| Hélio Castroneves | |
 Helio at the 2006 Nashville Superspeedway race. |
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| Nationality |  Brazil |
| Date of Birth | May 10 1975 |
| Place of Birth | São Paulo |
| 2008 IRL IndyCar series | |
| Debut season | 2001 |
| Current team | Penske Racing |
| Car No. | 3 |
| Starts | 95 |
| Wins | 12 |
| Poles | 23 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 2002 |
| Previous series | |
| 1996-1997 1998-2001 |
Indy Lights CART |
| Awards | |
| 2001 & 2002 2001 |
Indianapolis 500 Winner Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year |
Hélio Castroneves (born Hélio Castro Neves on May 10, 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil) is one of the top drivers in North American open-wheel racing, first in the CART series and now in the IndyCar Series. He won the Indianapolis 500 in both 2001 and 2002, becoming the fifth driver to do so in consecutive years, and finished second to teammate and countryman Gil de Ferran in 2003. Castroneves also won two pole positions for the race, including one in 2007. Aside from success in racing, he won the fifth season of the American reality TV show Dancing with the Stars with partner Julianne Hough. Castroneves currently resides in Miami, Florida.
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Recognition
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 teamate to fellow Brazilian and future IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan. After showing potential but lacking reliability while with the Bettenhausen and Hogan teams, Helio was signed by Penske Racing in CART in 2000 following the death of Greg Moore who was killed during the last race of the 1999 season in California. 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 has remained there ever since, now teamed with Ryan Briscoe. Racing fans have given Castroneves the nickname "Spider-Man" because of the form of victory celebration he introduced, in which he climbs the track-side debris fence, a practice since adopted by NASCAR driver Tony Stewart in the 2005 Nextel Cup season. In Fall 2007, Castroneves became a contestant on ABC's Dancing With the Stars television program in the United States, paired with season 4 champion, Julianne Hough. On a show based on judges scores and fan votes, he was announced the season 5 winner on November 27, 2007, beating out Spice Girl Melanie Brown and famous singer Marie Osmond.[1] Castroneves' performances have been mentioned on SPEED TV's The Speed Report. Castroneves has been engaged to jewelry saleswoman Aliette Vazquez from Florida since November 2006. However, after winning Dancing with the Stars, Castroneves and Vazquez have called off their engagement and are no longer together.[2]
Performance
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Foxtrot/ "Bewitched theme" | 8 | 9 | 8 | Safe |
| 2 | Mambo/ "Para Los Rumberos" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive/ "Kids In America" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 4 | Viennese Waltz/ "Iris" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 5 | Rumba/ "Apologize" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 6 | Cha cha cha/ "Get Up Offa That Thing" | 9 | 10 | 9 | Safe |
| 7 | Tango/ "Jean Genie" Samba/ Candela |
9 9 |
8 9 |
8 9 |
Safe |
| 8 | Paso Doble/ "Amparito Roco" Quickstep/ "Hey Pachuco" |
9 10 |
9 10 |
9 10 |
Safe |
| 9 Semi-finals |
Foxtrot/ "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" Cha cha "Love Rollercoaster" |
10 10 |
10 10 |
10 10 |
Safe |
| 10 Finals |
Jive "Let's Twist Again" Freestyle/ "Land of 1000 Dances" Quickstep/ "Hey Pachuco" |
8 9 10 |
8 10 10 |
9 10 10 |
WON |
Career Results
IndyCar
(key) (Races in Bold indicate pole position)
| Yr | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
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| 2001 | Penske | PHX Ret |
HMS | ATL | IND 1 |
TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | STL | CHI | TX2 | 24th | 64 | ||||
| 2002 | Penske | HMS 3 |
PHX 1 |
CAL 5 |
NZR 5 |
IND 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 |
JPN Ret |
IND 2 |
TXS 7 |
PPIR 12 |
RIR 2 |
KAN 2 |
NSH 3 |
MIS Ret |
STL 1 |
KTY 5 |
NZR 1 |
CHI Ret |
CAL 6 |
TX2 9 |
3rd | 484 | |
| 2004 | Penske | HMS 2 |
PHX 6 |
JPN 3 |
IND 9 |
TXS 12 |
RIR 3 |
KAN 7 |
NSH 3 |
MIL 12 |
MIS 10 |
KTY 12 |
PPIR 6 |
NZR 5 |
CHI 10 |
CAL 7 |
TX2 1 |
4th | 446 | |
| 2005 | Penske | HMS 5 |
PHX 2 |
STP Ret |
JPN Ret |
IND 9 |
TXS 5 |
RIR 1 |
KAN 8 |
NSH 5 |
MIL 16 |
MIS Ret |
KTY 5 |
PPIR 4 |
SNM Ret |
CHI 2 |
WGL Ret |
CAL 9 |
6th | 440 |
| 2006 | Penske | HMS 2 |
STP 1 |
JPN 1 |
IND 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 |
JPN 7 |
KAN 3 |
IND 3 |
MIL Ret |
TXS Ret |
IOW 8 |
RIR 11 |
WGL Ret |
NSH 6 |
MDO 3 |
MIS Ret |
KEN 9 |
SNM 2 |
DET Ret |
CHI 4 |
6th | 446 |
| Years | Teams | Races | Poles | Wins | Podiums (Non-win) |
Top 10s (Non-podium) |
Indianapolis 500 Wins |
Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 95 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 39 | 2 (2001, 2002) | 0 |
CART Champ Car career results
| Year | Team | Wins | Points | Championship Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Bettenhausen Racing | 0 | 36 | 17th |
| 1999 | Hogan Racing | 0 | 48 | 15th |
| 2000 | Penske Racing | 3 | 129 | 7th |
| 2001 | Penske Racing | 3 | 141 | 4th |
Best championship: 4th (6 series victories)
Indianapolis 500 results
| Year | Chassis | Engine | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | 11th | 1st |
| 2002 | Dallara | Chevrolet | 13th | 1st |
| 2003 | Dallara | Toyota | 1st | 2nd |
| 2004 | Dallara | Toyota | 8th | 9th |
| 2005 | Dallara | Toyota | 5th | 9th |
| 2006 | Dallara | Honda | 2nd | 25th |
| 2007 | Dallara | Honda | 1st | 3rd |
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 from 1970 through 1972.
