Daniel Clive or Dan Wheldon was born on the 22 June 1978 to 16 October 2011; he was an English racing driver and was the winner of the Indianapolis 500 on 2005 and 2011. Wheldon was born in Emberton England, at the age of four he progressed through the junior ranks of motor racing during his school year. He moved to United stated in 1999 and he spent several years in lower circuits like the U.S. F2000 Championship Series, He moved to Indy Car Series and he joined the Panther racing replacing Michael Andretti and now he was racing on professional races.
While Daniel Clive was racing on the 2011 IZOD Indy Car World Championship at Las Vegas Motor speedway on 16 October 2011, He was involved in a 15 car accident between lap 10 and 11 of the race. He had to be extricated from his car and was lifted from air to the nearest hospital his life was on dangerous because he had “serious injuries”. He died at the age of 33 and the drivers decided that the race would be abandoned and those five-laps left would be in honor to Dan Wheldon with his number the 77 being showed alone at the top of the scoring board.
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