With Marco Andretti starting just inside four-time Indy winner Helio Castroneves and six-time series champion Scott Dixon, open-wheel fans will get a glimpse of racing royalty competing side-by-side-by-side.
INDIANAPOLIS — Team Penske's front row sweep and Kyle Larson's Memorial Day weekend double chase, naturally, stole the attention all week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.With Marco Andretti, the 2020 Indianapolis 500 pole winner and grandson of Hall of Famer Mario Andretti, starting 19th and just inside four-time Indy winner Helio Castroneves and six-time series champion Scott Dixon, open-wheel fans will get a rare glimpse of racing royalty competing side-by-side-by-side.
Castroneves starts 20th in his third quest to become the first five-time race winner. The 49-year-old Brazilian, Foyt, the late Al Unser and Rick Mears have four wins each. “You have to be methodical,” he said when asked about race strategy. “The first 2/3 of the race, I'll drive it more like a marathon rather than a sprint. In order to be in that position in the end, you have to be smart in certain scenarios that present themselves. Do you take it, do you not? I’ll read Helio’s vibe at the beginning and follow him through.”
The most recent forecast is calling for thunderstorms, potentially severe, and an 86% chance of rain Sunday. The last race to be postponed came in 1997 when the 500 was washed out Sunday and Monday before concluding Tuesday. Since then there have been two rain-shortened races, in 2004 and 2007. Representing for women While practice and qualifying have been top of mind for race fans in Indianapolis all month, sports fans around the city have also been closely monitoring the Indiana Pacers' NBA playoff run to the Eastern Conference finals and the influence of the WNBA's newest star, Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark., the only female on this year's 33-car starting grid, feels she has a certain responsibility this weekend, too.
“I am so happy we will get to remember Gil winning Indianapolis in this iconic Team Penske livery,” Pagenaud said in a statement in which he called the French-Brazilian his role model. “The colors, the helmet, the sound, the memories, and the fact that he taught me everything about this place. I remember late nights and countless hours with my Yoda talking about all the fine details to get to victory lane at the Speedway.
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