Helio Castroneves

Helio Castro Neves (born May 10, 1975) is a Brazilian Indycar Driver. Castroneves is a 3 time Indy 500 winner 2001, 2002, 2009. He also has won the pole for the Indy 500 4 times 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010. Castroneves was also a winner of the reality show Dancing With The Stars.

Castroneves began his career driving for Bettenhausen Racing where he showed great potential. Helio was signed to drive for Penske in 2000 after the deaths of Gonzalo Rodriguez and Greg Moore. He won twice his first year for Penske and in 2001 he captured the Indy 500 in his first start. He ran the full IRL schedual in 2002 and won his second Indy 500 in 2 years. Castroneves has been in the championship hunt every season but has yet to win a season championship. In 2009 Helio missed the beggining of the season due to legal issues and was replaced by Will Power. Helio returned to win an emotion victory at Indy in 2009. Despite winning 2 of the last 3 races in 2010 Castroneves he had a very dissapointing season in 2011. He failed to win a race for the first time since before joining Penske in 1999.

Castroneves has won 6 CART races, 12 IRL races, and 6 Indycar Series races.