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Helio Castroneves makes an attempt to make NASCAR, Daytona 500 debut with Trackhouse’s Challenge 91
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Helio Castroneves makes an attempt to make NASCAR, Daytona 500 debut with Trackhouse’s Challenge 91

By Miles Cooper January 6, 2025
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Nearing his fiftieth birthday this Could with an American racing profession that spans near 30 years, is eyeing rookie standing as soon as once more. The will try to make his debut in subsequent month’s Daytona 500, aiming to hitch Mario Andretti and AJ Foyt as simply the third driver to win the Biggest Spectacle in Racing and the Nice American Race.

Helio Castroneves makes an attempt to make NASCAR, Daytona 500 debut with Trackhouse’s Challenge 91

Two years after plans fell via close to the end line of a deal to make his Daytona 500 debut — a chance he explored with Floyd Mayweather’s The Cash Crew — Castroneves has landed a seat in experience. It is a part-time NASCAR Cup collection entry launched in 2022 that group proprietor Justin Marks has used to carry a number of the world’s greatest worldwide abilities to compete within the prime degree of inventory automobile racing.

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Ex-Components 1 driver and 2007 drivers champion Kimi Raikkonen has run twice within the No. 91 Chevy at Watkins Glen (2022) and Circuit of the Americas (2023), and the experience additionally welcomed Supercars champ Shane van Gisbergen to NASCAR’s Chicago Stree Race — which he gained in his debut — in 2023, together with an look on the IMS highway course.

This system took a hiatus in 2024, however Marks and firm have relaunched the experience in a significant manner, although Castroneves’ NASCAR race debut is much from assured. Among the many 500 subject, varied NASCAR Cup groups personal a mixed 36 charters that assure them entry into each race — together with the Daytona 500. The race’s beginning grid is capped at 40 automobiles, permitting for 4 non-chartered, or open, entries to race.

Most years, although, 5 or extra open entries try to qualify for the race, . Just lately, NASCAR has awarded automated beginning spots to the 2 single quickest open entrires throughout single-car qualifying, and the ultimate two spots have gone to the highest-finishing open entries in every of the 2 qualifying Duels — if these highest-finishing automobiles have already certified on pace, then the next-highest-finishing entries are locked in.

Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian driver Helio Castroneves (06) stands in his pit box Saturday, May 18, 2024, during qualifying for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

As the sector presently sits, Castroneves would mark the potential Daytona 500 subject’s fortieth entry, together with Mike Wallace (MBM Motorsports), J.J. Yeley (NY Racing) and B.J. McLeod (Reside Quick Motorsports). Entries are nonetheless anticipated for Legacy Motor Membership co-owner Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR veteran Martin Truex Jr., amongst different groups and drivers, that means Castroneves’ look within the Feb. 16 kickoff to NASCAR’s 2025 points-paying calendar.

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Ought to he make the 40-car subject, Castroneves’ look within the Nice American Race might function a strong advertising device for IndyCar because the collection enters a brand new unique media rights cope with FOX Sports activities, who additionally broadcasts the primary chunk of the NASCAR Cup collection calendar on FOX and FS1 — together with the Daytona 500.

Of Castroneves’ 31 profession IndyCar wins, 18 have come on ovals. The 49-year-old Brazilian racing legend has additionally gained 3 times at Daytona Worldwide Speedway in his historic three-peat in 2021-23 within the 24 Hours of Daytona, a course for which incorporates a part of the two.5-mile oval.

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