A four-time Indianapolis 500 winner on track, Dancing With The Stars champion off-track, Helio Castroneves is known for being an effervescent ambassador in the world of auto racing. After racing full-time for Penske Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series for nearly 20 years, Castroneves was given the option to race the Acura DPi sports car for Penske in the IMSA WeatherTech Championship. He won that championship in 2020. Since then, he’s left Penske and joined the Meyer Shank Racing Indy car team and after winning the 2021 “500” as a part-time driver, he’s gone back to racing full time in IndyCar with MSR. Along the way he’s picked up two victories at the Rolex 24hrs of Daytona and also branched out this year and took the season opening victory in Tony Stewart’s SRX stock car series. Always a busy guy, we caught up with him at the 2022 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach just as he was getting ready to ride his scooter to another appointment. He talks about the details of seat fit and also reuniting with his former Penske teammate - Simon Pagenaud. Enjoy!
NOTE: Helio finished off his 2022 season by co-driving to an overall victory in the Motul Petit LeMans 10hr endurance race at Road Atlanta On October 1, 2022 in the MSR Acura DPi.
By Larry Mason
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