HÃ©lio Castroneves

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HÃ©lio Castroneves

Hélio Castroneves (born Hélio Castro Neves; May 10, 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil

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) is a Brazil

Brazil

Auto racing

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driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series

The IndyCar Series is the premier level of American Championship Car Racing. The championship, founded by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George, began in 1996 as a competitor to CART....
. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 12 wins and 25 poles, and has championship point finishes ranging from second to sixth in a complete season of racing. Prior to IndyCar, Castroneves competed in Champ Car

Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
racing with a highest championship points finish of fourth.

Starting his career in karting, Castroneves later raced in the Paul Stewart Racing team, and finished third in the 1995 British Formula Three Championship

British Formula Three Championship

The British Formula Three Championship is a national Auto racing championship that takes place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe....
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Hélio Castroneves (born Hélio Castro Neves; May 10, 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil

Auto racing

Auto racing is a motorsport involving racing cars. It is one of the world's most watched television sports....
driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series

Champ Car

British Formula Three Championship

The British Formula Three Championship is a national Auto racing championship that takes place primarily in the United Kingdom with a small number of events in mainland Europe....
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Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
in both 2001 and 2002, becoming the fifth driver to do so in consecutive years, and the first since Al Unser

Al Unser

Alfred Unser is a former United States of America automobile racing driver, the younger brother of Bobby Unser and father of Al Unser, Jr.. He is the second of three men to have won the Indianapolis 500 four times, the fourth of five to have won the race in consecutive years, and is the only person to have both a sibling and child as fello...
in 1971

1971 Indianapolis 500

Results of the 1971 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 29 1971.Qualifying Chronology...
. He finished second to teammate and countryman Gil de Ferran

Gil de Ferran

Gil de Ferran , is a professional racing driver and team owner. De Ferran was the 2000 and 2001 Champ Car champion driving for the Penske Honda Team and the winner of the 2003 Indianapolis 500....
in 2003. Castroneves has won two pole positions for the Indy 500, including one in 2007.

Aside from success in racing, Castroneves won the fifth season of the American reality TV show Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on American Broadcasting Company in the United States. The show is based on the United Kingdom BBC Television series Strictly Come Dancing and is part of BBC Worldwide's international Dancing with the Stars franchise....
with partner Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer and country music singer. She is most-widely known for being a two-time winner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars ....
. He currently resides in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
.

He has also appeared on truTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...
The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...

The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest... is a cable television television series produced by The Smoking Gun in conjunction with Meetinghouse Productions, Inc....
as a frequent commentator--mainly on episodes that feature the "World's Dumbest Drivers".

Career

After being occasionally misidentified by U.S. media as "Helio Neves" he at first changed the spelling to Helio Castro-Neves and then to the current spelling. He has one sister, Katiucia. Castroneves was first recognized while driving for Steve Horne's Tasman Racing team in Indy Lights, interestingly as teammate to fellow Brazilian and future IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan

Tony Kanaan

Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, commonly known as Tony Kanaan is a Brazilian race car driving of Lebanon heritage. Kanaan won the 2004 Indy Racing League IndyCar Series championship driving Andretti Green Racing's 7-Eleven sponsored car, winning three times in his Honda-powered Dallara....
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After showing potential but lacking reliability while with the Bettenhausen

Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.

Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. was a former Champ Car team owner and driver who died in a 2000 plane crash. He was the son of former 14-time Indianapolis 500 competitor Tony Bettenhausen and the brother of 21-time Indy racer Gary Bettenhausen....
and Hogan teams, Helio was signed by Penske Racing in CART in 2000 following the death of Greg Moore

Greg Moore (race car driver)

Greg Moore was a Canada racecar driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART World Series, where he had great success with several wins in both series and a championship in the 1995 Indy Lights series....
and Gonzalo Rodríguez during the last races of the 1999 season. Moore had signed on with Penske but never had the opportunity to race with the team. Castroneves immediately became a regular front-runner. He switched with the team to the rival IRL for 2002, and remained with Penske, teamed with Ryan Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe

Ryan Briscoe is an Australian auto racing driver who has raced open wheel racing and sports car racing in Europe and America....
, through the 2008 season. In January 2009, Team Penske dropped him from their driver line-up, citing the difficulties of remaining competitive while Castroneves prepares for trial on federal tax evasion charges.

