what race did dan wheldon died in?
Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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 Olympic champion Bruce Jenner had auditioned for the title role . Patrick Wayne was cast , but dropped out when his father John Wayne was diagnosed with stomach cancer . 

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 ^ – Wheldon agreed to start the race from thirty @-@ fourth and last place on the grid as part of the organizers ' five million dollar challenge . 

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 Wheldon 's death was the first suffered by an IndyCar driver since Paul Dana was killed in a race @-@ morning practice crash at Homestead @-@ Miami in 2006 . 

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 * Barry Geraghty rode Or Noir de Somoza after his original jockey , Tom Scudamore , withdrew due to an injury sustained in a race the day prior to the National . 

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 Shortly after the race a protest was lodged against St. Gatien on the grounds of " insufficient entry " - apparently a reference to his uncertain paternity- but this was quickly withdrawn . 
