2012 Trackside 6 - RTV6 Race Special #1

FROM RTV6 - THE ONLY PLACE TO SEE THE RACE THIS IS TRACKSIDE 6 "
DAVE:HELLO, AND WELCOME TO THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, THE WORLD'S LARGEST SPECTATOR
FACILITY, AND THE HOME OF THE GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING.
I'M DAVE FURST, AND IN JUST 17 DAYS, THIS TRACK WILL HOST THE 96TH RUNNING OF THE INDIANAPOLIS
BRAD: I'M BRAD BROWN.. FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS -- R-T-V 6 IS *THE PLACE FOR YOU TO
GET ALL OF YOUR 500 INFORMATION.. OUR TRACKSIDE 6 TEAM WILL HAVE YOU COVERED
IN THE GARAGE, ALONG PIT LANE, AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS THE WORLD TURNS ITS EYES TO INDIANAPOLIS
ONCE AGAIN. WE START THAT RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, WITH
THE FIRST OF OUR TRACKSIDE 6 SPECIALS FOR 2012.
DAVE: THIS YEAR'S RACE FOLLOWS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING FINISHES IN 500 HISTORY.. WHERE
DAN WHELDON WON HIS *SECOND 500. BUT THIS YEAR IS ALSO BITTERSWEET -- FOLLOWING
DAN'S DEATH IN LAS VEGAS.. THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TRIBUTES HERE THROUGHOUT
THE MONTH, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THIS MEMORABLE IMAGE FROM VICTORY LANE LAST YEAR
ON THAT ADORNS EVERY RACE TICKET. PLUS FANS WILL GET TO SEE HIS LIKENESS ON
THE BORG WARNER TROPHY... A LASTING TRIBUTE, THAT CONTINUES TONIGHT...
TO A MAN WHO MADE SUCH A CONNECTION WITH INDY CAR FANS EVERYWHERE.
DAVE: IN A SPORT WHERE THE LEGACIES ARE MEASURED BY NUMBERS DAN WHELDON WAS AS CALCULATED AS
IT GETS. AFTER RISING THROUGH THE RANKS OF TOYOTA ATLANTICS AND INDY LIGHTS HE LANDED
AS A TEST DRIVER FOR HONDA AND PANTHER RACING WITH A TOP 10 FINISH AT CHICAGO IN HIS FIRST
RACE, IT SENT HIM TO ANDRETTI-GREEN WAVING TO THE CROWD BEING INTRODUCED AS THE NEW TEAMMATE
IN 2003 JOINING THE LIKES OF MICHAEL, DARIO FRANCHITTI, TONY KANAAN. IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
BEFORE HE STOLE THE SHOW HIS FIRST WIN AT TWIN RING MOTEGI IN 2004. BACKING IT UP WITH
A WIN AT RICHMOND 2 MONTHS LATER. HERE COME A CELEBRATION
SOME SMOKING DONUTS FROM DAN WHELDON WHEN WE QUALIFY BAD, THERE IS A REASON FOR
IT AND WE JUST KEEP WORKING. MY BOYS IN THE PITS AS WELL.
DAVE: HIS TEAM CONCEPT TOOK HIM TO INDY. A YEAR LATER AGAIN STEALING THE SHOW, PASSING
DANIKA PATRICK FOR THE LEAD AND EVENTUALLY GIVING MICHAEL ANDRETTI HIS FIRST WIN AT THE
BRICKYARD. THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO WIN. I CAME INTO
THIS YEAR WANTING TO WIN THE INDIANAPOLIS 500. I WANT TO THANK MY 3 TEAMMATES BECAUSE
THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ME INTO AN INDIANAPOLIS 500 CHAMPION AND WITHOUT THEM I WOULD NOT
HAVE DONE IT. DAVE: AND HIS CAREER REALLY TOOK OFF FROM
THERE, TALK SHOWS FROM NEW YORK TO L.A. WE CAUGHT UP WITH HIM AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
WHERE HE WAS A GUEST. I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU ANOTHER CAR THAT I
LIKE, THE FERRARI 430, THIS IS SPIDER, AND I LIKE THE CONVERTIBLE.
