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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 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Wheldon is the 902nd most popular racing driver (down from 831st in 2024), the 6,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,153rd in 2019) and the 166th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dan Wheldon ranks 902 out of 1,080. Before him are Hiroshi Masuoka, Emilio Alzamora, Juuso Pykälistö, Jordi Gené, Anthoine Hubert, and Felipe Nasr. After him are Nani Roma, Marco Werner, Johnny Boyd, Toni Elías, Scott Speed, and Bob Said.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Dan Wheldon ranks 534. Before him are Tomoya Nagase, 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 Yu Nan. Among people deceased in 2011, Dan Wheldon ranks 500. 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 6,652 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), Ruth Gemmell (1967), and Phil O'Donnell (1972).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 166. Before him are Roberta Cowell (1918), Tiff Needell (1951), Dario Franchitti (1973), Jonathan Rea (1987), Carl Fogarty (1965), and Paul di Resta (1986). After him are Adam Carroll (1982), Gary Paffett (1981), Alister McRae (1970), Oliver Turvey (1987), Cal Crutchlow (1985), and Elfyn Evans (1988).

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