FINISHING SECOND. YOU DON'T WANT TO
.
>> THE ICONIC SHOT EVERYONE
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS MEMORIAL
DAY WEEKEND.
WILL POWER, YOUR NEW
INDIANAPOLIS 500500 WINNER.
WELCOME BACK TO THE TRACK TEAM
13 COVERAGE.
I'M JOINED BY BOB KRAVITZ.
BOB, QUICK TAKEAWAYS FROM TODAY.
>> WELL, YOU SNOW, THE DANICA
CRASH CERTAINLY WAS A BUMMER AND
HELIO CRASHING, BUT TO ME, THE
GREAT STORY WAS WILL POWER WHO
HAS DONE EVERYTHING YOU CAN
POSSIBLY DO IN THIS SPORT AS A
WHEEL DRIVER BUT HAD NEVER WON
THE 500 AND HE GOT THAT DONE.
>> YOU MENTIONED DAN CARR.
LET'S SHOW YOU HER DAY, OF
COURSE, SHE WAS RETURNING TO THE
INDIANAPOLIS 500 FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN NEARLY A DECADE AND
DANICA BACK IN THE MACHINE.
SHE HAD A STRONG CAR ALL MONTH.
>> SHE DID.
SHE WAS TERRIFIC ALL DAY.
SHE GOT LOOSE IN TURN TWO.
WE SAW A LOT OF THAT TODAY.
NEARLY FOUR CARS HAD CAUTION.
>> AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
ROOKIE DRIVERS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GREAT
DRIVERS WHO COULD NOT DEAL WITH
TURN TWO.
>> TURN TWO DID SEEM A LITTLE
BIT MORE EDGY THAN SOME OF THE
OTHER CORNERS, BUT I CAN'T SAY
THAT I WAS ON EDGE OR FELT LIKE
I WAS.
IT JUST SWUNG AROUND AS SOON AS
I RECOMMITTED BACK TO THE
TROOTLE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF
UNDERSTEER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
CORNER.
I WASN'T EXPECTING IT BY ANY
MEANS, BUT I THINK IT JUST GOES
TO SHOW THAT THE CARS JUST HAVE
TO DRIVE.
>> AN UP DATE TO HELIO CAST NEST
AS WELL.
THREE TIME WINNER.
HE GOT LOOSE IN TURN FOUR AND I
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO FLY DOWN
PIT ROAD.
IT WAS A SCARY SIGHT TO SEE HIM
GET OUT OF THE CAR.
THIS WAS HIS ONLY INDYCAR
RACE -- AND TO SEE IT END LIKE
THAT FOR SUCH A PROUD CHAMPION.
THAT WAS VERY TOUGH.
>> IT WAS.
WE ALL THOUGHT HE HAD A 2K3W50D
CHANCE AT GETTING THAT FOURTH
INDYCAR TITLE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT TIM
TIM SENDRIC WAS ASKED ABOUT HIM
COMING BACK BECAUSE HE MADE IT
CLEAR HE WANTED TO COME BACK
NEXT YEAR.
THEY SAID HE WILL BE BACK NEXT
YEAR.
>> ONE OF THE COOLEST VIDEOS.
HELIO WALKING DOWN PIT ROAD
WAVING TO THE FANS AND WAVING TO
OPPOSING TEAM.
I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH
HIM AS HE MADE HIS LAST WALK OUT
OF THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR
SPEEDWAY.
>> DISAPPOINTED THAT WE HAD A
GOOD CHANCE FOR SURE.
AND I GUESS WHEN YOU COME
BACK -- WHEN YOU LEAVE DOWN
GASOLINE ALLEY, YOU SEE THOSE
FANS CHEERING FOR YOU.
THANK YOU TO THE FANS.
HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE YOU.
GIVE ME A CHANCE IN THE NEXT
YEAR.
>> WE TOLD YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE
VETERANS WHO STRUGGLED.
TWO VETERANS HAD GREAT DAYS R
ONE OF THEM, ED CARPENTER HAD A
STRONG CAR, THE MOST LAPS FOR
THE DAY, BUT HE FINISHED SECOND.
>> I THINK SOMEDAY WE'RE GOING
TO LOOK AT HIM THE WAY WE LOOK
AT WILL POWER TODAY.
I THINK THIS PLACE MEANS SO MUCH
TO ED CARPENTER.
IT'S SO SPECIAL TO HIM AND HE
PUTS SO MUCH WORK INTO IT.
I THINK SOMETIME IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF YEARS WE'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT ED CARPENTER INDY 500
CHAMPION.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT HIM YOUR
SECOND PLACE FISHER AND SCOTT
DIXON WHO FINISHED THIRD.
>> I AM HAPPY FOR WILL.
HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS THAT I
REALLY DO KNOW HOW MUCH HE WANTS
THIS RACE.
HAPPY TO BE RACING WITH HIM
AGAIN.
PERSONAL BEST FOR ME.
WE'LL COME BACK.
GET BETTER EVERY TIME.
WE'LL COME BACK, STRONGER NEXT
YEAR OF THE.
>> OBVIOUSLY WE COME HERE TO
WIN, BUT IT'S NICE TO GET A
THIRD POSITION, BUT HUGE CREDIT
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO WILL.
I KNOW HE'S BEEN CHASING THIS
ONE FOR A LONG TIME AND HE DID A
HELL OF A JOB.
>> SO BOB, ANOTHER AMAZING
INDIANAPOLIS 500 IN THE BOOKS.
CAN THEY TOP THIS NEXT YEAR?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS TOP IT.
>> THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO FIND A
WAY.
KEEP IN MIND, TWO YEARS AGO WE
HAD -- OR LAST YEAR WE HAD
ALONZO HERE.
THIS YEAR WE HAD DANICA.
WHO'S GOING TO BE THE PERSON WHO
DRIVES THE STORY NEXT SEASON?
THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THE
PERSON DRIVING THE STORY IS THE
MAN WHO DROVE THE INDIANAPOLIS
MOTOR SPEEDWAY TO PERFECTION
TODAY.
WE'LL GIVE YOU ONE LAST LOOK AT
WILL POWER YOUR NEW INDIANAPOLIS
500 WINNER.
>> THAT WAS SO FUN.