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 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.
coming goal primary season win
I must say my primary goal coming into the season was to win the Indianapolis 500,
anytime boss respect tells yes
Anytime your boss tells you yes or no, you have to respect their decision.
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.
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.
celebrate race
I'm going to celebrate like a race winner, not like a champion,
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.
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,
happy win won
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.
fans
But I think primarily, it's the fans that make this race.
emotions happy mixed sad second
but I have mixed emotions. I'm happy to be second but I'm also sad to be second.
chance knew
I knew I had a chance to come back because you can come back on the superspeedways pretty quickly.
bit car ended itching last next possibly season seem sure time winter
I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I'm always itching to get back in the car. It's going to get harder, so I've got to make sure that I'm doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season.
agent forgot hair longer
I think my hair is a little longer than it was in May. I think my PR agent is a little miffed at me because I forgot to shave, as well.