DAVE: HE STAYED AT ANDRETTI-GREEN FOR 2 MORE YEARS BEFORE CHIP GANNASSI PESTERED HIM INTO
JOINING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. THIS IS THE BOSS CALLING, IT IS CHIP GANASSI,
YEA I WAS JUST DOING A LIVE INTERVIEW, WE ARE ON LIVE TV ON RTV 6. HE LOVES RACING UNLIKE
BOSSES BEFORE. THE GUY DAVE: EATS, LIVES, BREATHS
HE IS SICK DAVE: WITH CHIP HE IMMEDIATELY WON THE 24
HOURS OF DAYTONA THERE WAS TALK THAT HE MIGHT HOOK UP WITH GANASSI’S NASCAR TEAM AS WELL.
THAT IS SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE SAID, CAN THEY EVEN UNDERSTAND ME? I HAVE GOT ACCENT, I WAS
GETTING ON THE GAS OUT OF TURN 3, I HAVE THAT WHOLE ACCENT, I AM WORKING IT.
DAVE: HE WAS SINGLE AND IN HIS 20’S ABSOLUTELY DOING WHAT HE LOVES.
DAVE: YOU FEEL REALLY AT HOME WHEN YOU ARE INSIDE THAT COCKPIT, IS THIS YOUR HOME AWAY
FROM HOME HOME IS NOT AS COMFORTABLE AS THIS; I HAVE
NO WORRIES WHEN I AM AND I AM DOING WHAT I LOVE AND I FEEL I AM GOOD AT IT AND ENJOY
IT IMMENSELY. DAVE: HE ALSO ENJOYED STYLE, A MAN OF STYLE
AND SUBSTANCE YOU MIGHT SAY. THE DEBUT OF DAN WHELDON’S OUTFIT FOR RACE DAY. WHELDON
ROUTINELY UNVEILED HIS 500 RACE DAY LOOK AS THE SHOES AS LOUD AS THE CAR HE DROVE AND
A CONSTANT THEME ON ALL OF HIS HELMETS DATING BACK TO HIS INDY LIGHTS DAYS.
THE OWNER OF THE TEAM I DROVE FOR, THE MECHANIC SAID I DROVE WITH A LOT OF HEART SO I SWITCHED
IT TO LION HEART. APPARENTLY WHEN HE WENT TO BATTLE HE ALWAYS FOUGHT WITH A LOT OF HEART
NOT ALWAYS USING HIS HEAD. HIS HEART TOTALLY OVERRULED EVERYTHING SO THAT IS WHY THAT HAS
BEEN PLACED ON THE HELMET. DAVE: THE BRIT HAD PLENTY OF HEART IF IT WAS
AN EXTRA AUTOGRAPH OR A HAT FOR A YOUNG FAN. DAVE: WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE DRIVER?
DAN WHELDON DAVE: AFTER MARRING HIS ASSISTANT SUSIE IT
WAS BACK TO PANTHER RACING, BUT HIS PASSION REMAINED.
I LOVE THE INDIANAPOLIS 500 THAT IS THE RACE THAT CATCHES ME EMOTIONALLY. YOU CAN TELL
BY ME JUST BEING HERE I AM A BIT FEISTY TONIGHT. I AM EXCITED TO GET ON THE TRACK.
DAVE: SO WHEN BRYAN HERTA CALLED TO OFFER HIM A RIDE LAST YEAR WITH A SHOT AT WINNING
INDY AGAIN HE COULDN’T SAY NO. INDY’S HISTORY BOOKS ARE GLAD HE DIDN’T.
HERE HE COMES THE NATIONAL GUARD MACHINE WITH J. R. HILDEBRAND DOWN ALONG THE WHITE LINE
HE IS SPUTTERING AND HITS THE WALL, HE HITS THE WALL COMING OUT OF 4
WHO WILL WIN? DAN WHELDON IS THE WINNER!
DAN WHELDON HAS WON THE RACE! DAN: I AM SO HAPPY, I AM SO HAPPY!
I SAID TO MYSELF I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I WHEN I AM SITTING ON THE BEACH WITH MY FAMILY
I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO POTENTIALLY WIN THE RACE. AND I WASN’T GOING TO LIFT
FOR ANYTHING. I THINK MY WIFE WILL GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF BREAK NOW I HAVE BEEN A PAIN
TO BE WITH LATELY, JUST BECAUSE I WAS SO DESPERATE TO WIN THIS YOU KNOW YOU CANNOT FORGET THAT
IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY SO TO BE THE WINNER OF THIS PARTICULAR RACE HE VERY SPECIAL. PROUD
TO BE A 2 TIME WINNER.
