Las Vegas (AP) - Race car drivers know that the worst is always when they can get behind the wheel.
Sunday's IndyCar's biggest and one of the most popular stars.
Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died twice after his car pileup 15 vehicle fires became ensnared, and hit another vehicle flew at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to catch fence at the end of a race season 2 I just turn off.
It is important that I'm not happy about it ... This approach, which is kind of immaterial error. "
Waving the green flag barely closed when disaster struck.
After just 11 laps, race was over. Two hours later, track officials announced that Wheldon was dead. English was 33.
"One minute you're joking around at driver intros and the Dean's gone," Dario Franchitti, whose wife, actress Ashley Judd, said she was bringing a box of tissues. "I have lost, we lost a good friend in the IndyCar Series as a friend he was a good man ... He was a charmer."
Near 225 mph during practice - - and a crowded field with a speed of 34 cars, a big worry was driving up in an aggressive race 200 laps.
The chaos began when two cars touched tires and was almost not react.
Within seconds, flames and debris in the track torn up cars once covered almost half. Some points of impact was devastating to patch holes in asphalt workers had.
Wheldon was the fastest car on aid workers, some way to get furiously waving for help.
"It's unfortunate that they close early in the race got to Racing ...," Team Penske owner Roger Penske said. "The pace of the match and a half and I always worry about with several vehicles."
Power will compete with three other drivers in the championship,, pileup was injured.
Wheldon track was airlifted to University Medical Center, news of the death of IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard has come from:
"IndyCar has announced that Dan Wheldon unsurvivable has passed away from injuries, is sad," he said. "Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, along with IndyCar, its drivers and owners have decided to finish the race."
In his honor, drivers, many openly sobbing, 1.5 miles of three laps around a five participated in the salute as thousands of fans standing and is happy to grandstand.
The accident was JR Hildebrand and Pippa Mann. Both will remain in hospital overnight.Power was evaluated and released. On Monday an autopsy was planned for Wheldon.
Ryan Briscoe said, "I'll tell you, I have never seen anything like it,".
After the death of Paul Dana IndyCar Homestead in 2006, was killed in a crash during a morning warmup. Wheldon won the race later that day.
Hildebrand is on track and swerved the car accident Cunningham Cunningham drove the car to start on the left Rear was published. Hildebrand seems to be in the air, and Cunningham was shot in the car walls, cars behind the formation of the chain reaction.
Some of the vehicles slowed, but not others, and others spun in front of Wheldon and power. The track was hard to tell who was driving the car that was so much confusion.
Power to ride on Alex Lloyd's car, the right side of the fence to catch and landing in the rolling was published. The car in front of the camera in the cockpit by a display of the tire.
If Wheldon Paul Tracy, who seemed to be slower car driven by was published on the drive. However, Wheldon,, fence in left and spun in the air.
"The scene in which he made a film as gnarly as possible try was like," Danica Patrick said, the final IndyCar start.You see the cars scattered. "
Wheldon,, who came to America from England in 1999 in his 16th career IndyCar victory and first series winner in 2005.
This year, despite winning the 500 Indy, Wheldon can assemble a full-time ride this season but the deal was for 2012.
The team won with Wheldon 2005 500 Indy, Andretti Autosport, had agreed to a deal early Sunday Patrick next season to replace Wheldon. After the race was supposed to sign.
"When he was with the '05 team, we as a team called the Beatles because it was such a perfect harmony (with his colleagues) - and coming back with Dan, the Beatles put together. was to return, said John Lopes, Andretti Autosport Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Marketing for. "disastrous today, we not only lose future teammate, but. longtime teammate. It is very sad. He sorely missed and fondly remember being. "
If Wheldon driver moonlighting as a Bernard IndyCar season ending win in Vegas for $ 5 million pledge came in thanks to the Las Vegas race. Although there were no buyers, Bernard refused to scrap the idea and Wheldon Award, with a fan and have been declared eligible for distribution.
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And Franchitti said: "I believe that we'll discuss it and solve it."
And we are the drivers. try to front. We have another tough race because of what we do, "he said. "We knew that it could be, but it is really sad."
"It's going to be an amazing show," Wheldon wrote.Maybe.. the pure entertainment it is going to run a packet, and you never know how it's going to be changed. "
Bernard was the worst accident of hope for struggling IndyCar Series will be a showcase event.
CEO to turn the second year of a scene at the end of the season done, and that he had offered his resignation to the Board of Directors of the ABC broadcast of the IndyCar 8 did not pull rank.was given.
Bernard then threw everything in Las Vegas, the speedway owner Bruton Smith agreed to hire and promote the event itself.
But immediately after the ceremony was a somber day was expected.
Tribute to the lap of the driver back on track, Wheldon number 77 only one was huge scoreboard. Franchitti uncontrollably sobbed as a memorial for a ride in his car, he got back. "Danny Boy" sound track are around, then "It's amazing grace." Hundreds of crew workers and representatives from each team stands at attention in honor of Wheldon.
"What we're going to miss him? Can say," Ganassi said. "IndyCar all died a little today."
