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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 1,879,115 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dan Wheldon is the 724th most popular racing driver (up from 742nd in 2019), the 5,356th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,196th in 2019) and the 127th most popular British Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Dan Wheldon ranks 724 out of 888Before him are Jack McGrath, Tony Bettenhausen, Trevor Blokdyk, Jay Chamberlain, Tomáš Enge, and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington. After him are Freddy Loix, Shoya Tomizawa, Les Leston, Tetsuya Harada, Tony Kanaan, and Emanuele Naspetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Dan Wheldon ranks 323Before him are Helton Arruda, Jaka Lakovič, Nick Wechsler, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Patty Schnyder, and Omar Benson Miller. After him are José Mari, Jakub Janda, Marisa Miller, Nadine Angerer, Shen Xue, and Berat Albayrak. Among people deceased in 2011, Dan Wheldon ranks 427Before him are Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Vladimir Ryzhkin, Pauline Betz, John M. Lounge, Sada Thompson, and Fe del Mundo. After him are Troy Davis, Margaret Whiting, Tom Aldredge, Neil Young, Ellen Stewart, and Charlie Callas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 5,356 out of 7,765Before him are Jasper Fforde (1961), Stuart Bingham (1976), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Prince Louis of Cambridge (2018), Tom Hopper (1985), and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915). After him are Marc Warren (1967), Kathleen Booth (1922), Ernest Townsend (1880), Les Leston (1920), Douglas Booth (1992), and Jeff Rawle (1951).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, Dan Wheldon ranks 127Before him are Rupert Keegan (1955), Arthur Owen (1915), Ian Raby (1921), Anthony Davidson (1979), Tiff Needell (1951), and Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915). After him are Les Leston (1920), Ian Stewart (1929), Richard Robarts (1944), Jim Crawford (1948), Gary Brabham (1961), and Eric Brandon (1920).

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