Racing fans have given Castroneves the nickname "Spider-Man

Spider-Man

Spider-Man is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character First appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 , and was created by scripter-editor Stan Lee and artist-plotter Steve Ditko....
" because of the form of victory celebration he introduced, in which he climbs the track-side debris fence, a practice since copied by Tony Stewart

Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne Stewart is an American race car driver/car owner/entrepreneur, in NASCAR's Sprint Cup . During his career he has won championships in the Winston Cup, Nextel Cup and IndyCar Series....
in 2005.

Motorsports career results

American Open-Wheel

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Champ Car

Year	Team	Wins	Points	Championship Finish
1998	Bettenhausen Racing	0	36	17th
1999	Hogan Racing	0	48	15th
2000	Penske Racing Penske Racing Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....	3	129	7th
2001	Penske Racing Penske Racing Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....	3	141	4th

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2001	Penske	PHX Ret	HMS	ATL	INDY 2001 Indianapolis 500 The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500.... 1	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2							24th	64
2002	Penske	HMS 3	PHX 1	FON 5	NZR 5	INDY 2002 Indianapolis 500 The 86th Indianapolis race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 2002. It was the seventh Indianapolis 500 held as part of the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series schedule, and was part of the 2002 IndyCar Series season.... 1	TXS 4	PPIR 2	RIR 17	KAN 3	NSH 9	MIS 6	KTY 5	STL 2	CHI 4	TX2 2					2nd	511
2003	Penske	HMS 3	PHX 2	MOT Ret	INDY 2003 Indianapolis 500 The 2003 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25, 2003.... 2	TXS 7	PPIR 12	RIR 2	KAN 2	NSH 3	MIS Ret	STL 1	KTY 5	NZR 1	CHI Ret	FON 6	TX2 13				3rd	484
2004	Penske	HMS 2	PHX 6	MOT 3	INDY 2004 Indianapolis 500 The 2004 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was cancelled early due to Thunderstorm and a tornado in the area.... 9	TXS 12	RIR 3	KAN 7	NSH 3	MIL 12	MIS 10	KTY 12	PPIR 6	NZR 5	CHI 10	FON 7	TX2 1				4th	446
2005	Penske	HMS 5	PHX 2	STP Ret	MOT Ret	INDY 2005 Indianapolis 500 The 2005 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Dan Wheldon won the race under a Racing flags#The yellow flag.... 9	TXS 5	RIR 1	KAN 8	NSH 5	MIL 16	MIS Ret	KTY 5	PPIR 4	SNM Ret	CHI 2	WGL Ret	FON 9			6th	440
2006	Penske	HMS 2	STP 1	MOT 1	INDY 2006 Indianapolis 500 The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third.... Ret	WGL 7	TXS 1	RIR 10	KAN 6	NSH 5	MIL 14	MIS 1	KTY 3	SNM 5	CHI 4						3rd	473
2007	Penske	HMS 9	STP 1	MOT 7	KAN 3	INDY 2007 Indianapolis 500 The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 12th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 in IRL just after the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J.... 3	MIL Ret	TXS Ret	IOW 8	RIR 11	WGL Ret	NSH 6	MDO 3	MIS Ret	KTY 9	SNM 2	DET Ret	CHI 4			6th	446
2008 2008 IndyCar Series season The 2008 IndyCar Series season was the 13th season of the series. Its premier event was the 2008 Indianapolis 500 on May 25. The first race was held March 29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway....	Penske Penske Racing Penske Championship Racing is a racing team that competes in the Indy Racing League, American Le Mans, and NASCAR. They also previously competed in road racing, Formula One and CART....	HMS 4	STP 2	MOT¹ 2	LBH¹ DNP	KAN 4	INDY 2008 Indianapolis 500 The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters.... 4	MIL 5	TXS 2	IOW 14	RIR 2	WGL 16	NSH 3	MDO 2	EDM 2	KTY 2	SNM 1	DET 2	CHI 1	SRF² 7	2nd	629

