Topic: Dan Wheldon

Service for IndyCar's Wheldon set for Sunday

A public memorial service for English motor-racing driver and two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon, killed in a fiery 15-car crash last weekend, will be staged on Sunday afternoon in downtown Indianapolis.IndyCar announced Tuesday night that a celebration of Wheldon's life will ...

Vegas auto racing track a 'recipe for disaster'

Australian IndyCar star Will Power said Wednesday that the Las Vegas Motor Speedway where two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died was a "recipe for disaster".Power suffered neck and back injuries in the 15-car crash that killed the Englishman at the Las ...
A public memorial service for two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon, killed in a fiery 15-car crash last Sunday, will be staged on Sunday afternoon in downtown Indianapolis.IndyCar announced Tuesday night that a celebration of Wheldon's life will be conducted at Conseco ...

Hamilton, Button lead tributes to Wheldon

British Formula One world champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton lead the tributes on Monday to fellow Brit Dan Wheldon, the IndyCar driver killed in a 15-car crash during an Indy 300 race in Las Vegas.Wheldon, 33, was airlifted to hospital after ...

Mann, Hildebrand released from hospital

England's Pippa Mann and American J.R. Hildebrand were released from University Medical Center on Monday after being treated overnight for injuries suffered in a fatal 15-car racing crash.English driver Dan Wheldon, the reigning Indianapolis 500 champion, was killed in the 11th-lap wreck ...

IndyCar faces safety scrutiny after fatal crash

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon did not live long enough to see the safety innovations he was testing become the standard for the IndyCar Series in 2012.But the 33-year-old Englishman's death on Sunday in a fiery 15-car crash at the season-ending ...

Analysis: Wheldon mourned; search for answers begins

(Reuters) - The motor racing world was left reeling on Monday from the death of time-two Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon while the search for answers into what triggered the horrific crash began.Wheldon's death in the IndyCar finale at Las Vegas Speedway ...
British Formula One world champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton have paid tribute to fellow Brit Dan Wheldon, the IndyCar driver killed in a 15-car crash during an Indy 300 race in Las Vegas.Wheldon, 33, was airlifted to hospital after he was ...

IndyCar racer Dan Wheldon dies in fiery crash

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a horrific 15-car crash that catapulted the Englishman's car into the air and into a fence at the Las Vegas 300 IndyCar series finale.Wheldon, 33, died from injuries sustained in the fiery pile-up, ...
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a horrific 15-car crash that catapulted the Englishman's car into the air and into a fence at the Las Vegas 300 IndyCar series finale.Wheldon, 33, died from injuries sustained in the fiery pile-up, ...