Justin Wilson (racing driver), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English racing driver
Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1978
Place of Birth: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 24-Aug-2015
Profession: Formula One driver
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Justin Wilson (racing driver)
- Justin Boyd Wilson (31 July 1978 – 24 August 2015) was a British professional open-wheel racing driver who competed in the Champ Car World Series from 2004 to 2007 and the IndyCar Series from 2008 to 2015.
- He won the first Formula Palmer Audi in 1998, the International Formula 3000 Championship with Nordic Racing in 2001 and was a co-winner of the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona for Michael Shank Racing. In 1987, Wilson began karting at the age of eight and achieved consistent results, before progressing to car racing in the Formula Vauxhall Championship.
- He won the Formula Palmer Audi title and earned a fully-funded and sponsored drive in the International Formula 3000 Championship.
- Wilson was the first British driver to win the series championship in 2001.
- He switched to the inaugural World Series by Nissan in 2004 and finished fourth for the Racing Engineering team.
- Through an investment scheme where members of the public could purchase shares in Wilson, he competed for the Minardi and Jaguar teams in the 2003 Formula One World Championship. He drove with the Conquest Racing and then RuSPORT,teams in the Champ Car World Series from 2004 to 2007.
- He won four races and was runner-up in the drivers' championship in 2006 and 2007.
- Wilson went to Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing to compete in the 2008 IndyCar Series, winning the Detroit Indy Grand Prix.
- A move to the low-budget Dale Coyne Racing team for 2009 resulted in the team's first open-wheel victory at the Grand Prix at the Glen.
- Wilson's subsequent transfer to the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing squad resulted in no further victories between 2010 and 2011.
- He returned to Dale Coyne Racing from 2012 and 2014, where he won the 2012 Firestone 550 and was sixth in the final 2013 drivers' championship standings. Late in the 2015 season, in the ABC Supply 500 at the Pocono Raceway, Wilson died one day after debris from Sage Karam's crashed car struck his helmet.
- He was the first driver to die from injuries sustained in an IndyCar race since Dan Wheldon in 2011.
- Overall Wilson won seven races in American open-wheel racing.
- He was a popular driver and was able to establish a rapport with others.
- Wilson donated his organs to save the lives of six people.
- A hairpin corner at the Snetterton Circuit was renamed after him and a memorial fund was established to support his two children financially in the long-term.
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