This article written by Jeff Owens depicts the awful crash during a NASCAR race in Daytona. Owens opens the article using logos, giving many specific facts about the crash. He explains the details of the crash, as car parts were strewn across the track and fire caught in the grandstands. Owens states that though no drivers were injured during the “12-car crash,” “11 spectators were being treated in the emergency room at Halifax Medical Center, with two of them critically injured” and “four others are on trauma alert.” Owens then quotes Smith, the driver responsible for the “violent crash.” Smith apologizes for the injuries caused to the fans, but justifies his mistake by appealing to pathos. He says, “But when you can see the checkered flag at Daytona, you’re going to throw a block and you’re going to do everything you can to be the first car back to the stripe.” Owens includes this statement in order to appeal to athletes reading his article, who share a common desire to reach goals and win competitions under any and all circumstances. The author wraps up the article, finishing with statements from drivers which explain their knowledge of the danger of the sport, and love for the fans who take the risk to support them. "There are moments that occur that we’ve just never seen before and can’t really plan for.”
http://aol.sportingnews.com/nascar/story/2013-02-23/daytona-nationwide-series-crash-kyle-larson-fence-grandstands-engine-car-parts?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D274514
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