Jim Montgomery likes roller coasters.



The ones where your feet are dangling and you’re flipping upside down?



“I find those ones are the best, like the Batman one (at Six Flags),” Montgomery said. “Those are the roller coasters that spin you around the world a couple of times and have the steep drops, those are the ones I really enjoy.”



There were no flips or spins, but Montgomery got a similar adrenaline kick when he took two laps around Texas Motor Speedway with Helio Castroneves before the IndyCar DXC Technology 600 on Saturday.



“I was thinking it was gonna be like a roller coaster ride,” Montgomery said. “It was awesome, to be in the hands of a Hall of Fame driver and a legend, too? That was great. The memories I have from it are more vivid that I thought they were going to be.”



Montgomery is a well-versed sports fan and often looks for crossover lessons from other sports that he might...