“There is a chance to make history and I want people to understand how important it is,” Castroneves said. He led the students at his school stop in calisthenics and talked about the importance of what stands in front of him at Indy. I want to be the team that gets him the fifth, and if it doesn’t work out this year, then we’re going to do it again.”Ĭastroneves is in a one-year deal right now with Shank that the team wants to find a way to extend.Ĭastroneves turned 47 earlier this month and shows no signs of slowing down. We want our group to be tied with him in history. “When he springs out of that motorhome, that’s not (fake). “ He has an undying spirit inside him that drives him to do this and he‘s not done yet,” team founder Michael Shank told The Associated Press. It helped MSR expand and sign Simon Pagenaud, another Indianapolis 500 winner and teammate of Castroneves‘ at Penske, and Castroneves’ exuberant personality has raised the worth ethic of everyone within the organization. The Indy 500 win last year - the first Ind圜ar victory for Michael Shank’s organization - elevated what was a one-car program into a team expected to challenge for wins every race. He is back for a second time with Meyer Shank Racing, the team that offered Castroneves the chance to race Indianapolis again when his 20-year career with Team Penske ended.
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It will be his 22nd start in the Indy 500, more than any other driver in the field, and that experience proved invaluable last year as Castroneves predicted traffic patterns to use the wake from lapped cars to hold off Alex Palou for the win. Sorry, pal : Castroneves has every intention to race for his fifth Borg-Warner this weekend. If you win that fifth, we’re going to kick you out of the club and you’re going to be all by yourself.
“I said, ‘You’d better be very careful what you wish for here. Mears wants him to stick around for a bit. It took 30 years between Mears’ fourth Indy 500 win for Castroneves to join the club.