The 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda was the scheduled final race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series. It was to be run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16, 2011, and was sche
Tony Kanaan won the pole position with an average speed of 222.078 miles per hour
The crash scene just shortly after it began. Dan Wheldon's car, seen at the bottom of the picture (white nose cone, damaged front wing), has just left the racing surface.
After the race was abandoned, the 19 cars that were not involved in the accident returned to the circuit at pace-lap speed for five laps as a mark of respect to Dan Wheldon. At the far right of this photo is the scoring pylon showing Wheldon's No. 77 at the top.
As the race was abandoned after the accident, Dario Franchitti defended his series championship, finishing with 573 points
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The 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series was the 16th season of the IndyCar Series and the 100th recognized season of American open-wheel motor racing. The season was sanctioned by IndyCar and was part of the Maz
2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship
…The 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda was the scheduled final race of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series. It was to be run at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 16, 2011, and was scheduled for 200 laps around the facility's 1.544 mile oval. The race was…
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