Helio Castroneves was back behind the wheel Saturday, a day after the two-time Indy 500 winner entered a plea of not guilty on tax evasion charges. Out on $10 million bail after he was indicted on charges of conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion for purportedly failing to report to the IRS about $5.5 [...]
Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves pleaded not guilty Friday to federal tax evasion charges and declared outside the courtroom that he would treat the case like a race against the Internal Revenue Service. “I’m a race car driver,” Castroneves said. “This is a very difficult situation. I’ll be strong and I’ll win this race.” [...]
Helio Castroneves won the race in the second closest finish in the history of the IndyCar Series, but it wasn’t enough to stop Scott Dixon from taking his second championship. Castroneves came from last place Sunday to win the PEAK Indy 300, but Dixon, who knew coming in he only had to finish eighth or [...]
Things just got a lot tougher for Helio Castroneves in his quest to overtake Scott Dixon for the IndyCar Series championship. Castroneves, who has been trying hard to get into Dixon’s head as he chases the New Zealander in their title duel, was penalized after Saturday’s qualifying for driving under the white out-of-bounds line at [...]
Dario Franchitti will return to IndyCar in 2009 as the replacement driver for Dan Wheldon at Chip Ganassi Racing. Franchitti, the 2007 IndyCar Series champion and Indianapolis 500 winner, left open wheel at the end of last season to move into NASCAR driving for Ganassi. But his Sprint Cup team never found sponsorship, and Ganassi [...]
Helio Castroneves surely had another fence-climbing celebration running through his mind as he raced toward victory Sunday at the Detroit Indy Grand Prix. Then came a caution flag that cut his lead over rookie Justin Wilson to less than a second. With Wilson breathing down his neck, Castroneves moved his race car into Wilson’s path [...]
Danica Patrick would be ecstatic with another strong run at Detroit Indy Grand Prix. After starting 11th at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park, Patrick worked her way up to fifth late in the race when the cars running second, third and fourth were involved in an incident with two laps to go. Patrick sped [...]
For Helio Castroneves, his first win in 30 races was a matter of faith. Known as Spider Man for his fence-climbing celebrations, Castroneves acknowledged that he checked out the best place to make his climb just in case he won Sunday’s Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway. “I did, actually,” Castroneves said. “There were [...]
Scott Dixon would like to get it over with this weekend. The New Zealander heads into Sunday’s Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway with a chance to wrap up his second IndyCar Series championship. After losing the title to Dario Franchitti last year when he ran out of fuel on the last lap of [...]
Helio Castroneves knows how to win. Two of his 12 career victories have come in the Indianapolis 500, and just about everyone — including a lot of people who wouldn’t know an IndyCar from a pickup truck — is aware that Castroneves won the 2007 Dancing with the Stars competition. But, somehow, a series championship [...]
