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Helio had a fun time while doing a fun Milk Chugging Contest with Ryan Briscoe, Dario Franchitti on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.”
Fallon also participated, wearing a clear rain poncho and drinking chocolate milk while the drivers drank the regular stuff.
Check it out on the clip below.
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PARABÉNS PELA VITÓRIA!
FOI EMOCIONANTE, ESPETACULAR, INESQUECIVEL…
VOCÊ MERECE
OBRIGADO POR LEVAR NOSSO PAIS AO PRIMEIRO LUGAR NA MAIOR CORRIDA DE AUTOMOVEIS DO MUNDO!
Caro Hélio, seria redundância de minha parte, dizer grande vitória. Um homem se faz com dozes pequenas e diárias de Carater, Honra, Postura ética etc..,. Quando você consegui aglutinar tudo isso, você se torna Um Grande Campeão.
Parabéns Helinho, e muito obrigado, que Deus abençoe a você e sua família.
Abraços,
Evandro.
São Carlos, 29 de maio 2009
Helio,
You SIR had em covered at Indy…”ALL MONTH”…”CONGRATULATIONS”.
To accomplish what you accomplished , remain focused on your goals and desired results , during what you were going through the past two months prior to the month of May , is simply hard to believe. A real deal memory maker for this forever race fan.
Yes , many professional athletes have have been successful under real life negatives , however ,
perhaps throwing ,batting a ball , ice skating , dancing , but very few at 218 mph plus ,
with 32 other folks only seconds apart ,with 300,0000 people plus in the stands.
You have shown the world that the harder one works the luckier the get ,again CONGRATULATIONS.
Also…I walked up to get your autogaph as you were leaving the garage on the pit scooter to go to your pit, practice. In spite of all the people there you took a moment to provide this 62 year old fan your signature. If all IRL drivers had your understanding and appreciation for the IRL fan , and sincere desire to interface with the fan as much as is logically possible in the working environment , strategic success would be a for sure for the IRL…Again THANK YOU SO MUCH.
One more thing…When they want to do the movie on your life story , don’t sign anything until they agree that you will play yourself. It’s simple economics…They will not have to hire any stand - ins for the racing,dancing and driving scenes.
Once again “CONGRATULATIONS” , Good Luck , and Best Wishes You And Yours.
Your The Best..Gene Hamilton
Helinho , não consegui entrar no teu site domingo para te cumprimentar , liguei no cel do Helião e deixei um recado.
Provaste , mais uma vez o quão capaz tu és.
Beijos cheios de carinho , Tio Joe .
Aposto que se o leite do Helio estivesse com chocolate ele teria ganho hehe
Parabens Helio pela 500 Milhas
YOU DID IT DUDE!!!!!
You won it and you paid us for suffering with you in the past months. Free to continue winning and giving pleasure to the world.
Thank you ….
Obrigadao!!!!
Helinho,
Que sua estrela possa brilhar cada vez mais!
E que dos obstáculos que cismarem em surgir no teu caminho você possa construir a escada que o levará para o sucesso absoluto.
Eu e minha família estamos sempre juntos na corrente para teu sucesso… SEMPRE!
Deus o ilumine!
Beijos com carinho,
Tati
(SALVADOR-BAHIA)
Parabéns Helinho, sem comentários o que vc fez ontem, vc está entre os grandes do automobilismo.
Helio,
este domingo foi um daqueles que não será esquecido tão facilmente, impressionantemente incrível,todos os DEUSES estavam com você, parabens pela corrida limpa e serena , aproveito para parabenizar a equipe Penske que te deram um magnifico suporte para vencer.
HELIO, Congratulations!! Congratulations!! Great Race again!! You are awesome! Thanks for beeing such a happy and positive person. We enjoyed your racing and also your dacinguu!! We are so proud and happy for you, for your family and for your country. Wish you all the best for the future. You do what you love, and that shows in your performance. Well deserved!! The best part is that you are such a nice person!!
God Bless you!
YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!
You showed them ,who`s the Man? YOU DA MAN!!!
When you win at Chicagoland are you going to blow them all away or are you going to rip the competitions heart at at the last second like last year….
I think you’re cool and awesome and sweet. I like how you race. I like it when you climb up the fence. I’m happy for you and your family. I like your dog. I like your sister. I like your race car suit and I like your race car.
