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Indianapolis 500

With record-tying win, Helio Castroneves proves his heart belongs to Indy

Portrait of Nathan Brown Nathan Brown
Indianapolis Star

INDIANAPOLIS – After scaling that front stretch fence like Spider-Man and watching Mike Shank follow right behind. After getting into a one-man footrace, headed the wrong way down the front stretch. And after teammates-turned enemies like Will Power and Simon Pagenaud embraced him in a bear hug, Helio Castroneves managed, somehow, to find a quiet moment near the Yard of Bricks with his daughter Mikaella. In all the cacophony of winning his fourth Indianapolis 500 Sunday afternoon, there was a lesson to be learned.