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
awards believes everybody physically
It's a challenge. Everybody believes that. Physically and mentally, it's tough. It awards you, though.
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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.
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It's difficult in this series, ... To have won six is a very proud moment for me. To win six races is something I'll look back on and think that was a strong season.
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It's difficult to race under such circumstances. It's a job and it can be pretty vicious at times. But there can be a lot of highs as well.
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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.
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I'm glad we started off right because I think Chip will be more motivated now to help us develop some stuff.
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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.
celebrate race
I'm going to celebrate like a race winner, not like a champion,
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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.
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I'm going to celebrate like a race winner, but I'm not going to celebrate like a champion until it's done,
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I'm not going to get too greedy. I won the one I wanted to win. If I don't win any more races, but win the championship, I'd be really happy with that. At the same time, that's not my style. I like to win.
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It's still mathematically possible for a lot of people to beat me. If you can win a championship and win a lot of races on the way, that would be pretty special. I would love to get six wins.
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We had an aggressive setup and were very quick in traffic. Once underway, the car was very, very good. This is a fun place to race and win and to take Sam's record is truly special.
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Well, it was a win obviously under very difficult circumstances. I think certainly my thoughts and prayers and everybody here, their thoughts are with the Dana family and everybody at Rahal Letterman Racing. It's very difficult to race under circumstances like this. I think everybody in the community and the fans that came out to Homestead-Miami Speedway today should be commended for the effect that they have on the drivers to pull through under very difficult circumstances.