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Outside, flipping over and into flames. dan wheldon said before the race he wasn't sure if he had enough speed to compete in this. but one of his colleagues dario franchitti said he thought the speeds were too fast. i said advice is not a suitable track. -- i said this is not a suitable track. one small mistake and from everybody and it's a massive thing. they talked about the cars. you have got four widened cars. this is the las vegas raceway. it's a mile shorter than the indy 500 raceway. they had one more car. there is very little room for error. see how tight the corners are? in the past 1...

Touched, sending them out of control. >> oh, there we go. >> huge crash. >> go low! >> up in turn number two. >> multiple cars involved. >> oh, my. it looks like dan wheldon may be involved in it. >> reporter: wheldon had started the race at the back of the pack, part of a challenge to win $5 million if he got to the front and won. >> he moved up ten spots. is. >> reporter: he was jockeying for position when one of the out of control cars struck him sending his car flying through the air, tumbling end over end and into the wall of the raceway where it burst into flames. one of several race car...

Weather, we turn to bill for the forecast. wouldn't want to watch first look on that. that close up. it's cool for the raceway. >> we don't need a huge giant you and me, do we? >> no. >> only five tornados yesterday. the devastation in louisiana. the fatalities were from falling trees in and around the atlanta area. three fatalities. we can't win. yesterday, damaging winds. we also had hail. one day after another, we can't catch a break. it was at the spine of atlanta. charlotte got hit. the interior sections of pennsylvania and northern new england, too. vermont and new hampshire, a lot of sm...

Headed toward the town not the raceway. our weather team keeping track of this and we will as well. we'll keep you posted as the night unfolds. tonight, though, back to politics. the clock is ticking for arizona governor jan brewer to sign a newly passed bill requiring all presidential candidates to prove they were born in the united states before their names would be placed on the state ballot. the bill's author says it's about, quote, maintaining the integrity of the constitution and he says believe it or not, has nothing to do with president obama. since 14 other states are considering simi...

Hostage by pirates off the coast of somalia. an american couple gene and scott adam among those taken hostage. they were sailing around the world to hand out bibles. the u.s. military tells fox they are monitoring the situation. demonstrations continue throughout the middle east. in yemen, thousands of students protesting in the nation's capital calling for the ouster of the u.s. backed government. antigovernment protests underway in labia labe libya id bahrain, it is race day in daytona and a newly resurfaced raceway promises to make this race fast than ever before. >> nascar is back. thank...