![]() "Just showing up and winning Indy every year sounds good to me," Rahal said. Shank has said his wife makes the business decisions for the team and is very financially conservative, but he believes Castroneves can return to Indianapolis next year for a shot at becoming the first five-time winner. It was basically, 'Here is what you're going to go do next year.' He didn't get to have kind of a retirement tour. He didn't really get to end it on his terms. "Does he deserve to be fulltime? Of course. It just is what it is," veteran Graham Rahal said. The opportunities, like it or not, are probably going to go to Colton, probably going to go to guys like Rinus. "Right now there's just a lot of young guys that are very good. Seats are now going to the younger drivers - Ind圜ar has six different winners in its six races, four are younger than 24 and three are first-time winners - and teams now are offering rides to Colton Herta, Alex Palou, Pato O'Ward and Rinus Veekay. He was definitely not showing a slowing-down phase." "I really feel like that's the only thing that I've regretted for him, that it didn't end on his terms. I feel like he's been kind of pushed to end his Ind圜ar career," Sebastien Bourdais said Monday. "If he wants to go back fulltime in Ind圜ar, he definitely should. The 46-year-old Castroneves spent two decades driving for Roger Penske but had been aged out, moved over to the sports car program in 2018 and then cut loose after winning the IMSA championship last season before Penske folded the team. He's made no secret that he wants to be racing full-time in Ind圜ar but the only ride he could get this year was the six-race deal with Shank, who is conservatively trying to grow his program. Castroneves was the first driver to join the four-time club since 1991. Indianapolis Motor Speedway had opened to 135,000 fans in the largest sporting event since the start of the pandemic and hundreds of people climbed the fence to celebrate with only the fourth four-time winner. It became his signature victory move and when he won the 500 on May 30 in a part-time entry for Michael Shank, his celebratory fence climb became one of the indelible moments in the 105 runnings of the the race. "I want, I want, I want, but I've got to make sure that it is the right time and there is a reason for it and I accept that."Ĭastroneves has three career victories at Belle Isle, including his first career win in 2000 in which he climbed his first fence in celebration. But it's not like 'let's just jump in and make this happen.' We're constantly talking, we're living in a great place. "I think I do have a little bit of a credit, but I understand about priorities. It's a dear place in my heart but I understand. He's also scheduled to drive for MSR on the Indianapolis road course, as well as at Portland, Laguna Seca and the season finale at Long Beach. His next scheduled Ind圜ar race is at Nashville in August. The team has a six-race plan with Castroneves that launched at the Indy 500 and delivered MSR its first Ind圜ar victory.Ĭastroneves will instead make his debut Saturday night in Tony Stewart's All-Star Superstar Racing Experience at Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut as previously scheduled. The team said Monday it will field just its usual one car with Jack Harvey in the Detroit Grand Prix doubleheader, as well as its sports car in the IMSA race. ![]() He asked, many times over, but Meyer Shank Racing held to its original plan. Helio Castroneves had hoped his fourth Indianapolis 500 victory would lead to a seat this weekend at Ind圜ar's doubleheader in Detroit. Meyer Shank Racing sticks to plan, will sit Helio Castroneves for Ind圜ar races in Detroit You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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