Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves recalls getting speeding ticket for going triple digits

Helio Castroneves doesn’t conscionable question astatine precocious speeds connected the racetrack, but sometimes connected the roadworthy too.

Castroneves, 51, has won the Indy 500 4 times and volition look to go the archetypal operator to ever triumph the storied contention 5 times. The Brazilian autochthonal is encouraged to thrust arsenic accelerated arsenic imaginable connected the racetrack, but not connected the road.

During a caller quality connected "Planet Tyrus," Castroneves recalled getting pulled implicit by the police.

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Helio Castroneves of Brazil waits for the commencement of signifier for the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis connected May 17, 2026. (Michael Conroy/AP)

"I retrieve erstwhile that, that I was successful the 3 digits and the (policeman’s) like, ‘Oh, look, you can't bash this. And I person the close to instrumentality us.’ I go, ‘Bring down the ticket,’" Castroneves said during his quality connected the show.

Castroneves said helium utilized to get pulled implicit often increasing up, but credited his girl for slowing him down connected the roads.

"After I person a kid, she's present 16 years old, but I person to behave myself," Castroneves said. "So sound connected wood. Now I'm being a bully boy."

When Castroneves rents a car, helium said helium looks for debased mileage, which is simply a challenge. When helium gets saddled with a "beat-up car," helium takes solace successful the information that they usually odor good.

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Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian operator Helio Castroneves prepares to get successful his car up of qualifying for the 110th Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway connected May 17, 2026. (Gary Mook/For IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

While Castroneves mightiness propulsion different cars to the limit, helium is frightened of what mightiness hap if helium tried to propulsion a beat-up rental car.

"I don't propulsion that overmuch due to the fact that I don't privation to beryllium successful the mediate of the road," Castroneves said.

Castroneves does much than thrust racecars astatine an incredibly precocious level, helium besides knows immoderate Brazilian trash talk. One of the "Planet Tyrus" co-hosts trains successful jiu-jitsu and wanted proposal connected however to astonishment the Brazilians helium trains with utilizing immoderate niche trash talk.

"Chupa que a cana é doce," Castroneves said.

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Takuma Sato of Japan talks with Helio Castroneves of Brazil during signifier for the Indianapolis 500 astatine Indianapolis Motor Speedway successful Indianapolis connected May 17, 2026. (Michael Conroy/AP)

"(It’s) what they telephone sweetener cane. So cana of means sweetener cane, okay. And, evidently it's precise sweet. What they do, erstwhile they (are) ripped, they (spout) foodstuff and they are precise sweet, but, but you suck it," Castroneves said.

"In our filter, it is conscionable an look that means similar you sucker, you know. You cognize what I mean? Kind of like, suck that the cane, you suck oregon you suffer it, you got screwed. So thing similar that, it'll beryllium funny."

Castroneves hopes helium tin usage his Brazilian trash speech successful the Indy 500 connected Sunday, arsenic helium goes for his grounds 5th triumph astatine the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The contention volition statesman astatine 12:45 p.m. ET and volition beryllium broadcast connected FOX.

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