Ahead of his Indy 500 debut, the Kiwi driver chats about his four-hour workouts and the 'mind game' of oval racing.
Marcus Armstrong is about to get thrown into the deep end. The 23-year-old New Zealand driver has never raced an oval before, but he’ll be tackling the most legendary oval this weekend as he makes his Indianapolis 500 debut. “You’re right—this is a big one,” says Armstrong while taking a break from practice earlier this week.
At the time, it was like… Scott Dixon, this mythical creature who just won the Indy 500 and is from New Zealand! And since I’ve started practicing and doing laps and all that, my respect for all the past winners has shot up, because you can’t win this race without a serious amount of discipline and talent. It’s a crazy race that I don’t even think you can understand properly until you’ve raced it yourself, so I’m joining an exclusive group.
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