2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship

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The 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship Presented by Honda was a cancelled IZOD IndyCar Series motor race that was held on October 16, 2011, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was to be the 18th and final round of the 2011 IZOD IndyCar Series, with a scheduled distance of 200 laps and 308.8 miles (497.0 km). The race was red-flagged after 12 laps had been run due to a massive 15-car crash, which resulted in the death of former IndyCar Series champion Dan Wheldon and injuries for drivers Will Power, Pippa Mann and J. R. Hildebrand. Contact between drivers Wade Cunningham and James Hinchcliffe triggered a chain of incidents in a cluttered 34-car field, with Wheldon, Power, and Hildebrand getting airborne due to contact with slowing vehicles. Wheldon's No. 77 car somersaulted in the air and crashed into the Turn 2 catch fence at a 90 degree angle, cockpit side first, with his helmet hitting a fence post. After a two-hour stoppage, the event was abandoned when IndyCar announced...

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