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.

Four-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves will attempt to make the Feb. 16 Daytona 500, driving Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 car, the team announced Monday. Castroneves will be a teammate to Trackhouse Racing drivers Ross Chastain, Daniel Suarez and Shane van Gisbergen.

Helio Castroneves will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing's Project 91, supported by Wendy's sponsorship and crew chief Darian Grubb.

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.

Helio Castroneves will jump into NASCAR Cup ... enter a NASCAR race and certainly not the Daytona 500 with a team like Trackhouse Racing,” Castroneves said in a Trackhouse Racing press release.

Helio Castroneves and Trackhouse Racing intend to utilize the new Open Exemption Provisional to lock into the 2025 Daytona 500.

Helio Castroneves, a four-time Indy 500 winner, is overcoming past obstacles to debut in the NASCAR Cup Series at the 2025 Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing.

Castroneves, a four-time Indy 500 winner, is set to get out of comfort zone for run at NASCAR's biggest race prize with Trackhouse Racing this year.

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

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

Trackhouse Racing announced that Helio Castroneves will drive the No. 91 Wendy's Chevrolet for the NASCAR team during 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 ...