Dan Wheldon @ 33 (In Memorial) Poem by Luke Easter

Entertainment! Oops, gambling don’t put the cart before the horse,
At Las Vegas Motor Speed the power of which became deadly force,
How many occasions has IndyCar racing resulted in death? Seldom,
Tell the family of 2-time Indianapolis 500 Champion, Dan Wheldon.

$5 million bonus check in victorious starting from the back of the field,
Hold on a minute, with 34 cars in the race that is a pretty rotten deal,
By having to overcome serious competition, damn near break his neck,
Nothing but professions in front of him is that not an impossible check?

“Things happen in this kind of racing” said Wade Cunningham, that’s crap,
Put a guy on the spot,2.5 million for him & a fan, starting from the back?
15 car pile-up just outside turn 2, a season ending race, Vegas Speedway,
“So close… at this point, whose fault it was is kind of immaterial” he’d say.

Accidents at this level do not just happen they are cause by carelessness,
And a thorough investigation should commence as anything less is remiss,
This was a job for a, “Master Magician” for what Vegas is so well known,
Fiery crash emerges Wheldon appears in the stands, everyone goes home.

Everything happened so fast, such a grand scale it mirrored a Vegas review,
Wow! I’ve seen shows before but this is something daring, incredibly new,
It even outshines the grand scale rare White Tiger Act of Siegfried & Roy,
These tools of the trade are deadly in nature & not to be confused with toys.

Just 11-laps the green flag had barely stopped waving when disaster struck,
And it wasn’t inevitable as these drivers are highly skilled it’s not about luck,
Bumper to bumper speeds upwards of 200 mph drivers are like sitting
ducks,
Why was Dan suing his former racing team for hard earned back pay bucks?

He was unable to avoid the massive wreck before him & ditto the negligence,
Clipped another car hurling through the air, burst into flames, smashing a fence,
200 laps and yet tragedy struck soon via aggressive driving early in this race,
So, will those in charge now do the right thing or cover-up only to save face?

Video shows the Indy Champs racecar airborne and not like our Army Rangers,
As trained skills of one of the most popular drivers couldn’t avoid the danger,
No IndyCar fatality since Paul Dana’s warm-up 2006, Dan won laterthat day,
Ironic that a crash turning into a victory has now ended his life the same way.