¹ Run on same day

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race

Years	Teams	Races	Poles	Wins	Podiums (Non-win)**	Top 10s (Non-podium)***	Indianapolis 500 Wins	Championships
8	1	114	28	14	32	42	2 (2001 2001 Indianapolis 500 The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500.... , 2002 2002 Indianapolis 500 The 86th Indianapolis race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 2002. It was the seventh Indianapolis 500 held as part of the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series schedule, and was part of the 2002 IndyCar Series season.... )	0

** Podium (Non-win) indicates 2nd or 3rd place finishes.

*** Top 10s (Non-podium) indicates 4th through 10th place finishes.

Indianapolis 500 results

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
2001 2001 Indianapolis 500 The 85th Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 27, 2001. Race rookie H?lio Castroneves led the final 52 laps and won his first Indianapolis 500....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand name of automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory....	11	1	Penske
2002 2002 Indianapolis 500 The 86th Indianapolis race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 26, 2002. It was the seventh Indianapolis 500 held as part of the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series schedule, and was part of the 2002 IndyCar Series season....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....	13	1	Penske
2003 2003 Indianapolis 500 The 2003 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 25, 2003....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Toyota	1	2	Penske
2004 2004 Indianapolis 500 The 2004 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was cancelled early due to Thunderstorm and a tornado in the area....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Toyota	8	9	Penske
2005 2005 Indianapolis 500 The 2005 Indianapolis 500 was held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, May 29, 2005. Dan Wheldon won the race under a Racing flags#The yellow flag....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Toyota	5	9	Penske
2006 2006 Indianapolis 500 The 90th Indianapolis 500 was held on Sunday, May 28, 2006. Sam Hornish, Jr. won the race with the first final-lap pass for victory in race history, by overtaking, on the final straightaway, rookie Marco Andretti, whose father Michael Andretti finished third....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	2	25	Penske
2007 2007 Indianapolis 500 The 91st Indianapolis 500 ran on Sunday, May 27, 2007 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the 12th Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and marked the fifth race of the 2007 in IRL just after the Kansas Lottery Indy 300 and just before the 2007 ABC Supply Company A.J....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	1	3	Penske
2008 2008 Indianapolis 500 The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the List of Indianapolis 500 pole-sitters....	Dallara Dallara Dallara Automobili is an Italian chassis manufacturer for various motor racing series, being most notable for its near-monopoly in Formula 3 since 1993....	Honda Honda is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan.The company manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, scooter , robots, jet aircrafts and jet engines, all-terrain vehicle, water craft, electrical generators, marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile technologies....	4	4	Penske

Castroneves's finishes for 2001 to 2003 is currently the best 3 race finishing streak in Indianapolis history. It is equal to the streak posted by Al Unser

Al Unser

Dancing With the Stars appearance

In Fall 2007, Castroneves became a contestant on ABC's Dancing With the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on American Broadcasting Company in the United States. The show is based on the United Kingdom BBC Television series Strictly Come Dancing and is part of BBC Worldwide's international Dancing with the Stars franchise....
television program in the United States

United States

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, paired with season 4 champion, Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough

Spice Girls

The Spice Girls are an English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell....
Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Melanie Janine Brown is an English pop music singer and songwriter turned actor and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl group the Spice Girls, one of the most successful female groups of all time....
and Marie Osmond

Marie Osmond

Olive Marie Osmond is an United States actress, singer, doll designer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s....
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Performance

