According to Indystar.com, this year's Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon will race the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Honda for Schmidt Motorsports this weekend in the Izod IndyCar Series race in Kentucky.Wheldon will replace full-time driver Alex Tagliani for this weekend only and drive the No. 98 Herta Autosport Honda in the last race in Las Vegas. Sam Schmidt the owner of Schmidt Motorsports thought it would be a good tune-up for Vegas to put Wheldon in the car this weekend.Due to Wheldon's 500 win and not being a full-time driver IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard offered Wheldon the $5 million dollar bounty in Vegas. If Wheldon wins, he will win the most money ever offered for a single race.Schmidt Motorsports and Herta Autosport mer...

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According to Indystar.com, this year's Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon will race the No. 77 Bowers & Wilkins Honda for Schmidt Motorsports this weekend in the Izod IndyCar Series race in Kentucky.Wheldon will replace full-time driver Alex Tagliani for this weekend only and drive the No. 98 Herta Autosport Honda in the last race in Las Vegas. Sam Schmidt the owner of Schmidt Motorsports thought it would be a good tune-up for Vegas to put Wheldon in the car this weekend.Due to Wheldon's 500 win and not being a full-time driver IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard offered Wheldon the $5 million dollar bounty in Vegas. If Wheldon wins, he will win the most money ever offered for a single race.Schmidt Motorsports and Herta Autosport mer...

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