If only Dan Wheldon could have seen a day of triumph and tribute (St. Petersburg Times)
**By Gary Shelton, Times Sports Columnist**
Sunday, March 25, 2012
ST. PETERSBURG — Spider-Man was climbing again, up toward the heavens, filled
with victory and memories and the sweetness of a spur-of-the-moment
celebration.
Ah, Dan. You should have seen it.
Helio Castroneves had a handful of chicken wire, and his feet were on the
restraining wall, and only the racing helmet on his head hid his tears. On a
postcard perfect afternoon in your home town, in the moments after a victory
in your sport, your old buddy might as well have been on top of the world.
Then, in a perfect moment that will forever be the way this Honda Grand Prix
of St. Petersburg is remembered, he started to pound his right hand against a
brand new street sign. It read “Dan Wheldon Way.”
Ah, Dan, you should have been here.
It was Helio’s day, and it was Dan’s. It was St. Pete’s day, and it was
IndyCar’s Day. It was their day, and it was ours.
All of them won Sunday, the drivers and the departed racer. Over the past few
months, since Wheldon died in a car race in Las Vegas, there have …
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