DAVE: RECENTLY, I SAT DOWN WITH SUSIE WHELDON TO TALK ABOUT HOW SHE'S BEEN HOLDING UP SINCE
THAT DAY IN OCTOBER. SHE WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO RACE FANS EVERYWHERE
WHO HAVE SHOWN HER SO MUCH SUPPORT OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
BRAD: THE 2012 INDYCAR SEASON HAS BEEN ONE OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
NEW CARS, NEW ENGINES, NEW DRIVERS WITH NEW TEAMS.
AND ALL THOSE CHANGES HAVE PLAYED A FACTOR IN FIRST 4 RACES OF THE SEASON.
ONE THING REMAINS CLEAR: THE OLD FAVORITES WILL BE THE ONES TO BEAT HERE AT INDY AGAIN.
BUT SEVERAL DRIVERS ARE READY FOR A BREAKTHROUGH... AT THE BRICKYARD.
BRAD:FROM THE VERY START OF THE SEASON, ONE THING WAS CLEAR---PENSKE RACING WAS THE TEAM
TO BEAT. WILL POWER WON THE POLE POSITION AT ST. PETERSBURG,
AND COME RACE DAY IT WAS HELIO CASTRONEVES LEADING THE WAY.
THE CHEVYS WERE CLEARLY FASTER THAN HONDA AND LOTUS... AND CASTRONEVES TOOK THAT BOW
TIE BACK TO VICTORY LANE. SINCE THEN... IT'S BEEN WILL POWER'S WORLD,
WITH EVERYONE ELSE CHASING HIM. AN EASY WIN AT BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK ON
APRIL 1ST SET THE TONE. VERY SATISFIED WINNING LIKE THAT
BRAD:POWER FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE AT LONG BEACH.
HE STARTED 12TH AFTER CHEVY'S ENGINE CHANGES FORCED A GRID PENALTY... BUT THERE WAS POWER
IN VICTORY LANE. WHEN YOU START BACK THER , YOU DON’T REALLY
THINK IT IS POSSIBLE TO WIN BRAD:AND AGAIN ON THE STREETS OF SAO PAULO:
POWER WON POLE... AND BARELY GAVE UP THE LEAD, PICKING UP HIS 3RD STRAIGHT WIN.
FOR ROGER PENSKE, 4-FOR-4 TO START THE YEAR---THE FIRST TIME HE'S DONE THAT IN 40+ YEARS IN
RACING. SOME OF THE OTHER BIG NAMES ARE STRUGGLING.
SCOTT DIXON AND DARIO FRANCHITTI HAVE HAD A COMBO OF BAD LUCK, AND BAD MISTAKES... LEAVING
THEM 6TH AND 10TH IN POINTS. SIMILAR SITUATIONS FOR MARCO ANDRETTI AND
GRAHAM RAHAL. SOME FRESH FACES NEAR THE TOP OF THE STANDINGS:
JAMES HINCHCLIFFE AND RYAN HUNTER-REAY ARE 3RD AND 4TH COMING TO INDY... BOTH FOR ANDRETTI
AUTOSPORT. AS FOR PICKING A FAVORITE AS THEY COME TO
INDY? THAT'S EASY... *GETTING THE FAVORITE TO VICTORY LANE AT INDY?
THERE'S 500 MILES... AND 32 OTHER DRIVERS TO DECIDE THAT.
DAVE:PRIOR TO DAN WHELDON'S WIN LAST YEAR, 5 STRAIGHT WINNERS HAD STARTED ON THE FRONT
ROW... THE LONGEST STRETCH IN THE RACE'S HISTORY. IN FACT, 42 OF THE 95 CHAMPIONS STARTED IN
THOSE FIRST 3 POSITIONS. THAT ADDS JUST A LITTLE MORE PRESSURE TO POLE
DAY, NEXT WEEKEND.
DAVE: AND NO SIGN OF DANICA PATRICK IN THIS YEAR'S INDY 500 FIELD -- BUT WE'VE FOUND ANOTHER
YOUNG DRIVER, WHO MIGHT BE "ON DECK." WHILE, HOPING TO BLAZE HER OWN TRAIL TO INDY.
