The month of May has been very good to race car driver Helio Castroneves. Not only were charges against him for tax evasion dropped, he won the Indy 500 race.

To celebrate, instead of popping the cork on a bottle of champagne, the exuberant Castroneves drank a bottle of milk. Congrats! 

A happy return for Helio Castroneves at Indy 500

May 25, 2009 - Helio Castroneves enjoys the moment in Victory Lane after winning the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. He wins Indy 500 for the third time, mere weeks after being acquitted of tax evasion charges.

And it's that reverence for tradition that explains why it was the moment when Helio Castroneves drank milk in Victory Lane -- perhaps Indy's most famous custom -- that the extraordinary last five weeks of Castroneves' life hit him so hard and left him weeping.

Leading from the pole position, the 34-year-old Brazilian won the Indianapolis 500 for the third time to complete a triumphant comeback from a tax evasion trial that nearly ended his career only last month.

"I think my tears speak for everything," Castroneves said. "This is incredible. This place is magical."...

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