Hi Mike, yes... Thanks for asking.... He is ok.... His car was totaled, but he is fine... He called a few times, including when he heard of the passing of Dan, and he was desperate, as you can imagine.... He didn't give many details if he was slighted injured or not, but we know he is fine....
Mike, did you see this one? This was massive... I did not see the 1973.... but this was several cars flying catching on fire... Imagine - 15 cars out of 34. At 220 miles an hour. 2 Cars flew over Vitor - both were on fire. You can picture Dan's crash.... This was not an accident - were 15 at the same time
Not only that, but there was a prize for $5,000,000 for the best Rookie of the year, so there were TONS of rookies in this race, many only racing THIS race for the prize - many involved in the crash. You put speed, inexperienced drivers, tight course, multiple rows = recipe for disaster.
I was shaking like a leaf. Every time I go to a race, or I see a race, and I see a crash, I immediately look for his car to see if he is alright - this time there were so many cars... If you see in the pictures, Vitor is #14, right in the middle of the mess, under Dan Wheldon, who at this point starts flying. But the crash happened so so fast, you see nothing - just cars flying, debris and fire. Then ambulances helicopters... they took the longest time to give any updates on the drivers....
Hopefully.... Because they changed the rules this year to make it more fun and more exciting to the viewers.... only.... it made it also much more dangerous to the drivers.... There were tons and tons of accidents this year, and finally a lethal one yesterday. The drivers have been complaining for a while - now I hope they will be listened - unfortunately, at a very high cost
