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This time, Helio Castroneves was all hugs with IndyCar’s security director Charles Burns.

Castroneves won Saturday night’s Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway after his Penske team made a shrewd call for an extra pit stop during the race’s second and final caution period. Just weeks ago, of course, Castroneves was violently shaking Burns after being denied of a win thanks to a last-lap penalty in Edmonton.

“You shouldn’t actually interview me, you should interview (Tim Cindric),” Castroneves beamed after the race, crediting the winning call on fuel to Cindric, his race strategist. “It was kind of like rolling the dice, but this guy, he’s kind of like the gambler.”

Castroneves celebrated with his traditional frontstretch fence climb, and when he returned to the track gave Burns a hug as he walked back to his car.

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