IndyCar: 2017 has been the Year of the Comeback

By Asher Fair | Aug 24, 2017

AVONDALE, AZ - APRIL 28: Will Power of Australia, driver of the #12 Team Penske Chevrolet and James Hinchcliffe of Canada, driver of the #5 Schmidt Peterson Motosports Honda drive during practice for the Desert Diamond West Valley Phoenix Grand Prix at Phoenix International Raceway on April 28, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – MAY 28: Helio Castroneves of Brazil, driver of the #3 Shell Fuel Rewards Team Penske Chevrolet (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

Indianapolis 500 comebacks

Helio Castroneves goes from airborne to runner-up at the Indy 500

Not many people noticed what was going on with Helio Castroneves’ #3 Chevrolet during the Indianapolis 500 wreck that everyone was talking about for a long time after the race involving Jay Howard and Scott Dixon.

What some people did see was that Castroneves went way low and ended up driving right under Dixon’s car as it flew through the air and eventually came down on the SAFER barrier before landing on the ground. However, what many people did not see was that Castroneves’ car actually jumped and got airborne itself while going under the flying #9 Honda of Dixon.

Oh, and Castroneves still ended up finishing the race in 2nd place, trailing race winner Takuma Sato by just .201 seconds.

James Davison mixes it up late with the leaders at the Indy 500

Sebastien Bourdais suffered a broken hip and a broken pelvis in qualifying for the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500. James Davison was announced as his replacement in the #18 Dale Coyne Racing Honda, but he was forced to start from the rear of the field in last (33rd) place.

However, he was able to get to the front and lead two laps, and he would have been in contention for the race victory had it not been for a late wreck that took him out of the race. The #18 car had quite the month at Indy to say the very least.