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Dan Clarke
Daniel 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 Formula Ford Festival in 2004, Clarke moved up the British Formula 3 Championship in 2005 in a team part-owned by Kimi Räikkönen of Räikkönen Robertson Racing. Clarke finished fifth overall, taking the team's first win at Castle Combe and setting the circuit outright lap record, which he still holds.
After a series of tests, Clarke was signed to drive in the Champ Car World Series for CTE Racing-HVM, in 2006 as a teammate to Nelson Philippe. The team owned jointly by Cedric the Entertainer and Keith Wiggins.
Clarke finished sixth at Portland International Raceway and seventh at Burke Lakefront Airport, where he was battling for second with Mario Domínguez when they collided on the penultimate lap. Clarke also competed at San Jose, moving up from ninth to second before a gearbox failure put him out at mid-distance. In his next race, in Denver, Clarke moved into third-place on the final lap because of a collision of two drivers ahead of him to achieve his first podium finish as a Champ Car driver. The Denver third-place was the first podium finish for a Champ Car Rookie driver in the 2006 racing season.
Following on from Denver, Clarke continued to run at the front and narrowly missed out on another podium finish at the next race in Montreal, coming home in fourth-place. Immediately after, Clarke won the Bridgestone Pole Position award at Road America, Wisconsin. He was the first rookie to do so since 2003 and the first British Rookie since Nigel Mansell in 1993. Clarke experienced misfortune towards the end of the season, which saw him forced to settle for "Rookie runner-up" to Will Power after an intense battle between the two drivers.
Clarke returned to the team for the 2007 season, now named Minardi Team USA, joined by new teammate and former Minardi and Red Bull Racing F1 driver Robert Doornbos. Clarke had a troubled season, finishing 13th in the overall standings and missing one race. He missed the race at Zolder, having been ejected from the event for causing a multi-car crash in practice. He did, however, record a second-place at Road America.
Upon the folding of the Champ Car series into the IndyCar Series, the Minardi team became known as HVM Racing and hired E. J. Viso to drive, leaving Clarke without a team.
Clarke drove for Great Britain in the A1GP series, participating in three rounds of the fourth season of the championship.
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Dan Clarke
Daniel 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 Formula Ford Festival in 2004, Clarke moved up the British Formula 3 Championship in 2005 in a team part-owned by Kimi Räikkönen of Räikkönen Robertson Racing. Clarke finished fifth overall, taking the team's first win at Castle Combe and setting the circuit outright lap record, which he still holds.
After a series of tests, Clarke was signed to drive in the Champ Car World Series for CTE Racing-HVM, in 2006 as a teammate to Nelson Philippe. The team owned jointly by Cedric the Entertainer and Keith Wiggins.
Clarke finished sixth at Portland International Raceway and seventh at Burke Lakefront Airport, where he was battling for second with Mario Domínguez when they collided on the penultimate lap. Clarke also competed at San Jose, moving up from ninth to second before a gearbox failure put him out at mid-distance. In his next race, in Denver, Clarke moved into third-place on the final lap because of a collision of two drivers ahead of him to achieve his first podium finish as a Champ Car driver. The Denver third-place was the first podium finish for a Champ Car Rookie driver in the 2006 racing season.
Following on from Denver, Clarke continued to run at the front and narrowly missed out on another podium finish at the next race in Montreal, coming home in fourth-place. Immediately after, Clarke won the Bridgestone Pole Position award at Road America, Wisconsin. He was the first rookie to do so since 2003 and the first British Rookie since Nigel Mansell in 1993. Clarke experienced misfortune towards the end of the season, which saw him forced to settle for "Rookie runner-up" to Will Power after an intense battle between the two drivers.
Clarke returned to the team for the 2007 season, now named Minardi Team USA, joined by new teammate and former Minardi and Red Bull Racing F1 driver Robert Doornbos. Clarke had a troubled season, finishing 13th in the overall standings and missing one race. He missed the race at Zolder, having been ejected from the event for causing a multi-car crash in practice. He did, however, record a second-place at Road America.
Upon the folding of the Champ Car series into the IndyCar Series, the Minardi team became known as HVM Racing and hired E. J. Viso to drive, leaving Clarke without a team.
Clarke drove for Great Britain in the A1GP series, participating in three rounds of the fourth season of the championship.