 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Franchitti akakunda 2012 Indianapolis 500musi waMay 27 uye akatsaurira kukunda kwake kuna Wheldon uye akapfeka magirazi machena ezuva mukukudza kwake. Gore iroro Wheldon akayeukwa nechisarudzo chakapfuudzwa neSeneti yeIndiana. Chiyeuchidzo chechiyeuchidzo chine mufananidzo wake uye kubudirira kwebasa rakabudiswa muSt. Petersburg kunze kwechipiri chechipiri chemugwagwa wayo mumugwagwa muna March 2013 uye rusvingo umo mumwe nomumwe wevakundi vemakwikwi akavezwa. Mwedzi mina gare gare, magazini yeAutosport yakadana Wheldon mumwe wavatyairi vakuru zvikurusa 50 vasati vambomhanya muFormula One. VaWheldon vakakudzwa ne Dan naSusie Wheldon Ita Musiyano Mubairo munaGunyana 2014. Izvi zvaibatanidza kupa 1,000 kumasangano anobatsira uye zvakava rutivi rwomutambo wegore negore wokupa mubayiro weIndyCar Series. Munguva ye2016 Kobalt 400 paLas Vegas Motor Speedway, mutori wenhau wepit lane Jamie Little uye mutori wenhau wemitambo yemotokari Brent Brush vakaisa Dan Wheldon Chirangaridzo kunze kwekutendeuka kwechipiri, padyo nepapo paakaurayiwa. Muna Chivabvu 2016, bhuku pamusoro pehupenyu hwake nebasa rake nemipiro kubva munharaunda yemotokari yemotokari yakanzi Lionheart: Kuyeuka Dan Wheldon yakabudiswa. Wheldon akaiswa muIndianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame muna Chivabvu 2019. 