| A tragic crash took away Paul Dana's life during the | | | | participate in the race out of respect for Dana. |
| Indy Race opening day at the Homestead-Miami | | | | Carpenter suffered of a bruised lung, and was |
| Speedway last Sunday. | | | | released from Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on |
| Ed Carpenter lost control and crashed his car against | | | | Monday. According to a statement he is awake and |
| the wall and after some spinning ended up in the | | | | alert. |
| middle of the race track. Most of the drivers got to | | | | What everybody is wondering now is why Dana |
| avoid hitting Carpenter's car but Dana couldn't. He | | | | didn't see the signs. Yellow lights where there to let |
| crashed at an approximated speed of 200 miles an | | | | him know something was happening and he should be |
| hour during the final warm up for the season-opening | | | | careful. |
| race. | | | | IRL President Brian Barnhart declared that even when |
| Paul Dana who was 30 years old died just before | | | | the series didn't call it an investigation, they are |
| noon. This was the first time Dana raced for the | | | | looking into the accident: this includes reviewing video |
| Rahal Letterman Racing Team. After the awful | | | | of the incident, skid marks on the track and the cars |
| accident during the Toyota Indy 300 the other two | | | | involved. |
| teammates: Danicka Patrick and Buddy Rice wouldn't | | | | |