INDYCAR community honors Wilson with celebration

Via IndyCar.com

Steely determination and dedication that marked a varied motorsports career was remembered alongside humility, humanity and a zest for every day during “Celebrating the Life of Justin Wilson” on Sept. 29 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The program, which was streamed live on IndyCar.com, paid tribute to the veteran Verizon IndyCar Series driver who succumbed Aug. 24 to a head injury sustained in a freak accident the day before in a race. He was 37. A funeral was held Sept. 10 at St. James the Great Church in Paulerspury, England.

“We are here to remember much more than the race car driver. We are here to celebrate a husband, a father, a friend, a role model,” Indianapolis Motor Speedway president J. Douglas Boles said in opening remarks. “We are celebrating a man who left this community, this (INDYCAR) family much better than what it was when he first got here.”

On and off racetracks around the world, Wilson was an individual that everyone looked up to literally and figuratively. Several video presentations during the program highlighted Wilson’s career accomplishments, but more importantly featured his role in the life of his wife and two young daughters, the community and in motorsports.

His passion for racing, devotion to his family and community consciousness will be his legacy.

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