YOU'LL MEET HER COMING UP, WHEN TRACKSIDE 6 CONTINUES, FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY...
BRAD: WELCOME BACK TO THIS TRACKSIDE 6 SPECIAL ON THE ROAD TO THIS YEAR'S INDIANAPOLIS 500.
WE ARE HERE AT THE MUSEUM AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY WITH THE BORG WARNER TROPHY.
THESE CARS REPRESENT A CENTURY OF WINNING HERE AT THE TRACK.
NONE OF THESE VICTORIES TOOK AS LONG TO DECIDE AS THE ONE TEN YEARS AGO -- IN 2002..
THAT'S WHEN HELIO CASTRONEVES WON HIS SECOND 500 --- BUT NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.
PAUL TRACY CLAIMED *HE WAS THE WINNER, BUT WAS MOVED BACK TO SECOND PLACE WHEN I-R-L
OFFICIALS RULED HE ILLEGALLY PASSED CASTRONEVES DURING A YELLOW FLAG ON THE FINAL LAP.
THE FIGHT FINALLY ENDED JULY *THIRD, WHEN THEN I-R-L PRESIDENT TONY GEORGE REJECTED
THE APPEAL FROM TRACY'S TEAM. DAVE: IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING START TO THE
SEASON FOR 2-TIME INDY 500 CHAMPION DARIO FRANCHITTI.
VARIOUS STRUGGLES IN THE FIRST THREE RACES, BEFORE A 5TH PLACE FINISH AT BRAZIL, A FEW
WEEKS AGO. BUT NO ONE COULD BLAME HIM.
HE'S A MAN WITH PLENTY ON HIS MIND. BUT A SECOND TRIP TO VICTORY LANE HERE AT
INDY, HAS BECOME "DARIO'S DEDICATION." DAVE: IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING FOR DARIO FRANCHITTI...BEST
PLACE TO FIND HIM...IS LIKELY VICTORY LANE. A 2-TIME WINNER AT INDY.
A 4-TIME SERIES CHAMP. AND HE'S STILL GOIN'.
NO LUCK NEEDED... GOOD LUCK DARIO
DAVE: NOT BAD FOR A GUY WHO CONTEMPLATED RETIREMENT IN 2007.
IN YEARS' PAST I ALWAYS WENT BY THIS PLAN THAT I WANTED TO RETIRE AT THIS POINT, THAT
WENT OUT THE WINDOW 5 YEARS AGO. DAVE: INSTEAD...HE'S EMBRACED THE SPORT EVEN
MORE. AND AT THIS POINT, RETIREMENT'S NOT AN OPTION.
HE STILL HAS ANOTHER YEAR LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT WITH TARGET CHIP GANASSI.
AND AS SURE AS CHANGES COME IN THE SERIES...CHANGE HAS COME WITH FRANCHITTI.
DAVE: ARE YOU MORE LAID-BACK NOW? I THINK I AM MORE LAID BACK FOR SURE, I AM
MORE CONFIDENT IN WHAT I AM DOING , BUT DEFINITELY MORE LAID BACK.
DAVE: AND AT TIMES, A BIT MORE RELFECTIVE. ALTHOUGH HE ADMITS...AS HE APPROACHES HIS
40'S...HE'S GOT PLENTY OF ROOM TO GROW... YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT...SO YOU DON'T
ENJOY THE MOMENT I AM PRETTY BAD FOR THAT, I AM KIND OF A PESSIMIST,
IN LIFE SO I DON’T REALLY ENJOY THOSE MOMENT LIKE YOU SAY, I TAKE THIS PRETTY SERIOUSLY,
PROBABLY MORE SERIOUS THAN I SHOULD. DAVE: THERE ARE PLENTY OF PROUD MOMENTS...AMONG
'EM, 2005...WHEN THE ANDRETTI-GREEN RACE TEAM, SWEPT THE TOP-4 SPOTS AT ST. PETERSBURG.
