“This has been a dream come true for me. The best drivers in the world and the best teams in the world are here and I'm just so proud...Thank you everybody.” Dan Wheldon 1978-2011
Dan Wheldon. Indy Car icon. Dead at thirty-three. In what was the last race of the Indy Car season, the sport lost a true winner Sunday. Wheldon, winner of the 2011 Indy 500 and the 2005 Indy Car Series Champion died doing what he loved. "This has been a dream come true to me" just rings throughout your head saying this guy knew what he loved. He found something he was passionate about and performed to the fullest of his capabilities to the very last race. To lose a life is a depressing thing, but to lose one so young makes it even more horrific. Words can't express how awful the taking of a life truly is. Whether by freak accident, on purpose, by natural causes, it doesn't matter because somebody still left this Earth with no more than a crash, well, at least in this case. Wheldon was married and had two sons neither older than two. It is obvious that he will be missed, not because of his racing capabilities, but because of the life he lived and the people he impacted.
This entry is a tribute to life which I feel is only fitting considering the somber mood due to today's unfortunate crash. We all must remember that our lives can end at any given moment, thus we have to live like there's no tomorrow. Make use of every single day we have on this great Earth, and hope that we get the opportunity to wake up again and enjoy life. Cherish those you love, and forgive those you don't because our lives are too short to go about without forgiving those who have wronged us.
It is sad when you lose somebody you knew, and I guarantee Dan Wheldon's family wishes they could relive yesterday and even today before the race. There is no way anybody can see what's coming for them. People can attempt to predict, but you just never know when your time will run out until it happens. So let this be a tribute to life, but also a celebration of Dan Wheldon and the life he lived. I don't know him personally, or know what type of person he was, but any walk of life, no matter what or who it was deserves to be mourned and remembered. However, we must also look at it in realization that death can come knocking on anybody's door regardless of who they are, or the life they have lived.
R.I.P. Dan Wheldon 1978-2011
May you find peace wherever you may be, and may your family get through these tough times that lay ahead.
Dan Wheldon. Indy Car icon. Dead at thirty-three. In what was the last race of the Indy Car season, the sport lost a true winner Sunday. Wheldon, winner of the 2011 Indy 500 and the 2005 Indy Car Series Champion died doing what he loved. "This has been a dream come true to me" just rings throughout your head saying this guy knew what he loved. He found something he was passionate about and performed to the fullest of his capabilities to the very last race. To lose a life is a depressing thing, but to lose one so young makes it even more horrific. Words can't express how awful the taking of a life truly is. Whether by freak accident, on purpose, by natural causes, it doesn't matter because somebody still left this Earth with no more than a crash, well, at least in this case. Wheldon was married and had two sons neither older than two. It is obvious that he will be missed, not because of his racing capabilities, but because of the life he lived and the people he impacted.
This entry is a tribute to life which I feel is only fitting considering the somber mood due to today's unfortunate crash. We all must remember that our lives can end at any given moment, thus we have to live like there's no tomorrow. Make use of every single day we have on this great Earth, and hope that we get the opportunity to wake up again and enjoy life. Cherish those you love, and forgive those you don't because our lives are too short to go about without forgiving those who have wronged us.
It is sad when you lose somebody you knew, and I guarantee Dan Wheldon's family wishes they could relive yesterday and even today before the race. There is no way anybody can see what's coming for them. People can attempt to predict, but you just never know when your time will run out until it happens. So let this be a tribute to life, but also a celebration of Dan Wheldon and the life he lived. I don't know him personally, or know what type of person he was, but any walk of life, no matter what or who it was deserves to be mourned and remembered. However, we must also look at it in realization that death can come knocking on anybody's door regardless of who they are, or the life they have lived.
R.I.P. Dan Wheldon 1978-2011
May you find peace wherever you may be, and may your family get through these tough times that lay ahead.
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