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Dan Wheldon

Indy Car driver Dan Wheldon dies in fiery Las Vegas crash (with video)

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The winner of this year’s Indianapolis 500, and one of the more well-known Indy Car drivers, Englishman Dan Wheldon died in a fiery crash in Las Vegas on Sunday. He was 33.

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