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1 June, 2021
Perhaps it was a little premature to run Helio Castroneves off so soon; age wasn’t on his side, of course, and time was running out to join that elite club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners.
But after a 46-year-old schooled one of the hot young stars in the closing laps of the biggest race in the world, then climbs 16-feet up the Indianapolis Motor Speedway fence, well, maybe Castroneves deserves a second look.
“The performance numbers from Helio … I didn’t quite get him not running anymore,” said team owner Michael Shank, who gave Castroneves a six-race ride this season that launched Sunday with the Indianapolis 500.
INDIANAPOLIS Perhaps it was a little premature to run Helio Castroneves off so soon. Age wasn’t on his side, of course, and time was running out to join that elite club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners. But after a 46-year-old schools one of the hot young stars in the closing laps of the biggest…