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At the season-ending IZOD IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Wheldon was killed in a collision with a fence post alongside the circuit on the race's eleventh lap. He was 33 years old and the first driver to die in IndyCar competition since Paul Dana in 2006. Early and personal life. [ edit]
Dec 15, 2011 · Dan Wheldon was killed when his head hit a post in the fencing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, contact that created a "non-survivable injury" to the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.
On lap 11 of the 200 lap event, an accident occurred that tragically resulted in the death of driver Dan Wheldon.
Dec 15, 2011 · IndyCar officials presented an account of the last moments of the life of late Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon on Thursday and offered a "too many racing grooves" theory on the cause of...
Oct 15, 2021 · Dan Wheldon, Las Vegas, IndyCar, Viewpoints. The events of October 16, 2011, stalked Townsend Bell on a daily basis. They walked in front of him, staring back, inciting confrontation. Ten years on, those events have moved.
Dec 15, 2011 · Dan Wheldon was killed when his head hit a post in the fencing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — contact that created a “non-survivable injury” to the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.
Mar 12, 2024 · Wheldon was 33 when he was killed in a horrific crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway just five months after winning his second Indy 500 title. His son, Oliver, was an infant riding in his mother’s arms on the victory lap.
Oct 17, 2011 · LAS VEGAS — Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after his car became ensnared in a fiery 15-car pileup, flew over another vehicle and landed in a catch...
Oct 17, 2011 · Driver Dan Wheldon, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, died of head injuries after a 15-car wreck Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy said Monday.
Oct 15, 2021 · 10 years after his fatal Las Vegas crash, IndyCar remembers Dan Wheldon. A somber Doug Boles stepped onto the airplane, out of the weight and despair that hung in the Las Vegas air that day,...
