Perfect Storm: IndyCar's Las Vegas Nightmare

Investigators called it a "perfect storm" of factors coming together to create one of the worst tragedies auto racing had seen. IndyCar's Las Vegas finale in 2011 was a major success until the race began. It was to be the final moment for a troubled 15-year period for IndyCar and the beginning of a bright new future. New hope from a fresh CEO and a $5 million dollar challenge built the race into a must-see spectacle. But drivers were concerned about the safety of their cars on the fast Las Vegas Motor Speedway. An unimaginable turn of events took the life of Indy 500 champion Dan Wheldon, and derailed the series future.


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Music:
No Talk - VYEN
Get Back Up - Silent Partner
Promise Land - Jingle Punks
Impending Boom - Kevin MacLeod
Tucson - Silent Partner
King's Men - Biz Baz Studio
Un Requited Love - Sir Cubworth
Cosmic Storm - A Himitsu
Ambient Ambulance - Jingle Punks
Crisis Scoring Action - Kevin MacLeod
Extinction Level Event - Jingle Punks
I Feel You - Kevin MacLeod



Contents:
0:00 Intro
4:53 A New Leader
9:33 Building a Great Event
10:48 Five Million Dollar Challenge
14:50 Dan Wheldon's Revival
20:32 Does Anyone Want Five Million Dollars?
25:25 Las Vegas is Completely Different
27:18 This Needs to Work
30:46 Flawed, Flying Cars
32:49 Goodbye Danica, Hello Vegas
34:19 The Vegas Week
41:58 "I Expect Four-Wide"
45:42 Race Day
54:26 "Dan Wheldon Has Passed Away"
58:31 The Fallout


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