Dan Clarke

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Dan Clarke is a British auto racing driver born October 4, 1983 in Mexborough. A veteran of British Formula Ford where he won the prestigous Formula Ford Festival, he moved up the British Formula Three Championship in 2005 in a team part owned by Kimi Räikkönen, Räikkönen Robertson Racing, and finished 5th overall, taking one win at Castle Combe.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.

Dan Clarke on the podium at Silverstone 9th October 2005

Dan Clarke in his Raikonnen Robertson Racing F3 at Silverstone 9th October 2005

He finished 6th at Portland and 7th at Burke Lakefront Airport, where he was battling for 2nd with Mario Dominguez 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.

[edit] Complete Champ Car results

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[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Biography from official CCWS web site

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