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GP Sports Management Says Goodbye to Dan Wheldon; Memorial Website Launched by GoDaddy.com
October 18, 2011
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By aftermarketNews staff
GoDaddy.com has created a memorial website in honor of Dan Wheldon, who lost his life Oct. 16.

The memorial site, which includes a Facebook link to leave condolences and remembrances and a career photo retrospective, can be found at www.danwheldonmemorial.com.

Wheldon, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 2005 IZOD IndyCar Series champion, was killed in a race crash Oct. 16 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He is survived by his wife, Susie, and two young sons. Wheldon was 33.

INDYCAR will pay tribute to Wheldon with a public memorial service in the near future in Indianapolis. Further details on the service and how the public can make memorial contributions will be forthcoming.

Yesterday, GP Sports Management issued this remembrance of Wheldon:

GP Sports Management is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our dear friend and client, Dan Wheldon.

Dan was a winner. For the past 11 years, we were privileged to watch Dan become a champion on the track and a devoted family man off it. He loved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was immensely proud to have his name etched twice on the Borg Warner trophy alongside some of the Indy 500 greats.

He touched so many people in racing and around the world with his warm smile, his charming personality and his genuine good nature. Dan loved his fans and always took that extra bit of time to take a photo, to sign an autograph, to make some young kid smile at the racetrack. Everyone wanted to be around Dan.  His passion and his enthusiasm for life was infectious. We will all miss him ...

A true champion of motorsport ...

A proud brother to Austin, Ashley, Elliott and Holly ...

A devoted son to Clive and Sue ...

A loving husband to Susie ...

A doting father to his boys, Sebastian and Oliver ...

And our friend ...

Rest in peace Dan ... your memory will live with us forever.

We would like to thank everyone for all of the messages of condolences that we have received and right now our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Wheldon family.

- GP Sports Management