How could this bubbly Sao Paulo-native ever live up to that kind of reputation?įrom left, A.J.
HELIO CASTRONEVES INDY 500 DRIVER
Until he parted ways with the team after the 2020 500, Castroneves and Mears seemed as if they’d always be this inseparable tandem – this unfair duo of driver and spotter unmatched across the paddock in terms of talent, fame and knowledge.Īnd to Castroneves, Foyt and Unser felt so unreachable as titans of the sport’s last 60 years. Mears was the man who helped mentor a much younger, greener Castroneves when he first joined Team Penske in 2000. and Rick Mears) had done – and none of them had been on the cover of the program like that, especially when they were still running.” Castroneves: 'Are people going to accuse me of something?'įor months, Castroneves had been claiming that being part of ‘The Club,’ as it’s so famously been dubbed, felt almost like an out-of-body experience – like he didn’t deserve it, like he didn’t belong. “I think that’s when it really set in for him, that he’d accomplished something that no one other than those three (A.J. “He’s always so upbeat and positive, and you can tell he’s really humbled and honored to be a four-time winner, but (outside his wins), I’ve never seen him get emotional. “That really took me off-guard,” Boles told IndyStar later. Even as he turned back around, tears continued to flow. As Ind圜ar graphic designer Grace Keller described how she arrived at the final product, Castroneves rubbed his right eye, tried to fend off more tears, and then had to turn away from the cameras and gather himself. And when the featured subject of that commemorative piece of art saw it, he was mostly at a loss for words. In the 106-year history of this world’s most famous race, IMS had never featured the defending winner’s face on the race program. Castroneves is the first defending winner to have his face on the cover of the historic commemorative item. Helio Castroneves reacts to seeing his face on this year's Indy 500 program, designed by Grace Keller (center).
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