Dan Wheldon killed in crash at Vegas''One minute you're joking around at driver intros and the next, Dan's gone,'' said Dario Franchitti, whose wife, actress Ashley Judd, had to bring him a box of ...

An autopsy on Monday has determined that Dan Wheldon died of blunt force trauma to the head. Wheldon was pronounced dead less than an hour after the fiery crash, which included 15 cars. Wheldon ...

Dan Wheldon was killed when his head hit a post in the fencing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, contact that created a "non-survivable injury" to the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.

IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon has been killed in a massive 15-car wreck that sent cars flying through the air early in Sunday's Las Vegas Indy 300.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday in a hideous wreck that left the Las Vegas Motor Speedway littered with fiery debris.

What was supposed to be a season-ending showdown at Las Vegas Motor Speedway became instead a script for disaster Sunday: a fiery 15-car crash that killed popular two-time Indianapolis 500 winner ...

Dan Wheldon wasn't just a champion in his sport, he was a champion of the sport, a figure who embodied class and integrity. When Wheldon was killed in a 15-car crash on Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor ...

Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon. Just 4 ½ months after winning the Indianapolis 500 for the second time (also won in 2005), Wheldon was killed on ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway after his car became ensnarled in a fiery 15-car pileup, flew over another vehicle ...

It's been nearly 13 years since two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed in a crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon expressed concern he wasn't able to get his car to reach high enough speeds ahead of the Las Vegas race where he died in a fiery 15-car pile-up.

That left only Wheldon, winner of 14 races on ovals in IndyCar, including the Indy 500 in May, to be eligible for the $5 million prize. Bernard made that ruling because the 33-year-old Englishman ...