Castroneves was able to sit down for a broadcast special with the four-timers club eight weeks after his win in December, Unser died (Unser’s brother Bobby, a three-time Indy 500 winner, died in May 2021). ![]() and Rick Mears as the only drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 four times. With his 2021 win, Castroneves joined A.J. … And the belief that all of us on the team believed that we need to make that happen, and I feel even more strongly going ahead.” And that probably added more fuel to my fire to prove them wrong. Delivered first victory for new Acura DPi program alongside co. (In 2009, Castroneves was temporarily replaced on Team Penske by Australian Will Power pending the outcome of a tax evasion case, in which he was acquitted.) It took a long time for us to get the last one, which is when people start to think, that’s not going to happen. Finished seventh in Prototype championship standings in first year with Acura Team Penske. And the third one, I didn’t know if I was going to be racing, and all of a sudden I was visiting victory circle. “The second one, not many people were able to over a hundred years, and wow, I can’t believe I was able to match that. ![]() He’s still got that childish passion for it like when he was just karting. He might need to come for Round 2 of sports cars. “I was so eager to win my first oval race that I was like, wait a minute. I think in his mind, Helio’s going to drive until he’s 85, Ricky Taylor, his sports car teammate from 2018-20 at Penske, told NBC Sports with a laugh. ![]() With two laps to go, Castroneves made his move on the outside down the front stretch for the lead, and made it stick heading into Turn 1. It was something I never did before, it was my first time leading an oval race - the biggest race - but it was good. “And there’s always one that is thinking ahead and one that is not, which it was me, but it was awesome to be in that position of, hey it’s 10 laps left and it’s only Helio and you. “There’s always the race, so exciting in the last 30 laps where normally it’s two drivers or three where they just battle back and forth and you don’t know who’s gonna win. “I never thought that I would be in the position of leading the Indy 500 on the last laps,” said Palou, who led 35 laps and passed for the lead with five laps to go. Sports Valencia’s Colton Herta willing to take risks for Indianapolis 500 victoryĬolton Herta will start a distant 25th at the Indy 500, and his aggression won’t be lessened by his crash at the Grand Prix of Long Beach in April.
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