A racing helmet worn by one of Canada's highest-profile IndyCar racers has been stolen from a museum in Vancouver.

The B.C. Sports Hall of Fame says the theft happened on Wednesday, when staff noticed a helmet worn by Greg Moore was taken from a mannequin on display beside his IndyCar.

Moore, from Maple Ridge, B.C., was a rising star on the IndyCar circuit in the late 1990s and accumulated five wins and 17 podium finishes before he was killed in a race in California in 1999 at age 24.

The stolen helmet was worn by Moore at the Rio 400 in Brazil during one of his five career IndyCar wins.

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