Dan Wheldon
Dan Wheldon was born in Emberton, England, United Kingdom on June 22nd, 1978 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 33, Dan Wheldon biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 33 years old, Dan Wheldon has this physical status:
Daniel Clive Wheldon (1906-1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who competed in the 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Green Racing (AGR).
He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011, and he was co-winner of the 2006 24 Hours of Daytona with Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR). Wheldon began competitive karting at the age of eight and gained early success before moving to open-wheel racing in the United States' F2000 National Championship, the Toyota Atlantic Championship, and Indy Lights.
In 2002, he began racing in IndyCar with Panther Racing.
Wheldon accelerated in the 2004 series championship, finishing runner-up.
In 2005, he captured the drivers' championship, breaking records (including the 2005 Indianapolis 500) during a season.
He made the switch to CGR in 2006, tying Sam Hornish Jr. in terms of points but finishing second in second place due to a count-back on the number of victories won by both drivers.
Wheldon's form dropped during both years, but he won four more races and finished fourth in points. He returned to Panther Racing in the 2009 and 2010 seasons, struggling to win a race but notching another four podium accolades during this time.
At the end of the season, Wheldon joined the team.
In the 2011 season, he worked part-time for Bryan Herta Autosport and then Sam Schmidt Motorsports.
In May of that year, he captured his second Indianapolis 500 in May.
On the race's eleventh lap, Wheldon was killed in a collision with a fence post along the track.
He was 33 years old and the first driver to die in IndyCar competition since Paul Dana in 2006.
Early and personal life
On the 22nd of June 1978, Wheldon was born in the village of Emberton near the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. Clive Wheldon, a plumber and domestic heat electrician, and his partner Sue was the son of plumber and domestic heat electrician Clive Wheldon and his wife Sue. Wheldon was of Irish descent. He had three younger brothers and a sister. Wheldon's family was connected to motorsport; his father competed in karting from an early age, and his mother served as Clive's timekeeper. He did not complete his GCSE exams until he was 16, and he did not return to Bedford School until he did not complete his GCSE exams. Wheldon earned good reading ratings and excelled in cross-country running, rugby, and squash. He was also the captain of the school cricket team.
Susie Behm of Armstrong, British Columbia, was his long-time personal assistant. Sebastian and Oliver, who participate in go-karting tournaments, have two children. Wheldon appeared on the television series Hot Wheels Battle Force 5, as a guest star on the television show Battle Force 5 and assisted in the design of Ignite Game Technologies' online simulation racing game Simraceway. He was involved in philanthropic causes, including raising funds for Alzheimer's disease research, and visited sick children at the Peyton Manning Children's Cancer Hospital in Indianapolis each year. Wheldon was a spokesperson for the National Guard's Youth Challenge Program, which provides assistance to homeless young Americans. In 2010, he edited and published Lionheart, a coffee table book of photographs of his life.
Junior career
At the age of four, Wheldon began go-kart racing but didn't participate in competitive racing until he was eight years old due to age limitations. During the intervals, he rode a self-built 60cc kart before converting to a 100cc kart later on. Wheldon was inspired by racing driver Nigel Mansell, and All Kart's sponsorship of him and his father helped him to improve his son's driving skills at Rye House Kart Circuit. In 1988, 1989, and 1990, he won the RAC British Cadet Karting Championship three times. In 1992, Wheldon won the British B Junior Championships in a Wright chassis. As he advanced to the international level, Mark Rose and Terry Fullerton led him later. Wheldon was crowned with Fullerton's team in the 1995 FIA Formula A World Cup. He fought in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in 1996, winning the Brands Hatch, Silverstone, and Oulton Park races and finishing second overall, with seven top-three finishes.
Wheldon finished fourth in both the British Formula Ford Championship and the European Formula Ford Championship for Andy Welch Racing in the United Kingdom, winning seven races in the British series last year. In 1996 and 1997, he was selected as a finalist for the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award. With the Van Diemen team, Wheldon soared to third place in those two series, as well as a Mygale in 1998. He finished second in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch last year. Jenson Button, a fellow pilot, formed a rivalry during this time. Wheldon did not have the proper support from his father and sponsors to continue his career in the United Kingdom and continue his career in the UK until he moves into either the British Formula 3 International Series or the British Formula Renault Championship.
Ralph Firman Sr., his former team principal and car dealer, and an avid enthusiast of Formula Ford 2000, travelled to the United States in January 1999 to put a Formula Ford 2000 vehicle to the test. In addition, Wheldon attended an Indy Lights and Toyota Atlantic test session for future preparations. Jan Baytos and Van Diemen, the current owner of Jayhard/Primus Racing, contributed to his fund. In 1999, he rode in the US F2000 National Championship, winning six victories and eleven top-ten finishes to become the first British and European series champion. Jet lag: Wheldon's early results were influenced by jet lag from constant travel to the United Kingdom to visit his family and his desire to compete in Formula Three. He stopped doing so after about three months, when Baytos advised him to concentrate on racing. In 2012, Wheldon was named Rookie of the Year, and as a 1999 graduate, he was inducted into the company's Hall of Fame.
He won the 2000 Toyota Atlantic Championship, leading PPI Motorsports in the No. 1 race in the world. 3 Swift 0708.8.a. won the season-opening Homestead–Miami Speedway round to become the first driver in series history to win on his debut. He won the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca competition, finishing second in the championship standings with 159 points and a further nine top-ten finishes. Wheldon was named Rookie of the Year by the year's series. Wheldon made the move to the PacWest Lights team in the Indy Lights Championship in 2001. In the No. ten, the No. ranked in the United States. 1 Lola T97/20-Buick 3800 V6, he won two races in the championship's second half (Gateway Motorsports Park and Road Atlanta) and finished in the top-ten in all twelve events, finishing runner-up in the drivers' championship by 149 points. Indy Lights Rookie of the Year 2001, Wheldon was named the Year's Rookie of the Year.
Motorsport career results
(key) (races in bold indicate pole position, while italics indicate the fastest lap; a small number denotes the finishing position)
(DNF signifies Did Not Finish)
(Key) (Key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; overall/class)