Indy 500 Race - 2011 Winner - Exciting Final 4 Laps - Down to Last Turn

All rights reserved including but not limited to IRL, ABC, ESPN - Indy 500 - 2011 Race decided in last turn, turn four. At 20 laps to-go most of the top 10 positions had to pit for fuel. Between 20 and 4 laps the lead changed several times, as cars pitted for fuel, Danica Patrick and Bertrand Baguette were leading. With 4 laps to go rookie JR Hildebrand got the lead. He was leading and the apparent winner, about to take checkered flag, when he swung too wide in last turn, for lapped traffic, hitting the wall just short of the finish. Dan Wheldon avoided the lapped traffic and accident, passed and won the race. JR Hildebrand's wrecked race car slid down the track against the wall, across the brick yards finish line, placing second.

20 laps to go (compare to the finishing positions):

1 Danica Patrick
2 Tomas Scheckter
3 Bertrand Baguette
4 Marco Andretti
5 Dario Franchitti
6 JR Hildebrand (2nd place dispite crash in turn 4)
7 Charlie Kimball
8 Scott Dixon
9 Tony Kanaan
10 Dan Wheldon (eventual winner)

Full results from the 2011 Indy 500:

1.Dan Wheldon
2.J.R. Hildebrand
3.Graham Rahal
4.Tony Kanaan
5.Oriol Servia
6.Scott Dixon
7.Bertrand Baguette
8.Tomas Scheckter
9.Marco Andretti
10.Danica Patrick
11.Ed Carpenter
12.Dario Franchitti
13.Charlie Kimball

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• racing
• race
• Indy 500
• race car crash
• winner
• checkered flag
• turn four
• Dan Wheldon
• JR Hildebrand

[bariba88]

wow this was an exciting finish....but still cant compare this sport with Formula 1. F1 is much more exciting every lap every second

and feel verry sorry for this guy Hildebrand he deserved the victory :S

[gmcjetpilot]

@bariba88

"cant compare with Formula 1"

F-1 is European. Yuck! Also the letter 'F' is in F-1 and F = fail! Ha ha! I joke, but F-1 turns me off, reeks of elitist snobbery, no passing, teams w/ biggest money win and it's "governed" by FIA in France! FRANCE! It's baseball vs. soccer. Europeans make me laugh with soccer. Yawn, and fans kill people over games!

No one deserves victory. It's called racing; 1st across finish line wins; any one can win at Indy. F-1 is about big money now, not racing.

[Killer31st]

@gmcjetpilot f1 is still better, & hey football(soccer) is watched in North, Central, & South America, Africa & Europe, Asia has couple countrys w/ football teams, & yes its the most watched sport in the world...

& im guessing you also like Nascar??? haha americans r funny :D

[gmcjetpilot]

@Killer31st

"soccer is watched in North, Central, & South America, Africa & Europe, Asia"

So you are saying it's as common dirt? ha ha! And soccer are low scoring boring events, exciting as watching paint dry. Haha foreigners r funny :D. However Landon Donovan's game-winning goal for team U.S. in World Cup was a great goal.

The world can have Soccer or "Footie". Oh yea then when you lose you go out and murder people after the match. Haha foreigners r silly :D.

[24jeffgordan88JRfan]

@Killer31st I SWEAR WERE NOT ALL LIKE THIS i like NASCAR and f1 soccer isn't my thing tho, i can see why everyone hates us now -.-

[jazzsax1965]

I like Formula 1 racing too but there is no way it tops IRL Racing, especially when they (IRL) race on ovals. What did they have in Formula 1 this year, 1 driver won over 90% of the races? And more often than not in Formula 1 the driver who takes the lead on the opening lap first turn usually wins the race without EVER being passed? What's so much more exciting about that?

[iRacingDavid]

Course de merde gros pd, voiture de noob.

[SportDogg2008]

RIP Dan.. not only loose his life in LV but he won the 100th anniversity of the indy 500!!

[CGFootball5307]

RIP Danny Boy. One of the greatest Indy 500 drivers of his generation.

[hoopbird]

RIP DAN this is what i will always remeber about this great guy

[KashvinderMann]

I think Bryan Herta might have said it best, Dan Wheldon is the best race car driver at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and I can't argue with him. Sucks that a fairy-tale story like this had to have a tragic ending. At least Dan's last win will be at the biggest race of any year, the Indy 500!

RIP Dan Wheldon

[avcat1]

RIP Dan Wheldon. Very shocking and upsetting end. Want to remember him this way!

[IndyGST4]

Best driver ever at the Cathedral of Racing. You will be missed Dan. May your soul forever rest in the grandest cathedral of them all...the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

[ilichjames]

R.I.P DaN