Helio Castroneves is officially locked into the 2025 Daytona 500 due to a new NASCAR rule. Check out NASCAR's new provisional starting in 2025!

Helio Castroneves has mentioned a desire to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series race before. Now, he's doing it at the 2025 Daytona 500 with Trackhouse.

A new NASCAR rule offering guaranteed entry for elite drivers will allow Helio Castroneves to race in the 2025 Daytona 500.

Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in the 2025 Daytona 500, driving the No. 91 Chevy for Trackhouse Racing.

Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castronves will make his NASCAR debut at age 49 when he attempts to race the 2025 Daytona 500.

For the first time ever, NASCAR is granting an Open Exemption Provisional for Trackhouse Racing and Helio Castroneves. The Project 91 team will have an automatic 41st starting spot in the Daytona 500 if they fail to make the 40-car field in qualifying or the Duels.

Helio Castroneves, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner and one of the more popular drivers of his generation, will make his NASCAR debut in next month’s Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500, Trackhouse Racing announced Monday. Castroneves will drive a car fielded by Trackhouse Racing.

Starting in 2025, star drivers who haven't competed in NASCAR are eligible to automatically qualify for a Cup Series race.

NASCAR confirmed Friday that Helio Castroneves will be locked into the 2025 Daytona 500 field via the new open exemption provisional rule.

The introduction of NASCAR's Open Exemption Provisional rule, which guarantees Helio Castroneves a spot in the Daytona 500, has been criticized by insiders.