  Quintessential pictures of innocence: Dan Wheldon sitting on top of the go-kart with Formula-one
champion Jenson Button at the wheel. For
many this is the romantic photo that will morph into disaster twenty years
later. So sorry for your loss is a
shallow expression in the racing industry these days. IMO. |
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Dan Wheldon 1978 ~ 2011 Gone too soonposted Oct 27, 2011 6:59 AM by Fabienne Adams [ updated Oct 27, 2011 7:52 AM ] |
LAS VEGAS -- Of the tens of thousands of spectators at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Oct. 16, Ann Babenco of High Bridge, N.J., will have a special rooting interest in Dan Wheldon’s result in the Las Vegas Indy 300 – the marquee event in the IZOD INDYCAR World Championships Presented by Honda.
Babenco is the winner of the Go Daddy INDYCAR Challenge sweepstakes in which she’ll split $2.5 million with Wheldon if he wins the 200-lap race on the 1.5-mile oval.
“When they called me, I couldn’t believe it,” said Babenco, who joined Wheldon at a kickoff news conference Oct. 12. “I was so nervous with excitement I was speechless. Then I couldn’t stop talking. $2.5 million! I can’t believe it.
"We're a team. I figure if I'm so lucky to have won this sweepstakes it will continue and he'll win the race.”
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