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On his 11th birthday, Castroneves received his first go-kart from race car driver Alfredo Guaraná Menezes, and began driving at a karting track in São Paulo. At age seven, he was given a child-sized motorized car for frequent driving on the streets of his gated community and asked his father about a go-kart. Karting career įrom early 1981 to 1986, Castroneves observed his father's minor stock car team race on weekends by being sneaked into a car's trunk in racing overalls and helmet, allowing him into a circuit. Castroneves has a daughter with his long-time partner Adriana Henao.

In 2000, he changed his surname from Castro Neves to Castroneves to stop the media misidentifying him as 'Helio Neves' or 'Helio Castro'. He was educated in the São Paulo school system. In 1977, the family moved to Ribeirão Preto, an agricultural town about 150 mi (240 km) northwest of São Paulo, to allow his father to find business in the region's thriving ethanol processing industry. He has an elder sister, Katiucia, who is his business manager.

10.2.3 Complete Stock Car Brasil resultsĬastroneves was born in São Paulo, Brazil on May 10, 1975, to automobile dealer Hélio Castro Neves and former school teacher Sandra Alves de Castro Neves.

10.2.1 Complete American Le Mans Series results.

10.1 American open–wheel racing results.

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Castroneves won the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Julianne Hough.

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In 2020, he would win three races in a row and his first auto racing title.Ĭastroneves is one of the most popular drivers in Ind圜ar for his personality, and his celebration of climbing the fencing beside a track after a victory, for which he was sometimes nicknamed 'Spider-Man'. He won one race and finished seventh in the 2018 Prototype standings and improved to third with five podiums in 2019. Castroneves achieved one further series win in 2017 before leaving full-time Ind圜ar racing to make his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut with Penske at the 2017 Petit Le Mans, paired with Ricky Taylor. During the 2009 season, he won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time, and was fourth three times over the next four seasons, before coming second to Dixon in 2013, and his Penske teammate Will Power in 2014.

He finished third in 20 and was runner-up to Scott Dixon in 2008.

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Castroneves drove full time in the IRL from 2002, winning the Indy 500 for a second straight year and finishing runner-up to Sam Hornish Jr. He debuted in the Indy Racing League (IRL) in 2001, competing in two races and winning the Indianapolis 500. Castroneves moved to Team Penske in place of Greg Moore for 20, winning three races in both years. He entered Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 1998 with Bettenhausen Racing and with Hogan Racing in 1999, achieving one second place each with both teams. Castroneves began competitive go-karting at age 10, before progressing to car racing, in the Formula Chevrolet Brazil, Formula 3 Sudamericana, the British Formula Three Championship, and Indy Lights. He won the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2020. He won the 2021 24 Hours of Daytona with Wayne Taylor Racing and the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona with Meyer Shank Racing, and was runner-up in the Ind圜ar Series drivers' championship in 2002, 2008, 2013, and 2014. He has won the Indianapolis 500 a record-equalling four times: in 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2021. Hélio Castroneves ( Portuguese pronunciation: born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves ) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (DPi) Castroneves at the final day of practice for the 2009 Indianapolis 500Ģ001 Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 ( Phoenix)ġ998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami ( Homestead)Ģ000 Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix of Detroit ( Detroit)