Miss SpeedTV and RIP to Dan Wheldon and Robin Miller.

someone dying on that oval was an inevitability with each crash.
seems the drivers knew that better than bob.

RIP DAN WHELDON AND ROBIN MILLER!!!

I miss Dan … I miss speed tv

Dan was so talented

8:50 Spot-on, Robin. Bring back the Hanford Device! Those races that CART ran with it were awesome! You could do slingshot passes, just like NASCAR at Daytona and Talladega before restrictor plates ruined it. The cars weren’t bunched up in a pack like IRL racing on such tracks at the time, and passing was possible.
What happened that day in Las Vegas was the result of a shitty aerodynamic package that didn’t place enough emphasis on the mechanical grip provided by the suspension in addition to the fact that there was too many cars for a track that size. Limit the field size, fix the aero package, and the outcome that day could’ve been very different.

Everyone ripping on Bob, and while I agree with Robin that he didn't know what he was talking about... I have to wonder if he was going through denial, the first stage of grief. The man wasn't cold-hearted, he was clearly holding back tears on the phone. I wonder if he just didn't want to believe that this was a result of the type of racing that was happening that day, that it was just a freak accident.

Bob from Milwaukee should had educated himself about racing and what drivers go through before calling into this show. He could had at least given his thoughts of prayers to the Wheldon family.

Never really got emotional about sports deaths but this one hurt me. Dan was a great guy and huge personality.  The sport has suffered severely without him

Bob from Milwaukee doesnt give a u know what about Weldon I would have sent my condolences first and for most

What I always hated was fans and news people getting involved with what we love to do. They try and put their cowardly personality onto us. I raced from 4-25yrs old and 7-25yrs old under sponsorship. I absolutely loved speedways and super speedways. I raced in 6 different series dirt and asphalt both. In 1999 I had a skull fracture and a ton of organs damaged lacerated from hitting the wall at 152mph it was 132g & 129g just two milliseconds later. I was in a induced  coma 29days. I returned in 2000 and couldn’t wait to go back. I had to wear a Hans on return because I wouldn’t survive another hit like that. But I never was scared  or didn’t even have fear because I whole heartedly believed I wouldn’t crash again. And the fear was gone because I realized after my bad crash. If I kill myself I won’t know it anyways.

bob the knob

8:25 It's sad to see that Dave was right in this case. Oval racing as we know it in IndyCar is gone. Texas is neutered and more and more ovals are taken off the schedule every year. I know driver safety is paramount, but close-quarters oval racing is why I fell in love with IndyCar. Road courses are fine but nothing beats 26 cars going around old Texas or Michigan at 220 MPH

Don't be a Bob.

The track was not designed for that amount of cars travelling at 354 mph / 220 mph, and sadly Dan Wheldon paid the ultimate price. IndyCar needs to improve safety for the drivers and the public - just imagine one of these cars going through or over the fence.

RIP Dan, and heartfelt condolences to your family!

As a Bob I do not approve of what that Bob said

I think Robin and Bob were both right in their own way. The track wasn't designed for Indycar it had Stock Cars in mind. But back in the day they waited until the end to announce a driver's death. As Bob was basically saying if you don't have the balls to do it then don't. If you look at the 60s and 70s Indianapolis cars, they were so much more dangerous. Just search the videos. It may have been as they said the drivers come to a consensus of not continuing the race. And the few that kept going would look like morons. Either way I think this will be the norm when a death happens just stopping the race completely. It's horrific what happened to Dan. But it is a race and when signing up they knew the dangers. They could have easily protested or pulled out before the race.

Has nothing to do with the track itself. I have no idea why on earth they would have 34 cars on the track. Way too many cars. They never did that before.

And now Seb and Oliver are following.

I remember a race at Chicago once, the only time I watched a race and was, honestly, scared:  Almost the entire race except for pit stops and yellows was run with the first 21 cars (of 24 or 25, I think) running three wide and seven rows deep; first to 21st was about 0.6-0.7 seconds.  As that race got further towards the end I was about holding my breath on every lap, wondering what happens if someone’s tire blows, or two cars next to each other get sucked in by aerodynamics, or a blown engine happened.  Thankfully nothing did; as I said the first 21 finished three wide and seven deep….