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Very well put Team CGR. As far as whether they should've continued....I've seen it done both ways. I was 7 yrs. old when I witnessed my first racing fatality in person at Knoxville, Iowa in 1982. It was a gory front stretch accident on the start of the A and to my dismay they cancelled the rest of it. The circumstance was that they were under pressure to go to wings so they decided to just wait and put the wings on before racing again. IRL was in a very similar situation with this being the last race for the true openwheel cars as next years' version will have rear fenders and bumpers that will help keep that type of accident from happening. I believe they thought it best to just wait for safer cars next year to race again. I understand their position but am not sure if I agree or disagree. I've witnessed several other fatalities where they finished the race, including an extremely vivid and bloody crash at the Ultimate challenge in Oskaloosa, IA. Unlike Wheldon's it was right on the front stetch in front of everyone and an unsafe fence post design was to blame, yet the racers chose to continue that night. Helio was ready to keep racing although he was in front of it all and maybe didn't see the magnitude of it. In the end I don't believe Indy cars belong on high banked 1 and 1/2 mile tracks. They belong on mile tracks and once a year at Indy. And the engines belong in front. RIP Dan Wheldon, Gary Scott, and Keith Hutton.
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