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I think we will get to win a lot of races, just like my dad."

Said Oliver Wheldon, 10: "It would be so cool to race for Andretti Autosport one day. "I hope Oliver and I can both win the Indy 500 too."

"I’m really excited to be a junior driver for Michael Andretti and follow in my dad’s footsteps," said Sebastian Wheldon, 12. Already winning races in karting, the two boys are now on the path to winning their own "Baby Borgs" by joining Andretti Autosport. Karting is the first step, but we have hopes of helping foster promising Road to Indy and eventually even INDYCAR opportunities.”ĭan Wheldon famously said that he had to win "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" twice so that each of his sons would have a replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy. “No one will ever be able to replace Dan in their lives, but we’re happy to offer a network for mentorship to help the boys grow their careers. “Dan was family to us, and we had a lot of on track success together, we see a lot of Dan in both Sebastian and Oliver and are very proud to officially welcome them into our racing family,” Andretti Autosport CEO Michael Andretti said. He also won the 2011 Indy 500 with Bryan Herta Autosport before suffering fatal injuries in October 2011 in a racing accident.

Through its history, Andretti Autosport has been committed to developing driver, crew and engineering talent across its wide range of operations, including bringing dozens of drivers through the ranks of open-wheel racing through its Road to Indy efforts.ĭan Wheldon won the Indianapolis 500 and INDYCAR SERIES championship in 2005 while driving for the Andretti team. Andretti Autosport is expanding its development efforts with the addition of brothers Sebastian and Oliver Wheldon - the sons of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and INDYCAR SERIES champion Dan Wheldon - as junior drivers.