RACING DRIVER

Dan Wheldon

1978 - 2011

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Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series for Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011, and 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 achieved early success, before progressing to open-wheel car racing in the U.S. F2000 National Championship, the Toyota Atlantic Championship and Indy Lights. He began driving in IndyCar with Panther Racing in 2002. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Wheldon is the 887th most popular racing driver (down from 829th in 2019), the 6,609th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,153rd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dan Wheldon ranks 887 out of 1,080. Before him are Charles Pic, Hideki Noda, Emilio Alzamora, Juuso Pykälistö, Anthoine Hubert, and Felipe Nasr. After him are Marco Werner, Johnny Boyd, Toni Elías, Scott Speed, Bob Said, and Pietro Fittipaldi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Dan Wheldon ranks 519. Before him are Thiago Lacerda, Tyler Labine, Caroline Dhavernas, Otar Tushishvili, Mariusz Jop, and Franco Pellizotti. After him are Nick Kroll, Édouard Cissé, André Macanga, Jaime Ray Newman, Éva Tófalvi, and Tim McIlrath. Among people deceased in 2011, Dan Wheldon ranks 499. Before him are Sonia Pierre, David Kato, Poly Styrene, Don Kirshner, Len Lesser, and Russell Hoban. After him are Bill Clements, Phoebe Snow, Josef Vašíček, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Gary Winick, and Samuel Wanjiru.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 6,611 out of 8,785. Before him are Laurie Lee (1914), Rob Edwards (1982), Jack O'Connell (1990), Robert Lindsay (1949), Simon Curtis (1960), and Dalian Atkinson (1968). After him are Sheila Sherwood (1945), Jack Hendry (1995), Samantha Bentley (1987), Tom Robinson (1950), Phil O'Donnell (1972), and Lee Ryan (1983).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 163. Before him are Ken Downing (1917), Roberta Cowell (1918), Tiff Needell (1951), Dario Franchitti (1973), Carl Fogarty (1965), and Paul di Resta (1986). After him are Adam Carroll (1982), Gary Paffett (1981), Oliver Turvey (1987), Cal Crutchlow (1985), Elfyn Evans (1988), and Kris Meeke (1979).

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