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Crash Highlights Continued Dangers On Race Tracks
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October 18, 2011, Tuesday
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BRITISH IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon, who died in a high-speed crash at Las Vegas on Sunday, was the latest in a long and tragic list of race drivers to die behind the wheel of their car.
Hundreds of drivers, from various forms of motor racing, have been killed in crashes. The blackest day was at Le Mans in 1955 when Pierre Levegh crashed and his car was catapulted into the crowd, killing himself and more than 80 spectators.
The last driver to be killed in Formula One was Brazilian three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, who died after crashing during the San Marino Grand Prix, a day after Roland Ratzenberger was killed at the same track during qualifying in 1994.
The last driver to die in IndyCar before Wheldon was Paul Dana, who was killed during the warmup for the 2006 season-opener in Miami. NASCAR lost one of its favorite sons when Dale Earnhardt crashed into a wall on the last lap of the Daytona 500 in 2001 and was killed.
Hundreds of drivers, from various forms of motor racing, have been killed in crashes. The blackest day was at Le Mans in 1955 when Pierre Levegh crashed and his car was catapulted into the crowd, killing himself and more than 80 spectators.
The last driver to be killed in Formula One was Brazilian three-time world champion Ayrton Senna, who died after crashing during the San Marino Grand Prix, a day after Roland Ratzenberger was killed at the same track during qualifying in 1994.
The last driver to die in IndyCar before Wheldon was Paul Dana, who was killed during the warmup for the 2006 season-opener in Miami. NASCAR lost one of its favorite sons when Dale Earnhardt crashed into a wall on the last lap of the Daytona 500 in 2001 and was killed.
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