Ahead of this weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto, three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves and 2003 CART champion and NBCSN Verizon IndyCar Series analyst Paul Tracy sit down for an extended conversation about their respective careers and following Castroneves’ recent win in the Iowa Corn 300.
The interview will air in Sunday’s pre-race show for the race, which airs at 3 p.m. ET on CNBC. Race coverage follows after that. Today’s qualifying show airs at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN.
Castroneves and Tracy had a famous duel in the 2002 Indianapolis 500, but a caution flag that came out negated Tracy’s on-track pass of Castroneves into Turn 3 for the lead and what would have been the victory. The race ended under a yellow flag with Castroneves having won his second ‘500 in as many attempts, and Tracy a hard-luck second.
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The two raced each other in IndyCar from 1998, when Castroneves was a rookie, through Tracy’s final season in 2011. Both have had Team Penske be a key part of their careers - Tracy was a regular winner for the team over the 1993, 1994 and 1997 seasons (branched off to Newman/Haas Racing in 1995 and went winless upon returning to Penske in 1996). Castroneves is in his 18th season with Penske and 20th overall this year.
With Castroneves winning at Iowa last Sunday, he scored his 30th career victory, breaking a tie with Team Penske legend Rick Mears on 29, and moving him to within one of Tracy, Dario Franchitti and Will Power on 31 wins for ninth place on the all-time list. It’s illustrious company, for sure.
But with Castroneves’ full-time IndyCar career now a topic of conversation, how does he manage the future?
See the interview between Tracy and Castroneves tomorrow during the pre-race show at 3 p.m. ET on CNBC.
