Dan Wheldon
Dan Wheldon
Daniel Clive Wheldonwas a British racing driver. He was the 2005 IndyCar Series champion and a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, having won the race in 2005 and 2011. Wheldon died from severe head injuries shortly after a collision during the IZOD IndyCar World Championship on 16 October 2011 at the age of 33...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth22 June 1978
celebrate lap practice race run
I'm going to celebrate like a race winner, not a champion, ... If all I have to do is run a practice lap at Watkins Glen, it's going to be the slowest lap you've ever seen.
fantastic people
It was a fantastic event. There were fantastic people that I met, and the presentations were very interesting.
celebrate champion race until
I'm going to celebrate like a race winner, but I'm not going to celebrate like a champion until it's done,
cricket dropped english feet good high pitch purpose throw throwing
It wasn't as good a throw as the one I did at Shea Stadium; it was a little high, ... This was more of an English cricket throw than a pitch. I was throwing it a little high on purpose to show them I had a different pitch than the one I did at Shea Stadium. It just dropped about 10 feet too late.
celebrate race
I'm going to celebrate like a race winner, not like a champion,
disagree fact mistake pushing
The one thing I do disagree with the IRL is the fact that they are pushing Danica solely. I think that's a big mistake on their part.
screwed somewhat
I think Jenson somewhat screwed me up there,
driver female good herself looked proved
She's proved herself enough. It's not like she's looked at as a female on track. She's just another driver and a very good one at that.
hope indy love next seem special sponsor win year
I seem to win a lot of Honda's special races, ... I hope (Honda) is going to sponsor the Indy 500 next year because I love that race.
fans
But I think primarily, it's the fans that make this race.
ahead close everybody five honestly people six ways
I don't think it's going to be as close as people are making out. I honestly think it's going to be between five or six cars, and they are going to be some ways ahead of everybody else.
certainly sometime
I thought I could do it sometime in my career, but certainly not this soon.
chip develop glad help motivated
I'm glad we started off right because I think Chip will be more motivated now to help us develop some stuff.
races six special strong winning
Winning the Indianapolis 500 was very special to me, ... but winning six races is something I'll look back on and think that was a strong season.