A race car driver, upset at being taken out by another, throws his helmet at the other driver's car source: indycar.com A champion driver, who crashed earlier in the race, leads a group of photographers and reporters down pit road to lecture another team's crew chief about his driver's antics. The images have been replayed ad nausea, but not from an IndyCar Series race. Drivers race hard and acknowledge tempers flare occasionally because of on-track moves and decisions, but realize that an IndyCar Series car is a weapon. They prefer to take a more civil approach to resolve driver disputes. Case in point is a conversation between two of the hardest chargers after a highly competitive Honda Indy 225 at Pikes Peak International Raceway. There was a moment when Tony Kanaan was on the bottom of the racetrack, Helio Castroneves was in the middle and Dan Wheldon had the outside lane on Lap 102. As the trio headed into the first turn, Wheldon's Honda-powered Dallara began to slide down the flat track, which pinched Castroneves' car. There was a puff of smoke when the right-front tire of Castroneves' Toyota-powered Dallara touched Wheldon's left-rear tire. Castroneves was forced to back off, losing position to both Andretti Green Racing drivers. Wheldon went on to win the race, Kanaan finished third and Castroneves fourth. After the race, Kanaan and Castroneves were huddled by the wall that separates pit lane from the tri-oval's grass, discussing the situation in Portuguese and proving it's better to resolve disputes immediately and move on. "In my opinion, I gave him enough room and he gave me enough room, but you have to talk to the guy on the outside," Kanaan said. "When you go three-wide, you have to take care of each other. I was on the inside and didn't move."
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