Re: Dan Weldon
This was a gimick race. They offered him $5 mill to start in the back and if he won he got the 5 mill to split with a fan. He had passed I think 10 cars before the wreck. All the drivers were complain'n that 33 or 34 cars on the track at one time was too many. The wreck took out 15 cars. He went airborne and cockpit first into the catch fence. Most of the drivers and tv guys were say'n it was the worse wreck they had ever seen. A lot of drivers and pit crews were cry'n after the wreck. He was a good kid with a great furture aahead of him. Those little cars go super fast. I think they said he was do'n like 210 at the time. Eurocharge was at the race I think.