23 year old Marco Simoncelli) in your thoughts and prayers, as they also lost a light in their worlds this past weekend.
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
i heard the irl in its entirety has been closed down there will be no more irl races ever. them boys needed some driving lessons anyways
Source(s): drag racer - ?Lv 710 years ago
I think they will, Indy Car will learn from this just like Nascar did when they lost Dale Sr. The car next yr is suppose to be safer, and I think there will be more safety issues put into use before they race here again. Racing is never 100% safe, a bad crash can happen around any turn on any track. Indy Car will review every thing that happened at this track,and take a look at all the drivers who were racing, I still say there were drivers who did not have enough oval experience for this type of track which is nothing like Indianapolis.. Its sad this Vegas race was a disaster in the making before the green flag even flew..... R.I.P Dan Wheldon.
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- 10 years ago
No oval track with concrete walls & a catch-fence will ever be safe for fast, crowded racing. Even the infield is littered with concrete barriers at some tracks, it would seem stupid if it was anywhere but America. Sport in the U.S.A is made for television & the absolutely tragic loss of Dan Wheldon is a direct result of "the product" coming before all-else. Viewers like crashes & you get loads of them on ovals, they also give American drivers a chance to beat the foriegners who can turn right AND left when racing. Marco Simoncelli died in a freak accident involving two utter professionals & horrible luck at Sepang, Dan Wheldon was killed for entertainment by filling a deadly track with part-time drivers to excite the audience. Elite racing has outgrown the traditional speedway & drivers will continue to fall until Indycar & Nascar admit that.
- buckbladeLv 610 years ago
In 2011, INDYCAR returned to Indy, Milwaukee and Toronto despite having previous fatalities in their races there. They should return to Las Vegas someday, but only if they keep cars on the ground and improve the current viciousness of the catch fencing. If that can't come before 2012, then so be it.
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- 10 years ago
Yes, definitely return to Las Vegas. The new chassis for 2012 have been designed to keep the cars from getting airborne when they run into each other. I think that change is enough to warrant a return there.
- JayLv 710 years ago
If we stopped racing at tracks where a fatality occurred, there would be lots of empty race tracks. There's no reason to not race at Vegas.
