 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wheldon akaronga kuwedzera chibvumirano chake cheCGR apo Chip Ganassi akamupa chipo muna May 2008. Akasarudza kusadaro paakaziva kuti AGRs Kanaan yakanga yatanga kukurukura neboka racho. Akanzwa atengeswa ndokutanga kutaura namamwe mapoka. Wheldon akaudza CGR mwedzi mitatu gare gare muDetroit nezvechisarudzo chake chekuvasiya pakupera kwemwaka. Musi waSeptember 2, CGR yakazivisa kuti Wheldon aizosunungurwa kubva pachibvumirano chake pakupera kwemwaka sezvo Dario Franchitti akasiya NASCAR ndokudzokera kuIndyCar. Wheldon akadzokera kuPanther Racing kwemwaka wa2009 zvichitevera chibvumirano nemaneja wake nemuridzi wechikwata John Barnes pakati paNyamavhuvhu. Akatambura kuti aite mumakwikwi matatu okutanga, asi akatora mugumo wake wokutanga wepamusoro gumi nechishanu paToyota Grand Prix yeLong Beach. MuIndianapolis 500, Wheldon akakwanisa kuva wechi 18 uye akapedza ari wechipiri. Mamwe ose emwaka waWheldon akamuona achiwana mugumo wechina paIowa Speedway uye matatu gumi epamusoro. Haana kuwana migumisiro iyoyo munhangemutange nomwe dzokupedzisira sere. Akanga ari wechigumi mumakwikwi emakwikwi nemapoinzi 354, mugumo wake wakaderera kubva paakaisa gumi nerimwe muna 2003. 