Fuel & Tires: Wilson's death casts pall over IndyCar finale - Gazettextra
NASCAR's Sprint Cup has an off-weekend while the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series go road racing and the reeling IndyCar Series heads to Sonoma with heavy hearts for its season finale. INDYCAR CARRIES ON. While the Verizon IndyCar Series title fight is down to the season's final race this Sunday, it will surely take a somber tone. In what can only be explained as a million-to-one completely freak accident, driver Justin Wilson was struck in the head by debris from another accident near the end of Sunday's ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania. As one of the most popular and most likable drivers in the paddock, his death has seemingly affected everyone in the series as well as many outside of it. While I published a column Sunday about how racing and being a race fan come with a cost , I... But, as they say, the show must go on. Points leader Juan Pablo Montoya has a 34-point lead over Graham Rahal while Scott Dixon is only 13 points behind Rahal. Montoya had a strong run at Pocono and I believe he has the momentum and experience to take the title. If Montoya finishes first or second, the title is his no matter where Rahal finishes. Source: www.gazettextra.com
