HELIO CASTRONEVES!
>> BRING IT HOME.
>> HELIO CASTRONEVES!
AKA, SPIDER-MAN.
SPIDER-MAN JUST BECAME THE
FOURTH DRIVER IN HISTORY TO WIN
THE INDY 500 FOUR TIMES.
HE IS JOINING US FRESH OFF THE
BIGGS DAY AT THE BRICK YARD.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS.
I LOVE THE BACKGROUND, BY THE
WAY.
THAT'S PERFECT.
WHAT A DAY IT WAS YESTERDAY.
I HAVE TO SAY, RIGHT NOW HERE AT
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY AND
SEEING THE IMAGES, I OBVIOUSLY
HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE YET TO SEE
IT.
WE'VE BEEN KIND OF NONSTOP.
IT'S STILL A GREAT MOMENT.
NO QUESTION.
>> IT WAS A HECK OF A RACE.
FOR FOLKS WHO ENJOY RACING, YOU
WON THAT THING BY, WHAT, A HALF
A SECOND?
>> YEAH, I KNOW.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
AS YOU MENTIONED ON THE
BEGINNING, THERE WERE SO MANY
YOUNG GUYS OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE OLD GUYS STILL CAN TEACH
THESE YOUNG KIDS A FEW LESSONS,
YOU KNOW?
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER,
THIS IS A LONG RACE.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON.
THERE WAS A DRAFTING, AS YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT NOW.
WHOEVER LEADS ALWAYS HAS A
LITTLE TENDENCY TO LOSE SPEED.
THAT'S WHY THE GUYS IN THE BACK
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I'LL TELL YA WHAT, WHEN I MADE
THAT PASS AND SAW TRAFFIC IN
FRONT OF ME, I SAID, YOU KNOW
WHAT, THIS IS MY CUE.
I HAVE TO MAKE A PASS NOW
BECAUSE I HAVE TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
I MEAN, BEING IN THIS AMAZING
GROUP OF GUYS, ONLY THREE GUYS
WERE ABLE TO DO IT, AND NOW,
YESTERDAY, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN
THIS CLUB.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE
ENERGY THERE?
WE SAW YOU SCALING THE FENCE
THERE, AKA SPIDER-MAN.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
TOGETHER, POST PANDEMIC.
>> LAST YEAR, WE DIDN'T HAVE THE
FANS.
IT WAS SAD.
WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THE RACE,
BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU HAVE 135,000,
AND IT WAS ONLY 40%.
IMAGINE WHEN THIS PLACE IS ABOUT
250,000 OR 300,000 PEOPLE, IT'S
INCREDIBLE.
THE ENERGY WAS SO AMAZING.
I KIND OF, LIKE, TAKE THE ENERGY
FROM THE FANS AND SUCK IT IN,
PUT IT INTO THE RACE CAR.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
I'LL TELL YA WHAT, IT WAS
AMAZING, SEEING EVERYONE.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE STOP BY AND
SAY, I WANTED THE NUMBER 4.
I'M LIKE, I KNOW, BUT THOSE GUYS
MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE
RACE.
I S
>> TAKE US BACK TO THE MOMENT
BEHIND THE WHEEL.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MILLISECONDS
HERE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION, BUT
HOW DID YOU ULTIMATELY MAKE THE
MOVE AND TAKE THE LEAD?
BECAUSE IT WAS SO CLOSE.
>> BASICALLY, WHEN I NOTICED THE
GUY IN FRONT OF ME, I MEAN, HE
WAS DOING ANNE INCREDIBLE JOB.
HIS CAR WAS FAST.
AS SOON AS I SAW AN OPPORTUNITY,
I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE TO
TAKE IT.
TWO LAPS TO GO.
I WAS KIND OF PLANNING AROUND.
WHEN I SAW THAT OPPORTUNITY, I
SAID, IF I DON'T MAKE IT NOW,
I'LL FINISH SECOND AGAIN.
I FINISHED SECOND ALREADY THREE
TIMES.
THIS WAS MY FOURTH TIME.
I SAID, THAT IS IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO FINISH SECOND
AGAIN IN THIS SITUATION.
I WENT FOR IT.
THE CAR WAS ABLE TO ACCEPT IT,
ALSO.
THE CAR WAS SO, SO AWESOME.
YOU KNOW, TO DO THINGS OVER 230
MILES AN HOUR, YOU'VE GOT TO
HAVE A CAR, YOU HAVE TO TRUST
THE CAR, AND I HAD IT.
>> THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR.
HERE'S THE THING, HELIO, AND YOU
ELUDED TO THIS, THIS HAS BEEN
QUITE THE YEAR FOR ELDER
SPORTSMEN.
FIRST, WE HAD TOM BRADY WHO WINS
THE SUPER BOWL NORTH OF 40.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, GUY NAMED PHIL
MICKELSON WINS THE PGA
CHAMPIONSHIP AT 50.
NOW, WE'VE GOT A FOUR-TIME INDY
500 WINNER.
WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR?
ARE WE GOING TO GO FOR FIVE AT
47 YEARS OLD?
>> YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY PUTS A
LABEL ON AGE.
YOU KNOW, THIS DAY AND AGE, YOU
WORK HARD, YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET
YOURSELF PREPARED, AND WE'RE
STILL ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> YOU HAVE A PASSION, WHY NOT
MAKE IT HAPPEN?
I LOVE TO PROVE PEOPLE WRONG.
I GUESS YESTERDAY WAS A GREAT
DAY FOR THAT.
>> SOUNDS LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE
BACK IN INDY NEXT YEAR, TOO.
>> THAT WAS GREAT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CASTRONEVES.
CONGRATS AG