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

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

Helio Castroneves and Trackhouse Racing intend to utilize NASCAR‘s new Open Exemption Provisional to secure a starting spot in the 2025 Daytona 500, NASCAR confirmed Friday. Announced Friday among numerous competition updates ahead of the 2025 season,

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves claimed one of the four open spots in the season-opening Daytona 500 as part of a slew of rule changes NASCAR announced Friday. Castroneves is guaranteed a spot in the field under a new provision that earmarks a starting position for what NASCAR called "world-class drivers" who enter a Cup Series race.

Open exemption provisional rule allows for stars from other racing disciplines to petition NASCAR for entry, but race for no points or prize money.

Four-time Indy 500 winner Helio Castroneves has announced he will attempt to run the Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing, making his NASCAR Cup Series debut.

With his illustrious racing career expanding, Hélio Castroneves made a bet. Should the four-time Indianapolis 500 champion win in his Superstar Racing Experience debut, then-SRX director Don Hawk told him he’d start making connections in NASCAR.

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