Dan Wheldon Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

Key facts:

Dan Wheldon started his racing career in kart racing at the age of four.

He won the U.S. F200 National Championship in 1999.

Wheldon joined the IRL IndyCar series in 2002 and won Rookie of the Year.

In 2004, he achieved his first IRL race win at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan.

Wheldon became the 2005 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series champion.

He won the prestigious Indy 500 in both 2005 and 2011.

In addition to open-wheeled racing, Wheldon won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2006.

Wheldon tragically passed away during lap 11 of the IZOD IndyCar World Championship in 2011.

Awarded the The Dan Wheldon International Driver Trophy is given to the best performing international driver over the race weekend of the Australian V8 Supercars Gold Coast.

Basic Information About Dan Wheldon

Category	Athletes
Professions	Race car driver
Net worth	$15,000,000
Date of birth	1978-06-22
Place of birth	Emberton
Date of death	2011-10-16 (aged 33)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Dan Wheldon's photos

References & Fact Checks ✅

1/ Filename: dallara-ir3-2004-dan-wheldon-andretti-green-racing-honda-collection-hall-5D39h6o1.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:38)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dallara_IR3_2004_Dan_Wheldon_Andretti_Green_Racing_Honda_Collection_Hall.jpg
Original Source: Own work
Author: Morio
Date taken: 17 September 2011 ; Honda Collection Hall, Motegi, Tochigi, Japan

2/ Filename: dan-wheldon-won-2005-indy-japan-300-x95k0mH8.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:39)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Wheldon_won_2005_Indy_Japan_300.jpg
Original Source: Winner Dan Wheldon
Author: nakashi from Ichikawa, Chiba, JAPAN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 30 April 2005, 16:11

3/ Filename: dan-wheldonpracticing2007indy500-iiEKNX3x.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:40)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_WheldonPracticing2007Indy500.jpg
Original Source: Flickr
Author: Carey Akin
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 20 May 2007, 11:16:05

4/ Filename: dan-wheldon-sonoma-indy-2010-4IZV7y2Z.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:41)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Wheldon_Sonoma_Indy_2010.jpg
Original Source: Dan Wheldon
Author: Michele Ursino
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 21 August 2010, 14:20

5/ Filename: dan-wheldon-2011-indy-500-Egq2p0YX.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:42)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Wheldon_2011_Indy_500.jpg
Original Source: 2011 Indy 500865
Author: Greg Hildebrand from Plymouth, IN
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 29 May 2011, 12:56

6/ Filename: dan-wheldon-driver-introductions-las-vegas-2011-M6X0mhVI.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:43)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dan_Wheldon_Driver_Introductions_Las_Vegas_2011.jpg
Original Source: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/474935/tragic-racing-accident-izod-indycar-finale
Author: Airman 1st Class George Goslin
Date taken: 16 October 2011

7/ Filename: indycar-las-vegas-2011-big-crash-v5VOATs4.jpg

Checked: ✅ Yes (2023-07-02 11:33:44)
Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndyCar_Las_Vegas_2011_big_crash.jpg
Original Source: Horrible Indycar crash Las Vegas
Author: Eje Gustafsson from USA
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Date taken: 16 October 2011, 14:52

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