These things happen. Drivers and their families live with the idea of death each and every time their race car starts. Anyone that ever climbs into a race car will tell you the thought of dying in that car has crossed their mind more than once. But it is a job, not so unlike any other job. There are risks that all of us take with our bodies in return for a paycheck.
Truck drivers do it every day.
Not all of my confusion is aimed toward the fans-I'm also a little bit confused at the approach of Nascar following this accident. And safety in race cars, especially in Nascar, is almost beyond reproach. To me, its hard to ask for anything safer than that. May you rest in peace, Dale.