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
Week #	Dance/Song				Result
Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot/ "Bewitched theme"	8	9	8	Safe
2	Mambo Mambo (dance) Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuban origin that corresponds to mambo music.Mambo music was invented in 1930s Havana by Cachao and his contemporaries and made popular around the world by Perez Prado and Beny Mor?.... / "Para Los Rumberos"	9	9	9	Safe
3	Jive Jive (dance) In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.... / "Kids In America Kids in America Kids in America may refer to the title of:Kids in America Kids in America Kids in America , an independent film released in 2005.Young Americans , a comedy film to be released in 2008 formerly known as Kids in America.... "	8	8	8	Safe
4	Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese Waltz.... / "Iris Iris (song) "Iris" is a song by American alternative rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. Originally written for the soundtrack of 1998 film City of Angels, the song was later included on the band's sixth album Dizzy Up the Girl.... "	9	9	9	Safe
5	Rumba Rumba (dance) Rumba is a dance term with two quite different meanings.First, it means Cuban event of African style, organically related to the rumba genre of Afro-Cuban music.... / "Apologize Apologize (song) "Apologize" is a song written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for the band's 2007 debut album Dreaming Out Loud . According to the band's MySpace site, the song "explores the personal pain of multiple relationships gone awry and the necessity of moving on".... "	8	7	8	Safe
6	Cha cha cha Cha-cha-cha (dance) Cha-cha-cha is the name of a Latin American dance of Cuban origin. The name may also be spelled chachach?. It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorr?n in 1953.... / "Get Up Offa That Thing Get Up Offa That Thing "Get Up Offa That Thing" is a song performed by James Brown. It was released as a two-part Single in 1976 in music and also appeared on an album of the same name.... "	9	10	9	Safe
7	Tango Tango (dance) Tango is a musical genre and its associated dance forms that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo, Uruguay, and spread to the rest of the world soon after that.... / "Jean Genie" Samba Samba Samba is a Brazilian musical genre derived from African and European roots. It is worldwide recognized as a symbol of Brazil and Brazilian Carnival.... / Candela	9 9	8 9	8 9	Safe
8	Paso Doble Paso Doble Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the Metre march -like pasodoble music. It actually originated in southern France , but is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spain bullfighting.... / "Amparito Roco" Quickstep Quickstep Quickstep is an Ballroom glossary#International Style ballroom dance that follows a 2/4 or 4/4 time beat, similar to a fast Foxtrot . An example of a song suitable for the classic quickstep would be Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing".... / "Hey Pachuco"	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
9 Semi-finals	Foxtrot/ "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Cha cha Cha-cha-cha (dance) Cha-cha-cha is the name of a Latin American dance of Cuban origin. The name may also be spelled chachach?. It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorr?n in 1953.... "Love Rollercoaster Love Rollercoaster "Love Rollercoaster" is a song by United States funk music/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey . The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts, and still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations.... "	10 10	10 10	10 10	Safe
10 Finals	Jive Jive (dance) In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1940s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance.... "Let's Twist Again Let's Twist Again Let's Twist Again is song written by Kal Mann and Dave Appell, and released as a single recorded by Chubby Checker, one of the biggest hit singles of 1961 reaching #2 in the UK charts and #8 in the U.S.... " Freestyle/ "Land of a Thousand Dances Land of a Thousand Dances "Land of 1000 Dances" is a song written and first recorded by Chris Kenner in 1962. Famous for its "na na na na na" hook, which was added by Cannibal & the Headhunters in 1965, the song's best-known version was Wilson Pickett 1966 recording on The Exciting Wilson Pickett, which became his third Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #1 and his biggest eve... " Quickstep Quickstep Quickstep is an Ballroom glossary#International Style ballroom dance that follows a 2/4 or 4/4 time beat, similar to a fast Foxtrot . An example of a song suitable for the classic quickstep would be Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing".... / "Hey Pachuco"	8 9 10	8 10 10	9 10 10	WON

Legal Issues

On October 2, 2008, Castroneves was charged with conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion by a grand jury for purportedly failing to report to the IRS about $5.5 million in income between 1999 and 2004, according to court documents. Each count carries a maximum five-year prison sentence. His business manager and sister Kati, and his lawyer Alan Miller are charged with assisting Castroneves in the supposed scheme. All three defendants surrendered to authorities in Florida on Friday, October 3, 2008. Castroneves pleaded not guilty to these charges on October 3, and was ordered released on $10 million bail. Castroneves will be replaced by Will Power

Will Power

Will Power is an Australian motorsport driver, who currently competes in the IndyCar Series....
during the duration of his tax evasion court case.

This issue related to the initial contract signed by Castroneves with Penske Racing after Greg Moore's

Greg Moore (race car driver)

Greg Moore was a Canada racecar driver who competed in the Indy Lights and CART World Series, where he had great success with several wins in both series and a championship in the 1995 Indy Lights series....
death at the Auto Club Speedway during the Marlboro 500 October 31, 1999. In trial, it was reported that Castroneves' first contract with Penske was signed with Moore's contract with the names changed in ink to reflect the replacement driver.

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