Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon dies after crash
BRITISH IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon has died after a horrific 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday which left the motor sports world in shock.
The 33-year-old, a two-times winner of the Indy 500, was involved in a multi-car accident 13 laps into the Las Vegas Indy 300 which sent his vehicle flying and left wreckage and debris across the track. Wheldon's car flew over another and caught part of the catch fence just past the apex of turn two.
The incident left Townsend Bell's car upside down and smoldering cars strewn along the track.
Wheldon, who lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, was flown by helicopter to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment before his death was announced two hours later.
?IndyCar is very sad to announce that Dan Wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries,? IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard said in a statement. ?Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today.?
The race was cancelled and drivers returned later for a moving and tearful five-lap tribute.
A popular figure, Wheldon was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion and he won the Indy500 race that year and also in 2011 ? the 100th anniversary of the event.
Wheldon leaves his wife Susie and their two young sons.
The 33-year-old, a two-times winner of the Indy 500, was involved in a multi-car accident 13 laps into the Las Vegas Indy 300 which sent his vehicle flying and left wreckage and debris across the track. Wheldon's car flew over another and caught part of the catch fence just past the apex of turn two.
The incident left Townsend Bell's car upside down and smoldering cars strewn along the track.
Wheldon, who lived in St. Petersburg, Florida, was flown by helicopter to University Medical Center in Las Vegas for treatment before his death was announced two hours later.
?IndyCar is very sad to announce that Dan Wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries,? IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard said in a statement. ?Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today.?
The race was cancelled and drivers returned later for a moving and tearful five-lap tribute.
A popular figure, Wheldon was the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion and he won the Indy500 race that year and also in 2011 ? the 100th anniversary of the event.
Wheldon leaves his wife Susie and their two young sons.
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