Auto racing: Wheldon wins in dramatic finish at Indy
By Paul newberry
The Associated Press
Published May 30, 2011 09:42AM MDT
Indianapolis ? Dan Wheldon was zipping toward the final corner of Sunday?s Indianapolis 500, surely figuring the best he could do was a runner-up finish.
Then he came upon J.R. Hildebrand?s crumpled car, all smashed up and sliding along the wall.
The rookie had made the ultimate mistake with his very last turn of the wheel, and Wheldon, not Hildebrand, made an improbable turn into Victory Lane.
?It?s obviously unfortunate, but that?s Indianapolis,? said Wheldon, who won Indy in 2005 and finished...
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