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  • IRL: Wheldon celebrates his birthday with Iowa win

    Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday with a winning fuel strategy gamble in the Iowa Corn Indy 250, then donated his winnings to disaster relief in the flood-hit state.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Hideki Mutoh, Iowa Corn Indy 250, Tony Kanaan, videos

  • IRL: Another practice smash for Wheldon

    For the second race in a row, Dan Wheldon was forced to qualify in the spare Target Chip Ganassi racing car after an accident during practice – this time because a spinning car collected his as it crashed.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Bruno Junqueira, Iowa Corn Indy 250, videos

  • IRL: Wheldon expects to qualify despite big crash (photos)

    Dan Wheldon has been cleared as fit to run in qualifying for the Bombardier Learjet 550k despite a high-speed crash that left him briefly pinned in his overturned car.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
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  • IRL: “We’re all as feisty as Danica”, says Manning

    A quick interview with IndyCar driver Darren Manning is available on a local US news channel as part of the build-up to this weekend’s race at the Milwaukee Mile.

    Archive, Uncategorized
    Danica Patrick, Milwaukee Mile

  • IRL: Dixon and Wheldon nail Indy500 qualifying

    Target Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed their status as the team to beat by seizing the first two qualifying positions for the Indy500 in a tactically intriguing pole shoot-out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • IRL: Wheldon wins in Kansas

    Dan Wheldon took a second consecutive Kansas Speedway IndyCar victory after his team-mate Scott Dixon dropped from first to seventh thanks to an unluckily-timed yellow flag seconds after he had pitted.

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • IRL: Dixon and Wheldon dominate Kansas qualifying

    Dan Wheldon scored his first front-row start in 18 races as he and his Target Chip Ganassi Racing colleague Scott Dixon locked up the front row in qualifying for the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at the Kansas Speedway.

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • IRL: Wheldon hopes to keep Kansas streak alive

    Here are a couple of numbers to ponder: Dan Wheldon has led almost 40 per cent of IndyCar race laps at the Kansas Speedway over the last five years, and has finished second-second-first in the last three races there.

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • IndyCar: Wheldon loses NASCAR seat to Franchitti

    IndyCar fans could be about to lose a British driver to another series with an announcement expected that Dario Franchitti will be moving across to NASCAR.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, IndyCar Series, NASCAR, Target Chip Ganassi Racing

  • IndyCar: Wheldon picks his way through chaos to third

    For most of the weekend at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, Dan Wheldon was having a miserable time of it. In the end, though, he turned out to be one of the lucky ones.

    Archive, IndyCar Series
    Dan Wheldon, Dancing With the Stars, Helio Castroneves, IndyCar Series, Scott Dixon

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