Serious Castroneves

Helio Castroneves stood stoically in his garage earlier this month. The gregarious personality that won over racing fans years ago is still there, it’s just been replaced. This month, the Brazilian driver is all about getting down to the business of winning. “We want to win them all,” Castroneves said of Sunday’s Indianapolis 500. “That’s the objective or the goal of every team, every car.” In 2001, Castroneves (pictured right) became the second straight rookie to win the race. The next year, he ended a more than three-decade drought between back-to-back winners. In 2003, he came back and won the pole before finishing second – making him the first driver in more than half a century to finish first or second in each of his first three Indy starts. – AP