LED BY HIS TEAMMATE DAN WHELDON...WITH TONY KANAAN FINISHING 2ND, DARIO 3RD, AND BRYAN
HERTA 4TH. WE USED TO SAY TO OURSELVES...WE'LL NEVER
HAVE THIS AGAIN, I THINK WE ALL REALIZED THAT WE PROBABLY WOULDN’T, AND IT WAS TRU.
DAVE: WHICH TAKES FRANCHITTI TO THE HEART-WRENCHING MOMENTS.
IN 1999, HE LOST HIS FRIEND GREG MOORE TO AN ACCIDENT AT THE CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY...
THEN, LAST OCTOBER. LOSING WHELDON TO THE ACCIDENT AT LAS VEGAS.
RETURNING AND RACING THIS SEASON...BECOMES AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT EXERCISE IN MANAGING
EMOTIONS. I THINK I'M STILL IN THE STAGE THAT IT IS
DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER THE HAPPY MEMORIES RIGHT NOW , THERE IS STILL THE PAIN. THAT HAPPENED
WHEN WE LOST GREG TOO. AND IT TOOK A FEW YEARS BEFORE I COULD ENJOY THE FUN MEMORIES WITHOUT
THE PAIN. IT IS TOUGH MAN BUT I WILL SAY WHEN I GET TO THE TRACK AND I PUT MY RACE HAT ON
I DON’T LET THOUGHTS OF THAT GET IN MY HEAD. DAVE: YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL, THAT IS WHAT
YOU DO. I SWITCH OFF AND MY FOCUS IS ON THAT CAR BACK
THERE AND WORKING WITH THESE GUYS AND TRY TO MAKE IT THE FASTEST THING AROUND HERE
DAVE: BUT AS HE PUTS-ON HIS GLOVES EVERY WEEKEND...HE'S ALSO TAKING THEM OFF. FRANCHITTI, ALONG WITH
KANAAN AND JUSTIN WILSON, LEAD-UP THE DRIVERS' ASSOCIATION...FIGHTING FOR CHANGES, IN THE
NAME OF SAFETY. BE-IT THE CAR, OR RACE-TRACKS. THE LOSS OF FRIENDS, WILL NOT BE IN VEIN.
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE DAN'S LEGACY TO BE THAT REALLY KICK STARTED IT WITH GREG’S DEATH
THAT REALLY MOVED THINGS ON IN SAFETY, IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED MUCH LIKE DAN’S
NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED AND IF THER IS ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT IT, IT ACCELERATES
SAFETY. DAVE: AND DARIO'S HAD LITTLE PROBLEM, WITH
ACCELERATION. SO, THE RACE NOW? TO ONCE AGAIN, ADD HIS LIKENESS
TO THE BORG-WARNER TROPHY...AND IDEALLY, COMBINE HIS 20-10 WIN, WITH WHELDON'S TRIP TO VICTORY
LANE LAST YEAR...CREATING A "BOOK END" THERE ARE "OTHERS" WHO ARE OVER-DUE...BUT
FRIENDS, NEED TO STICK TOGETHER...AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE.
I'M VERY PROUD THAT MY LIKENESS IS NEXT TO DAN'S I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE
AS WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TONY’S, OVERDUE, IF SOMEONE DESERVES IT IS DEFINITELY TONY.
DAVE: SEVERAL DRIVERS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS THIS MONTH.
DARIO'S ONE OF 'EM. TURNS 39 ON POLE DAY.
A SAVVY VETERAN. WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE "EXPERIENCE"
IN VICTORY LANE...
DAVE: SHE'S TRAINING IN HOPES OF BECOMING A SUPERSTAR IN INDY CAR --- AND SHE HAS SPECIAL
MOTIVATION ON TOP OF HER RIGHT FOOT. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
SHE'LL TELL US NEXT ON THIS "SPECIAL EDITION" OF "TRACKSIDE 6."
BRAD: WELCOME BACK TO THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY MUSEUM --- TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CAR
, IN 1973 GORDON JOHNCOCK HE DROVE IT TO HIS FIRST VICTORY AT INDY. WELL JUST 30 YEARS
AGO IN 1982 HIS WIN OVER RICK MEARS WAS ON OF THEMOST THRILLING FINISHES . AT THE TIME
IT WAS THE CLOSEST IN 500 HISTORY, A MARGIN OF .16 SECONDS.
