Dana's wreck happened in morning warmups, and the race would go on. As fate would have it, Dan Wheldon won with Paul's No. 17 on the side of his car as a tribute to the driver.

Paul Dana came to this magazine as an intern from J-school. Not just any journalism school, either: Dana walked the hallowed halls of the Medill School at Northwestern University before landing at ...

HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Paul Dana was an up-and-coming rookie driver living his dream, a former motorsports journalist who was hours away Sunday from beginning his most promising season yet. Then ...

A memorial service for Paul Dana will be held on Thursday, March 30, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The service will start at 5:15 p.m. The service will take ...

IRL driver Paul Dana, who slammed into another car at close to 200 mph during a practice run at Homestead-Miami Speedway, died from his injuries Sunday.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Paul Dana was an up-and-coming rookie driver living his dream, a former motorsports journalist who was hours away Sunday from beginning his most promising season yet.

The scarred, twisted remains of Paul Dana’s No. 17 Panoz race car lay under a tarp Monday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the biggest clue in a mystery that may never be solved.

Dana, who is survived by his wife Tonya, had qualified ninth in the original 20-car starting grid for Sunday’s race. “Paul Dana’s passing is a terrible tragedy,” Letterman said in a statement.