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 Drivers' Championship 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Wheldon has received more than 2,123,205 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Wheldon is the 827th most popular racing driver (down from 724th in 2019), the 6,151st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,344th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Racing Driver.

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  • 3.21

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dan Wheldon ranks 827 out of 1,080. Before him are Dani Sordo, Tony Crook, Alan Rollinson, Henry Banks, Nico Prost, and Gianmaria Bruni. After him are Allen Berg, Shoya Tomizawa, Hideki Noda, Álex Márquez, Hurley Haywood, and Jörg Müller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Dan Wheldon ranks 402. Before him are Nadine Velazquez, Jesper Christiansen, Mohammed Noor, Xavier Tondo, Kristen Schaal, and Marisa Miller. After him are Alfredo Anderson, Faudel, Dominik Hrbatý, Franco Pellizotti, Adam Gontier, and Martin Verkerk. Among people deceased in 2011, Dan Wheldon ranks 486. Before him are Laura Ziskin, Ellen Stewart, Zyzz, Xavier Tondo, Troy Davis, and Ángel Pedraza. After him are Gary Winick, Bill Clements, Salvatore Licitra, Laurie Hughes, Wouter Weylandt, and Mălina Olinescu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 6,151 out of 8,785. Before him are Sarah Marshall (1933), Kingsley Ben-Adir (1986), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), Richard Coyle (1974), James Norton (1985), and Peter Brabrook (1937). After him are Keith Devlin (1947), Mimi Keene (1998), George Armstrong (1944), Wes Morgan (1984), Robin Cousins (1957), and Richard Wiseman (1966).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 150. Before him are Ralph Firman (1975), Stephen South (1952), Bill Aston (1900), Tony Crook (1920), Alan Rollinson (1943), and Henry Banks (1913). After him are Tim Parnell (1932), Jim Crawford (1948), Dario Franchitti (1973), Arthur Owen (1915), Carl Fogarty (1965), and Leslie Thorne (1916).

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