Sunday, October 16, 2011

Dan Wheldon, a two-time winner of the Indy 500, killed in Las Vegas 300 crash

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES

ABC News is reporting that Dan Wheldon, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, was killed today in a 15-car wreck during the Las Vegas 300 Indycar race.

Drivers had been concerned about the high speeds on LVMS' 1.5-mile oval after they reached nearly 225 mph during practice.

Their concerns became reality when contact on Turn 2 sent cars flying through the air, crashing into each other and into the outside wall and catch fence.


Wheldon's car flew over another on the Lap 12 wreck and apparently caught part of the catch fence just outside of Turn 2. The wreck left cars strewn all over the track and debris nearly halfway up the straightaway of the 1.5-mile oval.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/10/dan_wheldon_a_two-time_winner.html

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