The No. 26 on Herta’s car this month is the same number and font that Wheldon was driving when he won the 2005 Indy 500. “I was here for that race,” Herta said.

We miss Dan." Following Dan Wheldon’s passing in 2011, a stretch of the St. Petersburg race track became known as Dan Wheldon Way. Meanwhile, a winners’ monument at the track also honors Wheldon.