Birthdate: March 19, 2011

Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL

Residence: St. Petersburg, FL

Instagram: @oliver.wheldon

Nationality: American

Languages spoken: English

Height/weight: 5’3” / 97 lbs.

Education: Eighth Grade Student

Hobbies: Fishing, soccer, sim driving

Favorite sport to watch: INDYCAR (Andretti)

Favorite sport to play: Racing

Best meal I can cook by myself: Pasta

Driver training preference: Sim work, physical training

Favorite places to visit: New York and California

Bucket list: Visit Barbados

Guilty food pleasure: Mint chip ice cream

The one person I would most like to meet and why: Max Verstappen, because he has accomplished so much in F1

Racing goal: Win the Indy 500

Racing hero: My dad, Dan Wheldon.

 

Career results:

2025

• Finished fifth in his rookie season of USF Juniors Presented by Continental Tire with seven podium finishes, one pole position and one fastest race lap

• Finished fifth in the YACademy Winter Series for USF Junior, with a pair of podium finishes at Homestead-Miami Speedway and a fourth at NOLA Motorsports Park

2024

• Skip Barber Formula Race Series Champion with nine race wins and three additional podium finishes from 14 races

• Claimed four pole positions and five fastest race laps

• Received a $100,000 scholarship to advance onto the USF Pro Championships ladder

2023

• Multiple wins and podium finishes in Junior karting

• Finished fifth on the SKUSA Pro Tour in X30 Junior

• Finished third in X30 Junior at the SKUSA SuperNationals XXVI

• Finished second in ROK Junior at ROK Vegas

2022

• SKUSA Winter Series Mini class champion

2021

• Multiple wins and podium finishes in Mini class karting

• Finished third in Mini Swift at the SKUSA SuperNationals XXIV

2020

• Won the Florida Winter Tour karting series in Micro ROK.