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Monday 17 October 2011

IndyCar champion Dan Wheldon dies in ball of flames during 225mph Las Vegas race

Horror crash: Flames and sparks fly everywhere as 15 cars pile into each other in Las Vegas
Horror crash: Flames and sparks fly everywhere as 15 cars pile into each other in Las Vegas
Out of control: Dan Wheldon goes airborne before hitting the barrier and bursting into flames
Out of control: Dan Wheldon goes airborne before hitting the barrier and bursting into flames
No chance of survival: Wheldon, front, gets tangled up with Will Power's car
No chance of survival: Wheldon, front, gets tangled up with Will Power's car

Smashed to pieces: Wheldon's car is shown at the top of the picture
Smashed to pieces: Wheldon's car is shown at the top of the picture

The race to save his life: Dan Wheldon is loaded into a medical helicopter and airlifted to hospital
The race to save his life: Dan Wheldon is loaded into a medical helicopter and airlifted to hospital
The fiery pile-up, on the 13th lap of the 300-mile race, involved almost half of the race’s 34 participants.
Mr Wheldon who is survived by his wife, Susie, and two sons, Sebastian, two, and six-month-old Oliver, had been in line for a $5million bonanza if he was first across the finishing line.
There was some speculation that Wheldon, who had topped up his income this year with commentary work, had been driving harder in the hunt for the winnings.
Proud family man: Wheldon poses with wife Susie, who is holding baby son Oliver, and older son Sebastian on the day after he won Indianapolis 500 in May of this year. With them is the BorgWarner trophy


An IndyCar champion has been killed after his vehicle burst into flames following a high-speed 15-car pile-up.
Dan Wheldon, 33, died while competing in the Las Vegas Indy 300 where drivers reach speeds of up to 225mph in the race for bumper winnings of up to $5million.
The married father-of-two's Dallara-Honda car was catapulted over another racer and hurled into fencing, where it went up in flames.
Mr Wheldon, a former private school pupil originally from Buckinghamshire, was rushed to hospital in a helicopter but died as a result of his severe injuries.


Proud family man: Wheldon poses with wife Susie, who is holding baby son Oliver, and older son Sebastian on the day after he won Indianapolis 500 in May of this year. With them is the BorgWarner trophy
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