Dan Wheldon was killed when his head hit a post in the fencing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — contact that created a “non-survivable injury” to the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner.
The cause of death was revealed Thursday when IndyCar presented its findings of the Oct. 16 accident in the season finale. The crash collected 15 cars, including Wheldon, who came from behind the initial contact, launched over spinning cars and sailed about 325 feet into the catchfence.
Although the contact with the post killed Wheldon, the investigation determined several factors contributed to what became a “perfect storm.”
“The accident was significant due to the number of race cars damaged, but more importantly due to the non-survivable injuries to Dan Wheldon,” the report said. “While several factors coincided to produce a “perfect storm,” none of them can be singled out as the sole cause of the accident.
“For this reason, it is impossible to determine with certainty that the result would have been any different if one or more of the factors did not exist.”
The race had a season-high 34 cars, but IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said Thursday the field could have had as many as 37 drivers based on the size of both
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