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
certainly looked nice stop
It looked very, very bad, ... It's not nice to think about. I think a lot of us will certainly stop by and see if we can see him this evening.
certainly courses experience feature level rely road somewhat strong teammates three tony
Dario is certainly going to be very, very strong on the road courses as Tony will. I've certainly got three teammates that are going to feature strongly. I think certainly with my experience level right now on the road courses, which is somewhat limited, I'm going to have to rely on them for some help.
difficult race vicious
It was very difficult to race under these circumstances. It's a job, and it can be pretty vicious at times.
certainly enables following intention people perceived push run somewhat takes value win winning
In England, if you win the championship, that enables you to run the #1 the following year, and you do it because it somewhat takes the value of winning the championship away if you're not going to use the #1, ... That's how it's perceived certainly with the people I know in Europe. My intention would be to run it if I'm allowed. Certainly that's what I'm going to push for.
chance knew
I knew I had a chance to come back because you can come back on the superspeedways pretty quickly.
difficult highs job mixed race vicious
It was very difficult to race under circumstances like this. This is a job that can be pretty vicious at times with a lot of highs mixed in.
awards believes everybody physically
It's a challenge. Everybody believes that. Physically and mentally, it's tough. It awards you, though.
change chip face glad good great hair legends names people style trophy ugly
I'm glad they got a good hair style I guess, because I change my so much it can pretty ugly at times, I think Chip agrees. It's great to have your face on the trophy you look at the people that are on there you are with some great names that have been great legends in the sport itself.
bad certainly fare fault
I know it certainly didn't fare well for Scott Dixon, but I don't think that was through any fault of his own, ... That year, things didn't go their way. They had some bad luck. I don't think that was down to Scott.
chance disagree disappears fact lose momentum pushing
The one thing I do disagree on is the fact that they are pushing Danica solely; that's a big mistake. With the momentum they've created, they shouldn't be pushing one person. If Danica disappears and does something else, you lose that momentum and the chance to push others.
asking win
You think you're asking too much to win the championship, too,
amends felt last longer longest next period race season time year
I had a Sonoma race where I was disappointed in the result, ... I wanted to make amends for that. That was the longest period of time I've ever had between races. From the last race of the year to the first race of the next season is a long time. It felt a lot longer than that.
difficult race
It's very difficult to race under these circumstances.
achieved green
I achieved a lot at Andretti Green Racing,