Death Race 2011.

The death of Dan Wheldon reminds us of just how dangerous motor racing is, but it also highlights the difference in attitude over the past twenty years or so between IndyCar racing and Formula One.   In F1 there have been enormous improvements in circuit and car design which have had a tremendous effect on the safety of the sport - to the extent where today if there is a smash, we fully expect to see the driver(s) get out and walk away.  IndyCar on the other hand has seemed to take the attitude of "why change a winning formula?" and continues to race older-style cars which provide less protection for the driver on oval circuits where if you go off you are straight into a concrete wall.  So will this change anything?  Maybe they might look at car design, but I think the concept of oval racing is so ingrained in the sport that it's difficult to see how that could be changed.