Dan Wheldon: 1978 - 2011
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a crash during the IndyCar Series finale at Las Vegas on Sunday. AUTOSPORT pays tribute to one of Britain's golden generation of drivers
Dan Wheldon was one of a golden crop of richly-talented British drivers to graduate from karting to junior single-seaters in the mid to late-1990s.
From Emberton, near Milton Keynes, Daniel Wheldon began karting as a small child, taking his first steps in a sport that was a family passion: his dad raced karts as an amateur, and his mum was timekeeper at the local track. At the age of 12, in 1990, he claimed his third successive British Cadet Karting Championship. He then moved up to claim a British Junior title, before becoming FIA Formula A World Cup champion in '95 with the team of karting legend Terry Fullerton.
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