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Dan Clarke

Dan Clarke
Dan Clarke at Silverstone 2005.jpg
Clarke at Silverstone in 2005
Nationality British
Born (1983-10-04) 4 October 1983 (age 33)
Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England
Achievements 2004 Formula Ford Festival Winner
Champ Car career
27 races run over 2 years
Years active 2006–2007
Team(s) CTE Racing-HVM (2006)
Minardi Team USA (2007)
Best finish 12th – 2006
First race 2006 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach)
Last race 2007 Gran Premio Tecate (Mexico City)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 2 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2011 position 87th
Best finish 87th – 2011
First race 2011 Zippo 200 (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of 29 May 2012.
Previous series
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
Firestone Indy Lights
A1 Grand Prix
Champ Car World Series
Champ Car World Series
British F3
UK Formula Ford
UK Formula Ford
UK FFord Jnr
BRDC FFord

Daniel "Dan" Clarke (born 4 October 1983) is a British auto racing driver, most recently competing in the Firestone Indy Lights series with Walker Racing, having previously competed in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport and the Champ Car World Series.

A veteran of British Formula Ford where he won the prestigious Formula Ford Festival in 2004, he moved up the British Formula 3 Championship in 2005 in a team part owned by Kimi Räikkönen, Räikkönen Robertson Racing, and finished 5th overall, taking the team's first win at Castle Combe and setting the circuit outright lap record which he still holds.

With a series of impressive tests he was signed to drive in the Champ Car World Series for CTE Racing-HVM, owned jointly by Cedric the Entertainer and Keith Wiggins, in 2006 as a teammate to the even younger Nelson Philippe. This was despite Danish driver Ronnie Bremer having publicly claimed to have a drive with the team.

He finished 6th at Portland and 7th at Burke Lakefront Airport, where he was battling for 2nd with Mario Domínguez when they collided on the penultimate lap. Dan was again competitive at San Jose, moving up from 9th to 2nd before a gearbox failure put him out at mid-distance. At his next race, in Denver, Clarke moved into 3rd place in the final lap (because of a collision of two drivers ahead of him) to achieve his first podium finish as a Champ Car driver. Indeed, the Denver 3rd place was the first podium finish for a Champ Car Rookie driver in the 2006 racing season.


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