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
The 95th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday May 29, 2011. The race was part of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series season. The track opened for practi
Tanner Foust from Team Hot Wheels sped down a 90-foot ramp, suspended on a 10-story high door and jumped across the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's infield inside the fourth turn.
Front row qualifiers (L to R): Scott Dixon, Alex Tagliani, and Oriol Servià .
Car owner Sam Schmidt with pole winner Alex Tagliani.
A ceremonial golden brick was installed at the start/finish line of the track to commemorate the 100th anniversary