| Team Penske is home to the reigning Indianapolis 500 | | | | Racing." |
| champion Helio Castroneves, and if this IndyCar team | | | | Penske already has the upper hand at this year's |
| has any say in the 2010 Indy race, they'll post | | | | Indy 500, as reigning champion Helio Castroneves |
| back-to-back Indianapolis 500 victories. Team Penske, | | | | returns to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with |
| which includes Castroneves, Will Power and Ryan | | | | every intention of posting a repeat performance of |
| Briscoe, is the only team on the IRL circuit to host a | | | | last year's spectacular show. Castroneves cruised into |
| winner for the 2010 season after the first three | | | | Victory Lane last year in one very emotional finish, |
| races (Sao Paulo, St. Pete and Birmingham), and other | | | | becoming the first non-American driver to win the |
| teams on the racing circuit have to step things up if | | | | Indy 500 more than twice (he also won in 2001 and |
| they want to give Penske some competition going | | | | 2002). |
| into Indy 500 month. | | | | In the 2009 Indianapolis 500, racing fans with <a |
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| native Will Power is the driver to beat. Power won | | | | onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(' |
| the first two races in Sao Paulo and St. Pete and | | | | outgoing/article_exit_link');" href=" 500 tickets< |
| even took the pole at Birmingham's Barber | | | | a> to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway got to |
| Motorsports Park, and he's currently in first place in | | | | watch a photo finish as Castroneves coasted through |
| points standings (as of April 13). Power has come on | | | | the finish line in first place, followed closely by Dan |
| strong ever since last year, when he was brought | | | | Wheldon, Danica Patrick, Townsend Bell and Will |
| into the league as a replacement for Helio | | | | Power, respectively. |
| Castroneves during Castroneves' drawn-out trial for | | | | Though he's an annual favorite to win the Indy 500, |
| tax evasion, and even after Castroneves returned, | | | | Castroneves has some big competition this year |
| Power proved his worth enough to have Penske field | | | | – and most of it is coming from his own |
| a third car for him this season. | | | | teammate. Will Power, another Penske heavyweight, |
| The move has paid off for Roger Penske's | | | | has been an absolute force to be reckoned with so |
| well-groomed racing team, and now Team Penske will | | | | far in the 2010 IndyCar Series, sending a huge |
| go into the springtime months as the team to beat in | | | | message resounding through the racing circuit in |
| the IndyCar realm. Though there are still two races | | | | March when he won the first two IRL races of the |
| to compete in (Long Beach on April 18 and Kansas | | | | season. Power had up to that point been considered |
| City on May 1) before the 2010 Indianapolis 500 | | | | still on rookie status, but his wins at Sao Paulo and St. |
| commences, Team Penske is already the | | | | Petersburg made him a target for the rest of the |
| front-runner for the upcoming "Greatest Spectacle in | | | | racing realm. |