I wish you well,
- Van
(age 6, Detroit)
Bom dia a todos,
Parabéns Helinho, nós (brasileiros) fãs do automobilismo sabíamos antes de tudo de sua franqueza e honestidade. Quando se põem as coisa na mão do criador ele sempre nos dá a melhor resposta. Resposta tua para a justiça americana nos tribunais, resposta tua para toda nação americana e porque não, para o mundo todo da sua volta por cima com mais esta vitória espetacular.
Sua 3ª conquista na prova mais importante do mundo mostra tua qualidade como piloto - você agora está num grupo seletíssimo de tri vencedores em Indianápolis.
Temos orgulho que você seja brasileiro, além das qualidades técnicas que tua profissão exige, como o homem que você é.
Vai fundo “aranha”, tuas conquistas estão só começando!
Mais uma vez parabéns (é tão bom falar as coisas de “boca cheia”!),
Muita saúde, prosperidade e paz
Ricardo
Helio, it was so wonderful to see you win Indy again! I can’t think of anyone more deserving of good fortune. I truly admire your faith and your constant optimism, it’s very inspiring to me.
I have MS and watching how you handle adversity with such grace and poise inspires me to want to be more optimistic and positive in my own life. I too, believe strongly that faith and prayer can work miracles.
I keep you and your family in my prayers. Best wishes on your win. God bless you! I think you are a very special person, Helio. You make me smile! Please never change. Thank you for giving your many, many fans a race day to remember. I wish you love and all good things. Now go celebrate!
Just another loyal Helio fan,
Melody
PS. Congrats to Team Penske also.
parabens vc correu muito bem da gosto de te ver correr parabens perfeita sua atuaçao
Este é o e-mail que enviei para a midia brasileira hoje…
Prezados editores,
Por que a cobertura da vitória do Hélinho nas 500 milhas de Indianapólis (aliás, a terceira dele, e a sexta de um brasileiro…) não é tratada com a devida importância do fato pelo seu canal e por todos os outros meios de comunicação, com exceção da rede Bandeirantes que patrocinou a corrida? Parece uma certa tendenciosidade de não cobrir aqueles eventos que não são patrocinados por outros veículos! Será? O Hélihho é um brasileiro de primeira, que ama o que faz, e faz muito bem, e deveria ser homenagado pela mídia como um ícone do esporte brasileiro. Depois de tudo o que passou, e foi absolvido por unanimidade, a mídia parece que ainda o está julgando e, pior que isso, condenando-o???
Espero que a mídia deixe de ser tendenciosa e passe a referenciar os verdadeiros heróis deste país, independente de qualquer outro interesse espúrio que impera na nossa sociedade hoje, infelizmente.
Eusébio Mattoso.
Um brasileiro orgulhoso, mas ligado…
Caro Helinho,
“PARABÉNS” pela terceira vitória em Indianapólis e sexta do Brasil. Torci muito por vc. e posso dizer que eu já sabia que vc. ia ganhar, quando vc. disse, na transmissão da Band, que ia ser um brasileiro. E chorei muito com nossa amiga comum Heloisa Azevedo pelo telefone depois da vitória. Foi demais…!!!
Obrigado por ser brasileiro e ser esta pessoa que vc. é!
Você merece toda a nossa torcida e continue assim, para conquistar o campeonato este ano. Estmremos torcendo muito…
Um grande abraço do amigo distante,
Eusébio Mattoso
Parabéns Helio, me emocionei.
Hoje dia 25, fazem 40 anos que fizemos a primeira prova na Fórmula Ford na Europa.
Sucesso.
Um Abraço.
Luiz Pereira Bueno - Brasil.
http://luizpereirabueno.blogspot.com/
Congratulations Helio,
I am so very happy for you. No one deserved that win more than you. I also want to wish you a happy belated birthday. I know it was the 10th, but I was on vacation in FL & haven’t been able to write to you until now. Also I am so pleased that you were aquited on those bogus tax charges. I always knew that you were not capable of anything like that. I am happy for you & your wonderful family.
You are so lucky to have so many people that love & support you. But you deserve everything you get & more. You are one of the best people ever. I am so glad to have you in my life even if it is only as a fan. I am so proud to be your fan. It has meant so very much to me. You could never know how much happiness being your fan has brought me. I wish you everything wonderful now & always. Again I am so happy that you won today & I hope you win many more races this season. I will be routing for you & praying for your continued success & happiness.