References
- ^ Dancing With The Stars - Home - ABC.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
- ^ Helio Castroneves, fiancee call it quits. Retrieved on 2007-11-28.
External links
- Hélio Castroneves Official Website
- Hélio Castroneves Official MySpace Profile Updated by Helio and CastronevesRacing
- Photos
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Juan Pablo Montoya |
Indianapolis 500 Winner 2001-02 |
Succeeded by Gil de Ferran |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Buddy Lazier |
Scott Brayton Award 2004 |
Succeeded by Kenny Bräck |
| Preceded by Apolo Anton Ohno & Julianne Hough |
Dancing with the Stars (US) winner Season 5 (Fall 2007 with Julianne Hough) |
Succeeded by current |
| Penske Racing | |
| Nextel Cup drivers | Kurt Busch (#2) | Ryan Newman (#12) | Sam Hornish, Jr. (#77) |
| IRL Mobil 1 Team Penske drivers | Hélio Castroneves (#3) | Ryan Briscoe (#6) |
| American Le Mans Series DHL drivers | Sascha Maassen/Emmanuel Collard (#6) | Romain Dumas/Timo Bernhard (#7) |
| Driver development program | Billy Wease |
| Other | Roger Penske |
| 2008 IndyCar Series season | |||||||||||
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| Andretti Green | Ganassi | Penske | RLR | D & R | Vision | Panther | Foyt | SAMAX | Roth | ||
| 7 Patrick 11 Kanaan |
26 Andretti 27 Mutoh |
9 Dixon 10 Wheldon |
3 Castroneves 6 Briscoe |
TBA 17 Hunter-Reay |
5 TBA 15 Rice |
2 TBA 20 Carpenter |
4 Meira TBA |
14 Manning | 23 Duno | 25 Roth TBA Howard |
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| Homestead - St. Pete - Motegi - Kansas - Indy 500 - Milwaukee - Texas - Iowa - Richmond - Watkins Glen - Nashville - Mid-Ohio - Kentucky - Infineon - Belle Isle - Chicagoland | |||||||||||
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| Four-time |
Foyt · Al Unser, Sr. · Mears |
| Three-time |
Meyer · Shaw · Rose · Rutherford · B. Unser |
| Two-time |
Milton · Vukovich · Ward · Johncock · Fittipaldi · Luyendyk · Al Unser, Jr. · Castroneves |
| One-time |
Harroun · Dawson · Goux · Thomas · DePalma · Resta · Wilcox · Chevrolet · Murphy · Corum · Boyer · DePaolo · Lockhart · Souders · Keech · Arnold · Schneider · Frame · Cummings · Petillo · Roberts · Davis · Robson · Holland · Parsons · Wallard · Ruttman · Sweikert · Flaherty · Hanks · Bryan · Rathmann · Jones · Clark · Hill · Andretti · Donohue · Sneva · Sullivan · Rahal · J. Villeneuve · Lazier · Cheever · Bräck · Montoya · de Ferran · Rice · Wheldon · Hornish · Franchitti |
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| Seasons | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 |
| Hosts | Tom Bergeron • Lisa Canning (Season 1) • Samantha Harris • Drew Lachey (Season 5 - temporary) |
| Judges | Len Goodman • Carrie Ann Inaba • Bruno Tonioli |
| Celebrity winners | Kelly Monaco • Drew Lachey • Emmitt Smith • Apolo Anton Ohno • Hélio Castroneves |
| Professional winners | Alec Mazo • Cheryl Burke (Seasons 2 & 3) • Julianne Hough (Seasons 4 & 5) |
| Celebrity runners-up | John O'Hurley • Jerry Rice • Mario Lopez • Joey Fatone • Melanie Brown |
| Professional runners-up | Charlotte Jørgensen • Anna Trebunskaya • Karina Smirnoff • Kym Johnson • Maksim Chmerkovskiy |
| Related programmes & media | Dancing with the Stars • Strictly Come Dancing • Dancing with the Stars (video game) • Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann |
