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The problem with changing Indy cars is this: closed cockpits are safer, but so are fenders and slower speeds. So, where do you draw the line? With enclosed cockpits and fenders they become nothing more than sports cars. They would no longer be Indy cars. Death has always been a part of the sport. Motorcycle racers get killed every single year at the Isle of Man race and other places. They just don't get the publicity. How many of our soldiers get killed every year in the Middle East? Answer, a lot more than die in auto racing. Racing drivers love the form of racing they are involved in or they wouldn't do it. As a former driver, I would not want the sport that I loved completely changed simply because of my death. I would want it to go on as it was for all to enjoy and only those who choose to risk it all need participate.
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