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Brazil remains a hotbed for racing talent

Associated Press

Friday, August 3, 2001

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Helio Castroneves was barely a toddler when he got his first taste of car racing. And it was sweet. The track was a specially baked, sugary white cake his parents ordered for his first birthday. And when young Helio bit in, it was enough to start his father daydreaming. "It may sound silly, and you may not even believe me, but when I saw him eating that piece of cake, I had visions that my son would one day become a racing champion," said his father, Helio Castro ...

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