DAVE: A NAME, YOU WON'T HEAR MUCH OF, THIS MONTH, IS DANICA PATRICK.
SHE'S MOVED ONTO NASCAR. FIRST 500, SHE'LL MISS SINCE HER ROOKIE YEAR,
IN 2005. SO, WHO'S THE "NEXT" AMERICAN WOMAN IN THE
SPORT? ANOTHER MIDWEST GIRL.
MEET A YOUNG LADY NAMED "SHANNON." AND MAC, IS READY TO MAKE HER MOVE...
DAVE: IT LOOKS AND SOMEWHAT SOUNDS LIKE AN INDY CAR BUT THE SERIES IS CALLED USF 2000
AND SHANNON MCINTOSH IS DETERMINED TO MAKE IT HER RIDE TO INDY.
TO ME I THOUGHT THE INDY CAR LEVEL AND WINNING AND BEING COMPETITIVE IS WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN
FOR ME. DAVE: THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVES
DAVE: CALL IT A NUMBERS GAME RIGHT NOW, THE CARS IS 18 THOUGH SHE IS 22 AND STARTED RACING
WHEN SHE WAS 5. I REMEMBER TO THIS DAY SITTING IN THE CAR
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WERE AT A QUARTER MIDGET RACE. AND I SAID DAD I WANT TO DO THIS. HE
SAID HECK YEA. DAVE: A LOT OF DADS WOULD PROBABLY GO THAT
WAY HECK YEA
DAVE: HER MOM A TEACHER’S ASSISTANT AND HER DAD A MACHINIST BOTH WORKING TO PAY THE
RACING BILLS THEY ALL SAW IT COMING WHEN SHANNON WAS GIVEN HER FIRST BICYCLE.
I USED RIGHT MY BIKE AS FAST S I COULD AND HAVE MY DAD COUNT HOW MANY LAPS I COULD DO,
THIS WAS BEFORE I RACE SO I THINK IT WAS MEANT TO BE.
DAVE: I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU WERE BORN TO DO THIS
I THINK SO IT IS IN MY BLO0OD. DAVE: SHE STARTED RACING IN USAC SPORTS FOCUS
SERIES AT AGE 16 ALL THAT BEFORE STRIKING OUT ON HER OWN MOVING TO ST. PETERSBURG FLORIDA
A YEAR AGO. FINDING SPONSOR SHIP AND A CONDO IN THE SHADOWS OF TROPICANA FIELD THE HOME
OF THE TAMPA BAY RAYS. DAVE: THAT IS LIKE THE CLASSIC STORY OF A
YOUNG PERSON LOADING UP THEIR CAR AND DRIVING SOMEWHERE AND SETTING UP SHOP.
I AM KIND OF CRAZY LIKE THAT. I AM PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER IT TAKES I AM GOING TO MAKE
IT HAPPEN. DAVE: CALCULATED RISK IN A SPORT FRANKLY FULL
I DON’T WATCH TV, I NEVER PLAY WITH TOYS AND STILL DON’T PLAY WITH TOYS, AND I DRIVE
THEM. DAVE: NOTHING SIMULATES THE LIFE OF RACER,
THIS COMES CLOSE. MAKE CHANGES ON A CAR LIKE THAT
DAVE: SPENDING HOURS UPON HOURS HERE WITH THE OCCASIONAL BREAK, TAKING CUE IN ATTITUDE
INCLUDING A NOT SO SUBTLE REMINDER THANKS TO A TATTOO IN JAPANESE.
IT IS A JAPANESE TERM KIND OF A WHOLE WAY OF THINKING, PERSEVERANCE, NEVER GIVE UP AND
IT IS ON THE RIGHT FOOT FOR A REASON. DAVE: THE RIGHT FOOT BECAUSE IT IS THE THROTTLE
FOOT. DAVE: OF COURSE ALL OF THIS AFTER ANOTHER
YOUNG WOMAN LEAVES INDY CAR DANIKA PATRICK TURNS HEADS ON THE TRACK AND OFF WITH APPEARANCES
MCINTOSH IS GETTING HER FAIR SHARE OF ATTENTION AS WELL TAKING PART IN A SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE
PHOTO SHOOT. IT IS ALL PART OF THE PACKAGE THESE DAYS.
