Dan Wheldon's life was celebrated Saturday in St. Petersburg, Florida, where thousands of fans came out to honor the race car driver.

Wheldon, who twice won the Indianapolis 500, was killed last Sunday in what was possibly the worst crash in IndyCar history.

The beloved driver, just 33, was memorialized at the First Presbyterian Church.

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Fellow drivers Danica Patrick and Dario Franchitti traveled to St. Petersburg for the funeral. Both were in the race in Las Vegas when the horrifying crash occurred. Franchitti was accompanied to the funeral by his wife actress Ashley Judd and her sister, country singer Wynonna Judd.

The world of IndyCar racing was rocked on Sunday with the tragic death of driver Dan Wheldon, who was killed during a race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and now RadarOnline.com reveals the man behind the wheel as he is mourned by friends, family and racing fans around the world.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported,Wheldon died after his car headed into a 15-motor pileup, careened into mid-air and smashed into a catch fence and caught fire.

The 33-year-old English race car driver was airlifted to University Medical Center and IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced his death about two hours later.

While the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner was a huge name in the fast-paced sport, many non-racing fans weren't as familiar with the talented driver until after his tragic death.

Dan Wheldon, who won the Indianapolis 500 for the second time this year died Sunday after a horrifying 15-car crash in Las Vegas.

The deadly pile-up took place at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the Las Vegas 300.

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"It was like a movie scene which they try to make as gnarly as possible," Danica Patrick told AP.   "It was debris everywhere across the whole track, you could smell the smoke, you could see the billowing smoke on the back straight from the car. There was a chunk of fire that we were driving around. You could see cars scattered."

Three other drivers were also taken to the hospital with a variety of injuries.

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