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Are race-day practice sessions necessary?

By Rusty Wallace
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Sunday at Homestead, Fla., was my first race in the booth as a color commentator for the IndyCar Series. But the event itself became secondary after the death of Paul Dana during the practice session. The question that was immediately raised: Should the race go on following his death? The mentality of all race car drivers, no matter what happens, is that they always would want the race to go on. Sunday, it went on in honor of Paul Dana. I told Brian Barnhart, the IRL's president and chie ...

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