In 2001 a young Brazilian driver name Helio Castroneves arrived at the corner of 16th St and Georgetown Rd. in Speedway Indiana. Twenty years later, Helio Castroneves joined racing’s most exclusive Club becoming the only the 4th driver in IndyCar history to win the Greatest Spectacle in racing FOUR times.
And this week Castroneves is at the precipice of joining another club….a club of one. As he chases a 5th 500 win.
In this week’s Wind Tunnel Episode Jack and Helio trace the energetic divers IndyCar career from the beginning. It is a career that is marked by success casted from happenstance, tragedy and indictment.
You’ll learn how all that has changed the driver known as SPIDER MAN and how he believes that it will fuel his drive for five.
You’ll also meet a 2nd generation driver who hopes to go one better than his dad. Scott Riggs is a Virginian late Model Legend. His winning performances played a role in his son Layne Riggs’s decision to follow his dad onto the short track late model scene.
Layne is already a proven winner on the circuit but his goal this season is a NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series National Championship. Something that his father never accomplished.
He and Jack unpack Layne’s approach to racing, his goals and the impact of following a father.