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 had started his INDYCAR career with Panther in 2002, and he returned in 2009 and finished second in the “500” to Helio Castroneves. The next year, Wheldon was again strong at Indy, finishing second to Franchitti.

His Hollywood-like win at the 100 th Anniversary “500” in 2011, in which rookie driver J.R. Hildebrand hit the wall exiting Turn 4 on the final lap, allowing Wheldon to narrowly beat Hildebrand’s wounded car to the finish line, was one of the …

Mar 13, 2024 · Wheldon was 33 when he was killed in a horrific crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway just five months after winning his second Indy 500 title. Dan Wheldon was a popular, funny, confident character in the IndyCar community and his death rocked the entire series.

May 29, 2021 · The late, great Dan Wheldon’s career was as action-packed and thrilling as it was heart-breaking. He’ll probably always be best-remembered though for an incredible second Indy 500 victory. In a last-lap, last-corner pass, Wheldon came in from the IndyCar cold to win for the minnow Bryan Herta Autosport team with the most unlikely of triumphs.

May 12, 2023 · Dan Wheldon won the 2011 Indianapolis 500 in improbable fashion after leader J.R. Hildebrand crashed in Turn 4 on the race's final lap.

Dan Wheldon won the race, his first of two Indy victories (2005 and 2011). [1] Wheldon became the first British -born winner since Graham Hill in 1966 . [ 2 ] It was the second consecutive Indy victory for Honda, and the first victory for the Dallara chassis since 2002 .

Nov 3, 2021 · Remarkably in 2011, the 2005 Indy 500 winner and series champion was without a full-time ride. He had lost his seat at Panther Racing, and at the time of the 500, that was set to be his only race of the season.

Oct 16, 2021 · Remembering Dan Wheldon and his last and most amazing IndyCar win. Saturday 16 October marks the 10th anniversary of Dan Wheldon’s death. David Malsher-Lopez pays tribute, then asks Wheldon’s...

Oct 20, 2011 · As Dan Wheldon poured the milk over himself in Indy’s Victory Lane, the impact of what he’d achieved in winning the 89 th Indianapolis 500 had already started to sink in.