Helio still dancing

UPDATE Dancing With The Stars consistently pulls about a 13 TV rating, or more than 20 million viewers. The last Indy 500 got a 4.3. Castroneves knows exactly how many people are watching him dance, and he knows the potential to boost his true calling. He’s fully aware that one win on the dance floor would be bigger — not as significant, just bigger — than both of his Indy 500s combined.

"I do believe we’re drawing attention from the show to racing," he said. “And vice-versa. I’ve gotten e-mails from people all over racing telling me they’re watching and voting for me. But I also believe we’re reaching a new audience of people who didn’t know about racing and the IRL, and that’s a good thing. If I win, it’s an even bigger thing." SPEED TV

Castroneves

10/24/07 Despite getting his lowest scores of the competition from the judges, Indy Racing League driver Helio Castroneves is moving on to next week on “Dancing with the Stars."

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, an Indiana University alum, was eliminated on last night’s results show.

Castroneves and partner Julianne Hough received 23 of a possible 30 points Monday night from the three judges for a rumba that prompted judge Len Goodman to say he has “seen more romance at the dentist."

But when viewer votes were combined with those of the judges, Castroneves survived the cut to seven couples from the original 12. Indy Star