©1998 SpeedCenter Internet Publishing, Inc.
By Peter Burke
Tony Bettenhausen today announced the signing of 1997 Indy Lights runner-up Helio Castro-Neves. The 22-year-old Brazilian Castro-Neves will pilot aReynard/Mercedes/Goodyear package for Team Alumax in the 1998 FedEx Championship series.
Last season, Team Alumax fielded Rookie of the Year Patrick Carpentier, who recentlyjoined Players-Forsythe Racing.
Castro-Neves joins the team with Emerson Fittipaldi as his career manager. This puts an endto speculations about CART veteran Fittipaldi putting together his own team to enterCastro-Neves.
With this announcement, the number of confirmed rookie entries for 1998 climbs to four (Barron, Lehto,Kanaan, Casto-Neves).
Source: CART News Service
