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
breathe certainly laps
It was difficult. There were laps where we certainly had to breathe and back all the way out of the throttle.
nicest sleep
The nicest thing is that I'm going to be able to sleep now,
sober
They like the wine. I didn't see a sober (sponsor).
california fifth fourth good happen obviously positions race third
I think California is going to be a really good race because obviously the championship has been decided, but second, third and fourth are up for grabs. There's going to have to be some big things happen for those positions to change. Then I think you have the fifth through 10th pretty close. I think everybody's going to be going for broke.
anticipate decided fourth good places race third though
I anticipate a really good race because, even though the championship is decided in my favor, second, third and fourth places are still up for grabs,
accident affects certainly nicest
It certainly affects me when you see an accident like that. It's not the nicest thing at all,
aspired motor passionate since sports
That's what really got me passionate about American motor sports. Ever since that point, I've kind of aspired to being out here.
beliefs matter motor people strongly supported
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has always strongly supported our troops, and we're doing the same. I think no matter which beliefs people have, we would like to show our support to the troops.
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.