Not just happy being here - Ryan Hunter-Reay ready for more

Ryan Hunter-Reay doesn’t have time to waste.

No time for praise, no time for learning curves. Not for the 27-year-old driver in IndyCar racing who has been dreaming of this moment since terrorizing his Boca Raton neighborhood in the red go-kart that got him voted off the streets when he was 8.

The Indianapolis 500’s Rookie of the Year last month? Sorry, that was a sixth-place finish. He’s coming up on one year since he first stepped into an IndyCar, and he’s looking for that first career win. Some drivers take years to get it.

But Hunter-Reay doesn’t have time for that. He’s looking at No. 1. And he’s looking for it right now.

“We’re definitely opening people’s eyes,” Hunter-Reay said. “We’re showing people we’re a force to be reckoned with.”

Rush, rush, rush. Shift, race, go! Hunter-Reay spent three years locked into contracts with dead-end race teams, and his new ride, Rahal Letterman Racing, seems like the cool drink for which he’s been thirsting.

Bobby Rahal doesn’t have any time to waste, either. Not with the bad luck and tragedy that has befallen his team.

The team discovered and then lost Danica Patrick because of a personality conflict. It grieved promising young driver Paul Dana, who was killed in a wreck at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2006.

There was a revolving door of drivers and a new chassis imposed on their race car in mid-season.

The former champion’s team is ready to win now, too. Right now.

Leave it to the fleet feet of good fortune that the two found each other when they did.

In July, Hunter-Reay was stopped, wasting time and energy.

For three years, he had been bound to a Champ Car team that wasn’t putting forward good cars and couldn’t maintain consistent engineers and mechanics. The car was in the garage when it should have been on the track.

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Race Car Crash Compilation Montage

Insane car crashes from around the world. yes some are fatal...let me know if you like the compilation thanks, enjoy!

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Chuck Amati - car crash fatality
Motorsport.com, Florida - 10 hours ago
The legend will be missed by those he raced against, those who came into the sport after he retired and the many sprint car racing fans.

NASCAR's Controversial Car of Tomorrow, Here Today
Popular Mechanics, NY - 23 hours ago
The new vehicle is, essentially, a big crash-survival cocoon. The new race car is larger than its predecessor, leaving more space around the driver.


Canada.com
DTV ad gets mileage in race car crash: FCC chief
Reuters - Nov 10, 2008
The FCC spent about $350000 to sponsor the car in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing event on Sunday, to advertise the TV signal switch
FCC’s Martin Says He’s Not Packing Up Yet Television Week
Car Crash Means More Advertising For FCC RedOrbit
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Ottawa Citizen
Johnson - NASCAR teleconference
Motorsport.com, Florida - 17 hours ago
JIMMIE JOHNSON: I think the crash at Talladega , I was around three or four crashes, I guess, that day and fortunate to miss them all.
Long season ends with champions crowned Lexington Dispatch
Edwards wins Sprint Cup finale, made 2008 Chase a race USA Today
Everyone But Jimmie Johnson ESPN
Sports Network - Myrtle Beach Sun News
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Living the dream, just a different one
HeraldNet, WA - 9 hours ago
Gunselman raced in Japan 10 years ago when a NASCAR contingent went there for a stock car race. He became involved in former driver Geoff Bodine's project

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