It has almost two weeks since open wheel icon Bryan Clauson died Aug. 7 after a racing accident at Belleville. His death, as well as several others in motorsports, is a gloomy reminder as to why racing is dangerous.
Driving deaths may be common, but not as common as it was throughout the 1960s and1980s. Then, about one driver a month would crash resulting in a death.
Each death become more tragic than the other and at times it hinders the joy of watching my favorite sport.
From the shocking death of Dan Wheldon in 2011, months after winning his second Indianapolis 500 to Formula 1’s first death since Ayrton Senna in 1994 last year with Jules Bianchi, these deaths are still very alarming and saddening.