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Dan Wheldon (77) goes airborne during a wreck that involved 15 cars in the IndyCar Series' Las Vegas Indy 300 auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday,
![The race car of driver Will Power (L) hits the wall along with drivers J.R. Hildebrand (2nd L), Charlie Kimball (2nd R) and Paul Tracy (L) during the IZOD IndyCar World Championship The race car of driver Will Power (L) hits the wall along with drivers J.R. Hildebrand (2nd L), Charlie Kimball (2nd R) and Paul Tracy (L) during the IZOD IndyCar World Championship](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CWHTGY/the-race-car-of-driver-will-power-l-hits-the-wall-along-with-drivers-jr-hildebrand-2nd-l-charlie-kimball-2nd-r-and-paul-tracy-l-during-the-izod-indycar-world-championship-race-at-the-las-vegas-motor-speedway-in-las-vegas-nevada-october-16-2011-british-indycar-driver-dan-wheldon-died-from-injuries-sustained-in-an-horrific-crash-at-the-las-vegas-motor-speedway-on-sunday-race-organizers-said-the-33-year-old-englishman-who-lived-in-florida-was-involved-in-a-multi-car-accident-13-laps-into-the-las-vegas-indy-300-which-sent-his-vehicle-flying-reutersbarry-ambrose-united-states-2CWHTGY.jpg)
The race car of driver Will Power (L) hits the wall along with drivers J.R. Hildebrand (2nd L), Charlie Kimball (2nd R) and Paul Tracy (L) during the IZOD IndyCar World Championship
![IndyCar race car driver Dan Wheldon drives in the pace lap before the start of the IZOD IndyCar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada October IndyCar race car driver Dan Wheldon drives in the pace lap before the start of the IZOD IndyCar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada October](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CY7HB2/indycar-race-car-driver-dan-wheldon-drives-in-the-pace-lap-before-the-start-of-the-izod-indycar-world-championship-race-at-the-las-vegas-motor-speedway-in-las-vegas-nevada-october-16-2011-british-indycar-driver-dan-wheldon-died-from-injuries-sustained-in-an-horrific-crash-at-the-las-vegas-motor-speedway-on-sunday-race-organizers-said-the-33-year-old-englishman-who-lived-in-florida-was-involved-in-a-multi-car-accident-13-laps-into-the-las-vegas-indy-300-which-sent-his-vehicle-flying-picture-take-october-16-2011-reutersbarry-ambrose-united-states-tags-sport-motorsport-2CY7HB2.jpg)
IndyCar race car driver Dan Wheldon drives in the pace lap before the start of the IZOD IndyCar World Championship race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada October
![IndyCar drivers run tribute laps in honor of British driver Dan Wheldon at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada October 16, 2011. Wheldon died from injuries sustained in an IndyCar drivers run tribute laps in honor of British driver Dan Wheldon at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada October 16, 2011. Wheldon died from injuries sustained in an](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CWYW67/indycar-drivers-run-tribute-laps-in-honor-of-british-driver-dan-wheldon-at-the-las-vegas-motor-speedway-in-las-vegas-nevada-october-16-2011-wheldon-died-from-injuries-sustained-in-an-horrific-crash-at-the-las-vegas-motor-speedway-on-sunday-race-organizers-said-the-33-year-old-englishman-who-lived-in-florida-was-involved-in-a-multi-car-accident-13-laps-into-the-las-vegas-indy-300-which-sent-his-vehicle-flying-reuterslas-vegas-sunsteve-marcus-united-states-tags-sport-motorsport-2CWYW67.jpg)
IndyCar drivers run tribute laps in honor of British driver Dan Wheldon at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada October 16, 2011. Wheldon died from injuries sustained in an
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