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