Dan Wheldon killed in wreck

Siebler · Oct 17, 2011

It was a horrible crash, Dan will be missed in racing for sure. May he RIP and prayers be with his family and the whole sport of Indycar racing.

Crashes like these make you realize how fast things can happen even with safety equipment improving constantly, sometimes there just isnt any way to avoid disaster. This is especially true when you overcrowd a track as fast as Vegas. Bad call by the ownership and unfortunately Dan paid for it with his life.

Doc.SS · Oct 17, 2011

can't see the first video url but here is another

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVu7iTf59SQ&feature=player_embedded

and a link Report: Dan Wheldon Spent Final Night Getting His And Hers Tattoos With Wife

2004TacomaSR5 · Oct 17, 2011

I never knew they raced Indy Cars at Las Vegas, this is just terrible. Glad to see they finally installed SAFER barriers on the inside walls of that track. I was there in 08 when Jeff Gordon hit that inside wall on the backstretch, they definately need those there.

OZ-T · Oct 17, 2011

365 kph , that's 40 kph faster than F1 cars at Monza

rex99 · Oct 18, 2011

LAS VEGAS -- Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died of head injuries after a spectacular 15-car wreck at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy said Monday.
The 33-year-old Wheldon was pronounced dead at 1:54 p.m. Sunday at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, where he was flown by medical helicopter after the crash at the track about 12 miles away.

After an autopsy, Murphy ruled the death an accident, the result of blunt trauma to the head due to motor vehicle collision, and offered condolences to friends and family of the married father of two from England.
"We'll be working with family and IndyCar officials and the attending physicians to fully review the case in an effort to improve safety for drivers," he told The Associated Press.

Three other drivers were injured in the fiery Lap 11 crash, none seriously.
Pippa Mann, 28, had surgery on a burned right pinkie finger and was released Monday, as was 23-year-old JR Hildebrand, who had a bruised sternum. Will Power, 30, was evaluated and released Sunday.
The race was called off after Wheldon's death was announced, although drivers drove a five-lap salute to their colleague.
Las Vegas Motor Speedway president Chris Powell said Monday that it was too early to decide whether IndyCar should return to the 1.5-mile oval but fully supported the decision to stop the race.

Wheldon was airlifted from the Las Vegas track at 1:19 p.m. local time Sunday and taken to the hospital, becoming the first IndyCar driver to die on the track since rookie Paul Dana was killed in practice on the morning of race day at Homestead-Miami Speedway in 2006.

Dana's widow, Tonya Bergeson-Dana, told ESPN's "Outside The Lines" on Monday that she wanted Wheldon's family to know "there are people who know, to a degree, what they're going through and that we're here for them."
Bergeson-Dana added: "A common misperception is that they're in it for that feeling of danger -- that was not the case with Paul, he was in it for the challenge. The challenge was in getting the most out of himself and out of the car. It was not about the danger, it was about the possibilities of what could be accomplished."
Wheldon, who came to the United States from England in 1999, won 16 times in his IndyCar career and was the series champion in 2005, the year he won his first of two Indianapolis 500 titles.

Despite winning this year's Indy 500, Wheldon couldn't put together a full-time ride this season. He landed in this race thanks to IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard's promise of $5 million to any moonlighting driver who could win the IndyCar season finale at Vegas. Although there were no takers, Bernard refused to scrap the idea and Wheldon was declared eligible for the prize.

Drivers had been concerned about the high speeds at the track, where they were hitting nearly 225 mph during practice.
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