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'cause without the fans, there'd be no nascar. just like if it weren't for customers, there'd be no nationwide. that's why they serve their customers' needs, not shareholder profits. because as a mutual, nationwide doesn't report to wall street, they report to their customers. and that's just one more reason why the earnhardt family has trusted nationwide for more than 30 years. nationwide is on your side. >> harris: this is a fox news alert. i'm harris faulkner at new york. the sports world in shock tonight. just a few hours ago two time indy 500 winner dan weldon was killed in a crash. it ha...

Engine manufacturers involved. so there is a lot of momentum for everybody involved in the series itself. >> we know now that that was one of the last television interviews he ever did, trace. >> trace: greg, class act, father of two. casey stegall, thanks. more than two dozen professional drivers have died in major auto racing events since the early 1980s. the last one, back in 2006, two-car crash during the warm-up for a race at homestead miami speedway that killed paul dana. weldon won that event. of course, back in one, the nascar driver, dale earnhardt, died in the daytona 500. today his ...

Into trouble when two of them touched tires. and within seconds, several cars were on fire and debris, as you can see, was covering the tracks. we're told there was no way for weldon to avoid the pileup. no time to hit the brakes and nowhere to go except flying through the air. his car slammed into the track wall and into flames. rescue workers rushed to the scene and air lifted him to the hospital, but officials say the that two hours later, he was dead. his wife and two young sons reportedly there by his side. back at the track, the news came down leaving his friends and fellow race car driv...

With the movement. >> they found a similar thing with the fea party. it's never a good idea to say when people express grievances there is nothing to it. they are just a bunch of folks that don't need to be listened to. i think the rest of his comment is a little bit -- it sounds like typical spin. if you were watching the debate last week when they said they would like to repeal the regulation bill and the capital gains tax that makes them make investment income and banes oxley after the enron debacle. republican who is want to deregulate to come out and say the folks on the wrong side of the...

Raised about the fire that took his life. he was killed in the horrifying 15-car pile up near the beginning of the las vegas 300 race on sunday. now questions are being raised n the race from the start.ce joining me by phone is sports illustrated senior writer, lars. there improvements on the way regarding indy racing, but the changes are coming too late for dan. what do you make of the safety issues? >> dan was only a part-time driver this year and spent time working with indy car tests and the new design of a car coming out next year. i'm not sure that could have prevented what transpired on...