Love Always,
Barbara B
@Debbi:
Debbi,
I think there were alot of us praying and crying today, I know I was!
Pam
Helio,
Way to go, congratulations on your THIRD Indy 500 win. You are a true champion and I am proud to be one of your fans.
May God continue to bless you and your family.
Enjoy the victory, you have earned it.
Lots of love and a BIG HUG!!
Pam
HELIO! HELIO! HELIO! What a month you’ve had! Very Heartfelt Congratulations on your win today. Was there with you for every mile. Couldn’t happen to a nicer, more gracious man. AWESOME!!!
Theresa in Indy = )
helio parabens por mais uma vitoria!!!! nas 500 milhas de indianapolis….
esta vitoria veio na hora certa.. depois de um começo de ano nada facil.
ja sao 3 vitorias
Pole, Pit, Pace, Podium - but most importantly prayer and belief in God and the wonderful talent that He has blessed you with. We your fans, stood (kneeled and danced) with you and your family in happy times, difficult times and ‘rejoicing’ times - today was sheer joy!!! and Thanksgiving!!!! May you and your family enjoy every minute of the celebration!! We love you, Helio! - Then, Now and in the future….THANK YOU!
Pegi, from Boston
YEAH !!!!!!!!!!! Helio, my family was praying and crying with joy along with your family !!!!!!!
Congratulations !!!!!!!!
God is good !!!!!!!
Congrats man, very weel done! 3 times!!!!
ou melhor, PARABENS!!!!! mandou muito bem!
Helio!
Congratulations on winning the Indy 500! You are the best! 10, 10, 10!!!!!
Your long time fan,
Donna
CONGRATULATIONS on your 3rd Indy 500 bottle of milk!!! I am so happy for you. Possible future sponser: Kleenex
Ummmm….. You Got Milk!!! Sweet!!! Congratulations Helio!!! You deserved this!!!
Helio
Congratulations on winning the Indy 500. My husband,daughter and myself were crying and so happy for you. You really are a great driver. I was praying for you during the race and he answered all our prayers to deep you safe andd win. You truly deserve this win. You are in second place only 5 points behind for the championship. What a great month of May for you and your fans.
Love
Your fan forever
Cherie
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS HELIO ON YOUR 3RD WIN AT INDY! GREAT DRIVING!
Congrats to Helio, family and Team Penske!! No one deserves this win more!! Go get em Racing Champion!!!
Wish ABC had stayed long enough to show the trophy ceremony.
Chuck
Hélio,
You’re amazing!!!! Parabéns, parabéns, parabéns!!! Três vezes é pouco p/ te parabenizar!!! Foi incrível, aquelas últimas 17 voltas pareciam não acabar nunca, que suador!!! Tu és maravilhoso!!!
Perfeito, foi tudo perfeito!!! Perfeito pela corrida, por ser Indianápolis, pelo campeonato, por ti, pela tua família, por tudo o que aconteceu…Foi perfeito por tudo, para tudo e para todos!!!
Obrigada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Helio, I haven’t stopped crying since you crossed the finish line. Today is my birthday and this was the greatest birthday present I could have ever dreamed of. My hands are shaking so much that I don’t know how much I can actually type here! This was the greatest race I’ve ever seen since I began watching Indycar and I’m not sure anything can ever top it! But it was just perfect and you did such an amazing job and I’m SO proud of you, Helio. You really can do anything, can’t you? You are the best driver in the whole world and I feel honored to call myself your fan. Thank you for making this the best birthday ever. <3
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 3 TIMES BABY
3 Baby 3!
Helio… just wanted to wish you luck today as you go for your 3rd Indy 500 win. You have been awesome so far in the car… was great to see you win the pole for the race and your team win the pit stop challenge. Now go drive your butt off and win this race!!! I will see you at the Texas Motor Speedway in a few weeks. GOOD LUCK HELIO from Mark In Texas
Good luck today and be safe! I am counting down the minutes till the race starts.
Good luck today, Helio! Words can’t even describe how proud of you I am. Look at all the good things that have happened to you this month — that’s definitely a sign of good things to come! I know I’m personally a superstitious person, so I won’t say a lot more, but I’ll be praying for you (and screaming at my tv! ;)) through the whole race! We’re all behind you, Helio. You make us proud to be race fans. <3
Saw you on ESPN2 earlier this evening with Roger, Ryan, and Will. You clean up so nicely.
