The 2025 Daytona 500 subject has gained a serious addition.
According to Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will try to make the 2025 Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing. If Castroneves makes the sphere, the race will mark his first begin in any NASCAR division.
The automobile fielded by Trackhouse Racing will probably be the No. 91 automobile within the newest run for the crew’s “Venture 91” program, which goals to deliver drivers from different racing disciplines to the NASCAR Cup Collection. 2007 F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen was the primary driver to pilot the No. 91, ending thirty seventh at Watkins Glen in 2022.
Raikkonen additionally drove the No. 91 at COTA in 2023, nevertheless it was Shane van Gisbergen who immortalized the quantity together with his gorgeous win at Chicago in July 2023. Whereas the No. 91 automobile didn’t make any begins in 2024, Castroneves has the chance to deliver the quantity again with a bang and add one other prestigious win to his resume.
Trackhouse’s full-time drivers for the 2025 Cup Collection season embrace Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez.
Castroneves, a 49-year-old native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a veteran of 315 IndyCar begins. He’s a 25-time winner within the sequence, together with his 4 aforementioned wins within the Indianapolis 500. His most up-to-date victory got here within the 2021 Indianapolis 500.
