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
came prefer second victories win
If it came down to it and I was told I could win the championship with no victories or come second in the championship with 10 I much prefer to win a lot.
grew run somewhat takes value
How I grew up is, you have to run the No.1 because if you don't, it somewhat takes the value away from the championship if you are not going to use the No.1,
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.
car good quickly runs speed target
I'm disappointed that we weren't quicker, to be honest. The Target car is really good on the long runs but I just couldn't get it up to speed quickly enough in qualifying trim.
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.
chance knew
I knew I had a chance to come back because you can come back on the superspeedways pretty quickly.
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.