I think it’s pretty cool to hear about several “Dancing” alumni are attending the race. I wonder who they are rooting for?
Best of luck for a safe and victorious race. We really enjoyed the milk clip, needed
that laugh, thank you.
Good Luck Tomorrow!
Good luck tomorrow and be safe Helio and Team Penske. You can win this thing. Everything seems to be going your way this month.
Helio,
May is soooo your month!!!! Your birthday….pole position….. Relieved to see that the last charge against you was dropped!!!
Congratulations on the pit stop challenge. Your crew is the BEST ever
Now it’s time to climb that fence my friend and May will be complete!!!
Have fun, drive fast and be safe kiddo
Lisa
Helio,
I read this evening that the prosecution has finally dropped the remaining conspiracy charge against you (as I knew they would). I’m glad you are free and clear and have your life back. Everything is falling in place for you for Sunday’s race. Go get em Racing Champion!!!!
Oi Anjo…
Mandei mensagem no Myspace.
Que venha domingo e que venha o melhor na bandeirada final para vc.
Estarei na torcidae a oração.
Bom final de semana.
Ju
Helinho, parabéns pela pole.
Domingo estaremos torcendo pela “volta por cima” em grande estilo!
Saw one of your latest tweets. I can clearly see who is one of your biggest fans. Little Eduardo is definately going to be bragging when he’s older how cool his Uncle Helio is.
Love you Helio. I missed your appearance on Fallon. Would have watched it if I knew you were on. Good luck to you on Sunday. God Bless you Helio. Hugs and Kisses.
Helio, I just happened to have the show on not knowing you were on it. I was happily surprised and thought it was so funny. Looks like you dont like milk so much? Get used to it since you will probably be drinking more when you win the Indy 500!!!!!
I didn’t know, I would have watched. Too bad I can’t play videos on my computer.
Oh well.
I was disappointed in Dancing With The Stars. Shawn is a sweet girl, but she wasn’t even the second best dancer, in my opinion.
I taped it last night and started my morning with you, Ryan, and Dario. I agree with Ashley, you should’ve gotten Dario back by pouring your leftover milk on his head.
I personally thought you wouldn’t have minded chugging Jimmy’s chocolate milk.
Speaking of Jimmy Fallon, I didn’t know he was that much taller than you.
Sorry didn’t mean to send it twice.
Helio,
Didn’t know you were going to be on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”. I’ll be home tonight to watch the ET interview and I’ll TiVo the “Exta” Thursday night since I have to work. We are leaving for INDY on Friday. We did go for “Pole Day” and was so excited to see you get that. It is so good to see you sooo happy. I’m really glad that you have a girlfriend that stood by you during all you have been through. It sounds like she’s a keeper and she is cute too. My husband and I have been married almost 30 years. He is my best friend and if it weren’t for him I’m not sure I would have made my journey through life. My mother disowned me about 13 years ago and he was my rock, he did so much to help me. I’m sure God made him special just for me. Anyway, we will see you this weekend. Lots of Love and BIG HUG from Rhonda
Helio,
Didn’t know you were going to be on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”. I’ll be home tonight to watch the ET interview and I’ll TiVo the “Exta” Thursday night since I have to work. We are leaving for INDY on Friday. We did go for “Pole Day” and was so excited to see you get that. It is so good to see you sooo happy. I’m really glad that you have a girlfriend that stood by you during all you have been through. It sounds like she’s a keeper and she is cute too. My husband and I have been married almost 30 years. He is my best friend and if it weren’t for him I’m not sure I would have made my journey through life. My mother disowned me about 13 years ago and he was my rock, he did so much for to help me. I’m sure God made him special just for me. Anyway, we will see you this weekend. Lots of Love and BIG HUG from Rhonda
I hope you got revenge on Dario by pouring your leftover milk on him, haha. ;] But this was so fun to watch! I couldn’t stop laughing the entire time. You guys are such good sports to chug milk like that. Although I have a feeling the milk you’ll be drinking this weekend will taste so much better than this stuff did. :’)
I saw it last night. Very funny. Dario stole the show with the over the shoulder milk toss.
Maybe a fence climbing contest is in order. I know who would win that! 
I had my dvr set to record…haven’t watched yet:)