Indycar racer killed

Popular driver dies on Vegas track.
The death of Dan Wheldon yesterday will see tonight’s end-of-year banquet cancelled.
The two-time Indy 500 winner was killed when his car got caught up in a 15-car wreck, flew over another car and struck the fence at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Wheldon was 33-years-old, a husband and father of two boys.
Formula One champions Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton hailed their fellow Brit as a “true fighter” and an “inspirational” figure.
Button recalled Wheldon as being a star of the British karting circuit in the 1990s before going on to Indy fame.

“I have so many good memories of racing with Dan in the early 90s, a true fighter,” Button said on Twitter.
“We’ve lost a legend in our sport but also a great guy … I can’t begin to imagine what his family are going through and my thoughts are with them at this very difficult time.”
Wheldon, who was born in Buckinghamshire, a county just north of London, was also an inspiration to Hamilton after deciding to try his luck in the U.S. following a successful junior career during which he won eight British karting titles.
“Dan was a racer I’d followed throughout my career, as I often followed in his footsteps as we climbed the motor sport ladder in the UK,” said Hamilton, Button’s teammate at McLaren.