Dana's Dead. Gentleman Start Your Engines!

[tuq]

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You race for a living... you love it. You know the inherent risks involved.

So you die, you're looking down at the race from heaven.. I think you'd want them to still race. I think it would be what you wanted, and I think that's one of the main reasons they raced.

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This is a good answer.

The whole symbolism thing is annoying. I'd rather have them race with Dana on their hearts than cancel the race as a token gesture but not really care.

It's like the addition of G_d Bless America during the 7th inning stretch. It's played out. Either you're for America and what it stands for, or you're not. Being forced to sing it doesn't change things. I could see it for the end of the 2001 season, but not now.

[CrazyPsycho]

Many, many drivers have died IN the race before, and the show has always continued. It's more of a racing tradition, as they say, "The show must go on". It wouldn't do much good for the drivers to sit around for a whole day, or even longer, pondering the accident that most of them witnessed. Better to honor the driver the only way they know how, to put on a good show. It may sound callous, but it's always been that way.

If you saw the race Sunday, you surely noticed how there was no celebration after the race, it was all about their fallen competitor.