Helio Castroneves will flip 51 years outdated this Might, however he isn’t slowing down. The Brazilian will once more be behind the wheel of the #06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda for the one hundred and tenth operating of the Indianapolis 500. Cleveland-Cliffs will once more fund the hassle.
“The drive for 5 remains to be alive,” mentioned Castroneves in a brief video launched by the workforce. Castroneves will likely be making an attempt to grow to be the primary driver within the 115-year historical past of the occasion to win the five hundred 5 totally different instances. He’s presently in a tie with AJ Foyt, Rick Mears, and Al Unser Sr. as the one four-time winners of the occasion.
Castroneves gained the five hundred in his first two makes an attempt, driving for Crew Penske in 2001 and 2002. He gained it once more in 2009 with Penske, and 12 years later, he earned his historic fourth Indy 500 whereas driving for Meyer Shank.
If he makes the race, it is going to be his twenty sixth begin within the Indianapolis 500, all consecutively. Since his most up-to-date win within the 500, Castroneves has completed seventh, fifteenth, twentieth, and tenth within the occasion, all driving for Meyer Shank.
The present begin report belongs to Foyt, who made 35 begins within the Indy 500 by the point he was 57.
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