Dan Wheldon's Top 10 Career Moments

SI Staff | Oct 16, 2012

Dan Wheldon's Top 10 Career Moments

Spending his 30th birthday in Victory Lane

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Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of Dan Wheldon's tragic death while racing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. SI's Cary Estes counts down Wheldon's Top 10 career moments ( click here to read full text of Estes's piece ).

Winning the U.S. F2000 championship

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Beating Helio Castroneves by 0.0147 seconds

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Earning IndyCar rookie of the year

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Winning the 24 Hours of Daytona

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Taking part in tests for the new car

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Winning again at Indy

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First career IndyCar victory

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Winning the IndyCar Series championship

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The first Indianapolis 500 victory

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