Rookie racer Paul Dana, 30, in warm-up crash
Posted: Sunday, March 26th, 2006 5:34 pmPaul Dana was an up-and-coming rookie driver living his dream, a former motorsports journalist who was hours away Sunday from beginning his most promising season yet.
Then, before the green flag flew, something went terribly, inexplicably wrong.
While streaking around the Homestead-Miami Speedway oval during a warmup session, Dana failed to notice that another car had spun to a stop, slamming into it at close to 200 mph. Two hours after his shattered car came to a rest, the 30-year-old Dana was pronounced dead at a hospital. …
[T]he wreck might have been the result of a rookie mistake by Dana, whose previous IRL experience included just three races last season. … Read full story
