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patentdragonRight - now I'm pissed off.
English Indy Cars former champion, and two-time winner of the Indy 500, Dan Wheldon crashes at the final season race in Las Vegas and dies in hospital... is that what it takes to get noticed in this sorry country?
This news was THE SECOND STORY on the morning news. The biggest headlines any motor racing outside of Formula 1 has had since... oh, Nigel Mansell won the title, back in the last century. Oh , and Dario Franchitti won his fourth title as teams and drivers decided to stop the race on hearing the news about Wheldon's death - even less coverage of that. It really doesn't pay to be Scotiish...
This is just SO utterly UNFAIR. And so fucking typical of sports reporting in the UK. You can guarantee that the "news" will be all "huh, American sports can't cut it outside of the US" if next week's Bears/Buccaneers game at "the home of 'real football'" isn't a sell-out.
Rest in peace, Dan - sorry that your home country seemed to care so little when you were alive.
English Indy Cars former champion, and two-time winner of the Indy 500, Dan Wheldon crashes at the final season race in Las Vegas and dies in hospital... is that what it takes to get noticed in this sorry country?
This news was THE SECOND STORY on the morning news. The biggest headlines any motor racing outside of Formula 1 has had since... oh, Nigel Mansell won the title, back in the last century. Oh , and Dario Franchitti won his fourth title as teams and drivers decided to stop the race on hearing the news about Wheldon's death - even less coverage of that. It really doesn't pay to be Scotiish...
This is just SO utterly UNFAIR. And so fucking typical of sports reporting in the UK. You can guarantee that the "news" will be all "huh, American sports can't cut it outside of the US" if next week's Bears/Buccaneers game at "the home of 'real football'" isn't a sell-out.
Rest in peace, Dan - sorry that your home country seemed to care so little when you were alive.
