600 ESPN EL PASO » Las Vega Motor Speedway http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Fri, 24 May 2013 20:44:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Dan Wheldon 1978-2011 http://krod.com/dan-wheldon-1978-2011/ http://krod.com/dan-wheldon-1978-2011/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:08:39 +0000 Chad Middleton http://krod.com/?p=14406 When people decide to become race car drivers, they expect to have a long successful career. These drivers have nerves of steel and they are fearless. In the Izod Indy Racing League they can reach speeds of over 220 mph. It takes a lot of guts to get behind the wheel of any car that can move that fast.

Never do they think about having their life cut short by dying on the track. More to the point, going airborne into a safety fence and bursting  into a fiery ball of flames.

Sadly that is what happened today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway when we lost Dan Wheldon.

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