Herta's game plan was to run one race, Indy, then build its way into a full-time IndyCar team in — a route he might still take. But Wheldon's win has changed things a bit. Herta said Monday that he's already fielding some inquiries from businesses interested in working with the winning team and winning driver from Sunday's centennial anniversary race. Yes, he had chances to sign contracts for more races with other teams, yet he chose Herta's one-off deal because he thought it was the best equipped to compete.
Herta's team, Wheldon said, gave him confidence the No. On Saturday, the engineer called Wheldon back to thank him for pointing out the flaw in the calculation, which might have been the difference between winning and losing this year's Hildebrand to replace him, leaving Wheldon without a job.
Refusing to take a mediocre ride that could threaten the integrity of his career, Wheldon opted to sit out the season. Herta responded, "Would you consider driving for me? Wheldon never led the race until he came around the final turn of the final lap. But when the leader wrecked on the final turn, Wheldon took the lead and the win — his second at the Brickyard. The driver he passed for the victory? There are a lot of people in way worse situations than me right now. Sunday morning, Wheldon reportedly had agreed to terms to return to the Andretti stable where he would replace the departing Patrick.
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The ambitious father who turned his two daughters Venus and Serena Williams into tennis […]. They may have offered larger platforms or bigger wads of cash, but there, Wheldon would have just been another face. In IndyCar — even with just six wins over the next five seasons without another title to be had — Wheldon firmly planted his feet.
He embraced it. He wanted to sign your hero card as much as you wanted it signed. It might turn into a minute conversation about your life. More: Wheldon's sons Sebastian, Oliver, named Andretti development drivers.
That exuberance was identical to the competitor Wheldon was on the track. After two years well outside of title contention with Panther Racing, some wondered quietly whether Wheldon had actually lost the fun in racing. More than men and women have qualified for and run in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, and to this date, only 20 have won it more than once.
And no lack of a full-time ride could take that away. Wheldon spent those next several months in and out of the spotlight. There he was on The Late Show with David Letterman, dressed to the nines with slicked back hair and a bespoke leather jacket, a modern-day rock star, cracking jokes about unemployment. This time, Wheldon carried Herta to victory lane. Or vice versa. It was the damndest finish of any race you ever saw. JR Hildebrand, a rookie from California, had the thing all sewed up.
Then he lost it in the marbles. He crashed in loose debris on turn 4 on the final lap, letting Wheldon cruise past in his Bryan Herta-owned car. Then I think I got on the radio and started crying. Wild finish and wildly popular outcome. If Wheldon was itching to continue his racing career, he wasn't nearly as anxious as his wife, Susie.
So she was desperate to get me back out of the house and in a race car. Wheldon thought he'd have a full-time ride but "things hadn't panned out as I expected.
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