I STARTED WHEN I WAS 5, I DIDN’T START BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE A GIRL RACE CAR DRIVER. I WAS
OBLIVIOUS TO COMPLETELY UNTIL I GOT OLDER. I AM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, MY BACKGROUND I
DIFFERENT, I REALLY TRY TO ME MY OWN PERSON. DAVE: YOU ARE OBLIVIOUS TO WHATEVER SHE DID
OR HER CAREER WAS. WHAT SHE DOES KNOW IS THAT OVERRIDING IN MOTORSPORTS
IS THAT NO WOMAN HAS WON AT INDY, AT LEAST NOT YET.
DAVE: I LIKE THE INDY 500 BOOKS KIND OF A SUBTLE REMINDER OF WHAT THE GOAL IS
THE INDY 500 ITSELF IS JUST AN AMAZING EVENT TO BE ABLE O START THE GROUND WORK AND LEARNING
THESE CARS TO BE ABLE ONE DAY IS COOL
DAVE:SHANNON, ORIGINALLY FROM MIAMISBURG, OHIO.
TIME IS VERY MUCH ON HER SIDE. CONSIDER WHEN DANICA MADE HER MOVE TO INDYCAR.
SHE WAS 23. IF SHANNON MAINTAINS HER PACE.
SHE'LL MAKE HER MOVE, AT 24.DAVE:SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW TO HEAD TO OPENING WEEKEND
AT THE TRACK? THOSE ANSWERS NEXT ON OUR TRACKSIDE 6 SPECIAL
DAVE: DAVE FURST , BRAD BROWN BACK FOR A FINAL TIME HERE AT THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
-- AND IF HISTORY HOLDS TRUE -- WE'RE DUE FOR A DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE FINISH FOR THE 500.
WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE 1982 WIN FOR GORDON JOHNCOCK.
WELL 20YEARS AGO 1992, THAT WE SAW WHAT IS *STILL THE CLOSEST EVER FINISH FOR A RACE..
LITTLE AL CAME FROM HIS STARTING SPOT ON ROW 8, WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE FIELD, AND HELD
OFF SCOTT GOODYEAR ON THE FINAL STRETCHTO WIN THE 500 BY POINT-043 SECONDS THE SLIMMEST
OF MARGINS. DAVE:YOU CAN STILL HERE BOB JENKINS VOICE
REVERBERATING AFTER THAT GREAT CALL TO THE FINISH WHEN AL UNSER JR, 1992.
DAVE: ACTIVITY BEGINS THE FIRST CARS WILL HIT THE TRACK SATURDAY
WITH PRACTICE FROM NOON TO 6PM. THE GATES WILL ACTUALLY OPEN AT 10 A-M, AND
THE EVENTS WILL INCLUDE THE CELEBRATION OF AUTOMOBILES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND THE PRESENTATION
OF THE 2012 PACE CAR AT 11:30. PRACTICE WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY -- THE GATES
OPEN AT 10 A-M, AND THE DRIVERS WILL PRACTICE FROM NOON TO 6.
YOU CAN ALSO ASK *YOUR QUESTIONS OF RACE CONTROL DURING A MORNING SESSION AT PAGODA PLAZA.
AND MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE DATES IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY..
POLE DAY IS SATURDAY MAY 19TH.. BUMP DAY IS SUNDAY THE 20TH.
CARB DAY IS FRIDAY, MAY 25TH. AND OF COURSE, RACE DAY IS SUNDAY MAY 27TH..
THE GREEN FLAG WILL DROP AT NOON. DAVE: YOU KNOW THE NAMES: TONY KANAAN, HELIO
CASTRONEVES, AND GIL DE FERRAN. AND YOU KNOW THER POPULARITY HERE AT THE SPEEDWAY.
BUT JUST HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE LIFESTYLES OF THIS BRAZILIAN BUNCH *AWAY FROM THE RACES.
WE'LL TAKE YOU INSIDE THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH FLORIDA
THAT'S NEXT THURSDAY AT 7:30.. HERE ON R-T-V 6.
BRAD: THAT'S ALL FOR THIS TRACKSIDE 6 SPECIAL. WE'LL BE HERE WITH YOU FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH
OF MAY, STARTING THIS WEEKEND. FOR ALL OF US HERE AT R-T-V 6, I'M DAVE FURST..
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.