Castroneves Out at Penske?

Speed TV's Robin Miller thinks so. From the "Not Good" file comes word that Penske Racing is leading towards one of three possible candidates to replace Helio Castroneves in the seat of the number 3 IndyCar.

According to Miller, the candidates include Australian Will Power, Englishman Justin Wilson or American Ryan Hunter-Reay. If Miller is correct, the announcement should come sometime this week.

Castroneves' trial starts March 2nd.

It's a sad deal for both Castroneves and the IndyCar Series in general. With his "Dancing With the Stars" championship, Castroneves gave the ICS a much needed household name and face. Now that face is gone from the series and Castroneves is looking at some serious jail time if convicted.

I for one hope that Castroneves is found innocent of the charges and returns to racing IndyCars. However I'm afraid that's not going to happen.