Oriol Servia not close to Dan Wheldon some of his indycar counterparts, but the ruling Indianapolis 500 winner haunts his dream.
"This guy recently appeared 10 times, may never have said:" Servia Wheldon said, who was killed in the October 16 Las Vegas motor speedway. "Every time (he is) in his car firesuit), I like," he hasn't realized he was dead. "He was like," I send text messages, and there is no answer me. "That is the last (dream).
"I'm sure everyone lost someone can answer you. But this is strange, because he is in a circle, and then the next lap he is not."
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Servia and the rest of the Izod indycar series driver will open their 2012 season on Sunday on the streets of fort Morgan, facing a opinions seem to stand: and back to the same line of work that left a colleague death, his widow to improve their two children.
Remind will everywhere, Morgan latent Wheldon adopted hometown of st. Petersburg, in Britain were buried in 33.
Prerace ceremony, 2005 years of two titles and Indianapolis 500 winner, Wheldon sister Holly will decline the green flag and later gift championship. Orange ribbons-to Wheldon car-will be sold (continue to benefit the alzheimer's foundation support of serious Wheldon) and characteristic of the shirt of orbit volunteers. 10 in the corner turn Albert park and Bayshore left in the drive-Wheldon win in 2005, through to the course-has been people "Dan Wheldon way." Have a permanent memorial hall, plan and Dan Wheldon twitter account have asked fans wearing orange salute to the game.
Meanwhile, the state media playback image must be 15-car hot, deadly car send Wheldon airborne, and cut short last season finale. (he died in his head fence post.) The outpouring of concern and sadness do not match the 2001 death of the Earnhardt but dell will also the national spotlight struggling for a series of exposure. In the game of in Las Vegas a few weeks ago, fans organized a 77-lap Wheldon last car number to twitter, social media web site trend. Online auction raised more than $600000 fund will enter Wheldon family.
Sunday's Honda grand prix will mark the first indycar race car-a redesigned Wheldon named, assist test-the first died since Paul Dana died in an accident in the Homestead-Miami method in 2006. (series run later the same day.)
Indycar provide counseling to rival sad through Bob hill, a pastor and indycar department has a begin from 1997 in clinical a master's degree in psychology.
The circuit of stars, though, perhaps the biggest challenge will be for Sunday's match will clear Wheldon memories, his amiable character and toothy smile lit up the pit lane. The 2005 series championship and the champions 16-the time can be highly is a sport where the driver implicit trust each other and they live side by side in the car 220 kilometers per hour.
"The weekend going to hell many people emotionally," Scott Dixon said, Wheldon former teammate. After the accident, Dixon moved his family to st. Petersburg for two months, Wheldon comfort and child Suzy Sebastian, 2, oliver, become 1 on Monday.
"This is just a expletive. Still is. You still think the guy to go through the door. He touched many, many people because he's that kind of person," said Dixon.
A time to "let it go"
Tony Kanaan, another close friend and former teammate Wheldon, want to know whether he can keep his feelings prerace in Sunday's national anthem. He said in the March 7 issue of the media function is "very strange fort Morgan (because) I didn't be buried there Dan.
"Finally, we need... I need... let it go," Kanaan said. "I wants as far as possible on the positive side of the situation, I can when I get (fort Morgan game). Try to be strong and unemotional manner. But I don't think you can prepare yourself."
For many people, though, at least one question has already been answered.
"I also want to do this? Yes, I do," the defending champion dario Franchitti said he never celebrated champions after, his friend and former teammate's death. "This is something I have to answer also very fast, because I am in the car (test) in India, a week after the first I didn't take a long time to answer, I was surprised."
Franchitti know this grief. He lost his best friend Greg Moore in the 1999 crash in fontana auto club in highway, California.
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