UNTIL LAP 11 - Remembering Dan Wheldon's Final Race

ALTERNATE CUT WITHOUT CHAT:    • UNTIL LAP 11 - No Chat Version   In memory of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon, who lost his life ten years ago today. On Sunday, October 16, 2011, I logged onto a motorsports chat room as I tuned into watch the IZOD IndyCar World Championships in Las Vegas. The resulting chat transcript provided a first-hand account of the emotions of that awful day, and I saved a copy of it when the race was called. Now, a decade later, I'm sharing that transcript for the first time, plus my own personal memories from that day, synced up to the original ABC broadcast. In the interest of time, these are only excerpts from the chat, but represents most of its length. And in the interest of an accurate historical record, these excerpts are otherwise unedited, and have been synced up to the approximate moments in the broadcast, where possible. THOUGHTS AFTER THE ACCIDENT (October 16, 2011)    • 10/16/11: My initial thoughts after the lo...   BSGN TRIBUTE TO DAN WHELDON (October 17, 2011)    • Dan Wheldon: A Tribute (BSGN)   For more on the story behind this race, please check out NASCARMAN History's excellent video "PERFECT STORM: INDYCAR'S LAS VEGAS NIGHTMARE," which is narrated by me:    • Perfect Storm: IndyCar's Las Vegas Nightmare   CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 1:34 - The chat 3:30 - 2011 Indy 500 6:13 - Live chat replay - Pre-race 12:30 - Command to start engines 13:55 - Green flag 18:12 - The wreck 18:39 - Immediate aftermath 27:10 - Driver interviews 35:02 - The wait 38:09 - The announcement 40:51 - The tribute laps 45:43 - A change 47:24 - Closing MUSIC: "The Quiet Aftermath" - Sir Cubworth “Tuff Data” - Vans In Japan BOOKS: Hallberry, Andy and Jeff Olson, ed., "Lionheart: Remembering Dan Wheldon," Lionheart Books, Inc., 2016. VIDEO:    • Until Lap 11 Credits   PHOTOS: *Alamy Stock Photo *Dan Wheldon on Twitter *Google Images