There is just something so hauntingly beautiful about hearing Amazing Grace on bagpipes, paired up with the low wail of the Indy engines as the cars are doing the five lap salute to Dan. I don't know what it is, but it is something that is absolutely beautiful, absolutely haunting and just the rendition of Amazing Grace on bagpipes fits the tribute so, so well.
Gods, hearing Marty and Scott and Eddie emotional gets me every time. Jamie Little and the technical isssues ESPN had break my heart, she was sent to the hospital and ESPN missed the start of the announcement. Say what you will about Marty Reid as an announcer. But he had the right crew around him for this situation. Scott and Eddie understood immediately how serious things were. Some crews would have been talking to fill dead air. Not this crew. They all handled it with dignity and grace and the seriousness it deserved. Marty won my respect that day, he went from an announcer who fumbled his words doing NASCAR to someone who was well spoken, eloquent and rose to the occasion as odd as that sounds. He found the way to explain what was going on and yet without saying too much. Dan was, going by his gig with Versus at Texas, he had the talent to move on over to broadcasting. He reminded me of PT though, or a sober James Hunt without the outspoken drunk antics Hunt had. EDIT: IIRC this was the lead story on the BBC's sports news that day or the next. His 2011 Indy 500 win is heartbreaking but he was on the other end of that because Hildebrand did the same thing as Emmo did in 94, got too high and found the wall. Dan got past and won his second Indy 500. When Justin Wilson was killed at Pocono in 2015, it made the national news as far as being on the hourly radio bulletins, not the sports news, the main news bulletins and not even as the last story,but one of the main stories as well.
I had the lucky opportunity to compete and battle with his sons Sebastian and Oliver on iRacing with the Indy Pro 2000 at Phoenix a few months ago. I wish nothing but the best for their racing careers, they deserve it. Oliver is a smart and respectful racer, he races very cleanly. I truly like that kid. Sebastian is the tough one, he seems very aggressive and determined. I truly liked Dan when he was racing, and I'll really look for them, because they have the ability to be successful Indycar racers in the next 10-15 years.
Your not just a girl. Lots of men were crying that day it was a depressing day. I had taped the race because i was on a flight and before I got home I heard the news. When I got home I watched the race.
If you listen to the cars as they made their 5 lap salute, the engines sound like they're sobbing too. Screaming angry engines reduced to just sad wails.
I still remember this. Definitely tears that day. Brock Bread, who narrated this, has a series call After Alan that is really good. Tear jerker but really good. His whole channel is good.
Tragic accident. I remember the 1975 South African Grand Prix where Tom Pryce a UK driver, lost his life after hitting a marshall who ran accross the track to help another driver who had crashed.
R.I.P to a indycar legend but unfortunately Dan isn't the only one who died in a final event of an indycar series. Can you react to Gone To Soon: Greg Moore
There is just something so hauntingly beautiful about hearing Amazing Grace on bagpipes, paired up with the low wail of the Indy engines as the cars are doing the five lap salute to Dan. I don't know what it is, but it is something that is absolutely beautiful, absolutely haunting and just the rendition of Amazing Grace on bagpipes fits the tribute so, so well.
Gods, hearing Marty and Scott and Eddie emotional gets me every time. Jamie Little and the technical isssues ESPN had break my heart, she was sent to the hospital and ESPN missed the start of the announcement. Say what you will about Marty Reid as an announcer. But he had the right crew around him for this situation. Scott and Eddie understood immediately how serious things were. Some crews would have been talking to fill dead air. Not this crew. They all handled it with dignity and grace and the seriousness it deserved. Marty won my respect that day, he went from an announcer who fumbled his words doing NASCAR to someone who was well spoken, eloquent and rose to the occasion as odd as that sounds. He found the way to explain what was going on and yet without saying too much. Dan was, going by his gig with Versus at Texas, he had the talent to move on over to broadcasting. He reminded me of PT though, or a sober James Hunt without the outspoken drunk antics Hunt had.
EDIT: IIRC this was the lead story on the BBC's sports news that day or the next. His 2011 Indy 500 win is heartbreaking but he was on the other end of that because Hildebrand did the same thing as Emmo did in 94, got too high and found the wall. Dan got past and won his second Indy 500. When Justin Wilson was killed at Pocono in 2015, it made the national news as far as being on the hourly radio bulletins, not the sports news, the main news bulletins and not even as the last story,but one of the main stories as well.
I had the lucky opportunity to compete and battle with his sons Sebastian and Oliver on iRacing with the Indy Pro 2000 at Phoenix a few months ago. I wish nothing but the best for their racing careers, they deserve it. Oliver is a smart and respectful racer, he races very cleanly. I truly like that kid. Sebastian is the tough one, he seems very aggressive and determined. I truly liked Dan when he was racing, and I'll really look for them, because they have the ability to be successful Indycar racers in the next 10-15 years.
One of the biggest tragedies in motorsports history
That broadcast sign off will FOREVER give me chills. It's just so perfect for such a sad sad moment
I love your reactions especially the on about dale earnhardt he was my driver since 1985 and after he died I cried and had to call into work
This was the most saddest day in motorsports history I watched this 100 times on UA-cam and it’s still in my memory to this day
Your not just a girl. Lots of men were crying that day it was a depressing day. I had taped the race because i was on a flight and before I got home I heard the news. When I got home I watched the race.
I turned the TV on just as the crash happened. My grandmother and I sat through the two hours of the red flag until the announcement and salute.
If you listen to the cars as they made their 5 lap salute, the engines sound like they're sobbing too. Screaming angry engines reduced to just sad wails.
This was the first fatal crash I saw live, I was 11 years old at the time ... very surreal moment that I didn't fully comprehend for a long time
Dan wellden yeah i remember watching that race at las Vegas so unfortunate what happened to him i wished I never watched that race in 2011.😔
Ever since that day, I have never been able to hear Amazing Grace on bagpipes without thinking back to this moment and crying.
I still remember this. Definitely tears that day. Brock Bread, who narrated this, has a series call After Alan that is really good. Tear jerker but really good. His whole channel is good.
Seeing Dan Wheldon die at my home track gives me chills.
Dan Wheldon's and Jules Bianchi's crash is what accelerated the development of the halo and windscreen in F1 and Indycar.
Let's not forget the fatality of Justin Wilson, too.
@@c6kwothat’s the one that sealed the cockpits off for good.
Tragic accident. I remember the 1975 South African Grand Prix where Tom Pryce a UK driver, lost his life after hitting a marshall who ran accross the track to help another driver who had crashed.
R.I.P to a indycar legend but unfortunately Dan isn't the only one who died in a final event of an indycar series. Can you react to Gone To Soon: Greg Moore
They are trying to balance a LOT of emotions and sensibilities when doing a broadcast like this. You don't know everything in advance.
You should react to the speed racer movie it's on UA-cam for free with adds tho