 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Apo muridzi weChip Ganassi Racing CGR Chip Ganassi akaudzwa nezvemashoko ekuti Wheldon angasiya AGR, akabatanidzwa muhurukuro dzisina kurongwa naye, izvo zvakatungamirira kune chibvumirano chepfungwa pamusangano muna August 2005. Chibvumirano chake cheAGR chakapera musi wa31 Gumiguru uye nhaurirano dzepamutemo dzakatanga nokukurumidza pashure pacho. CGR yakasiya Wheldon mwaka wa2006 uye chikwata chakachinja vagadziri kubva kuPanoz kuenda kuDallara uye vanopa injini kuenda kuHonda mushure mekunge Toyota yasiya. Wheldon akaita chinjo nokuti aida kuva nechokwadi chokugara kwake muIRL ndokuramba achikwikwidza. Kutanga mwaka, Wheldon akakunda Toyota Indy 300 paHomestead Miami Speedway. MuIndianapolis 500, akawana nzvimbo yechitatu, uye akatungamira nhangemutange-yakakwirira 148 laps asati adonha kusvika kune yechina nokuti aifanira kuita pit stop kuti atsive puncture pa183rd lap. Wheldon akawana masere gumi ekutanga uye maviri pole nzvimbo kuKansas Speedway neNashville Speedway, uye akapinda mumutambo wekupedzisira wemwaka kuChicagoland Speedway semumwe wevatyairi vana vari kukwikwidza mukwikwidzi. Wheldon akakunda mujaho asi akarasikirwa nemakwikwi pa tiebreak kuna Sam Hornish Jr, uyo akanga akunda makwikwi mana kuna Wheldon maviri. 