Last year, the only thing that tempered Helio Castroneves’ celebration in Texas Motor Speedway’s Victory Circle was learning he couldn’t keep the six-shooters he fired into the night air. But “good things come to those who wait, ” the Team Penske driver said.
Castroneves and Tomas Scheckter, the 2005 race winner, were presented matched pairs of Beretta Stampedes in Victory Circle before the Bombardier Learjet 550k. The replicas of the 1873 single-action “Guns that won the American West” have gold-inlaid Nos. 1 and 2, identifying them as part of the consecutively numbered pair. They have a retail value of $3,000.
“I really enjoy guns and to have something so beautifully made I can’t thank Beretta enough, ” Scheckter said of the engraved 45-caliber six-shooters finished in a charcoal blue metal finish with grips of ivory polymer. “They are too beautiful to shoot. The detail and design they’ve put into them is just unbelievable. “
As part of Beretta’s sponsorship of Texas Motor Speedway, the IndyCar Series winner is presented a pair of six-shooters to shoot (blanks) in Victory Circle. G. Patrick McDonald, vice president of sales and marketing for the United States arm of the 400-year-old company, made the presentation. The revolvers come with a desktop presentation case featuring an engraved plaque.
“I’ll have to win the race to get another set, ” Castroneves said.
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