Brazilian Indy racer Helio Castroneves won his third Indianapolis 500 title on Sunday, just a month after being found not guilty of federal tax evasion.  The pole sitter led qualifying two weeks ago and managed to capitalize on it to secure a 15th Indy 500 win for Roger Penske’s racing team.

Castroneves won the title in 2001 and 2002.  Following his first place finish today, ‘Spiderman’ climbed the fence at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to celebrate his victory.   He said, “This is incredible.  It feels so great to have my life back.  I think my tears speak for everything.”

Finishing second was England’s Dan Wheldon and third place went to Danica Patrick, in the best ever Indy 500 finish by a woman.  Check out her recent sexy and buff bikini photo on the cover of Shape magazine’s June issue.

Check out Helio’s emotional response to his win on video below and see photos of his girlfriend Adriana Henao.

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Red carpet thumbnails:  WENN

More photos here.

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