Auto racing: Fast track blamed in driver Dan Wheldon?s death
By dave caldwell
The New York Times
Published Oct 17, 2011 10:56PM MDT
Las Vegas ? The recipe for disaster in auto racing is hardly a secret. Start with a problematic racing layout, mix in a field of expert drivers with rookies and rusty ones, put millions of dollars on the line and then add speed. Lots of speed.
On Sunday, the recipe produced one of the worst crashes in the history of IndyCar racing: a 15-car smashup that left the British driver Dan Wheldon, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, dead at 33.
The problematic track was Las Vegas Motor Speedway, ...
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