Vitor Meira Meets President of Brazil Along with Fellow IndyCar Drivers


BRASILIA, BRAZIL (Feb. 4)--Vitor Meira traveled with his fellow Brazilian drivers to his hometown of Brasilia, Brazil this week to meet with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, who pledged his support for the São Paulo Indy 300 which will launch the 2010 IndyCar Series season March 14th.


Joining Meira in the ceremonies were fellow drivers Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan, Mario Moraes, Raphael Matos, Ana Beatriz and Mario Romancini. After congregating at Apex Brasil where they met with executives of the official ethanol provider to the IndyCar Series, the drivers along with Terry Angstadt, President/IRL Commercial Division, went to Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil where they met the president at 5pm Tuesday afternoon.


On Wednesday, the IndyCar group traveled to São Paulo where they met Mayor Gilberto Kassab and saw firsthand the 2.6-mile, 11 turn street circuit that is under construction. Meira returned from his whirlwind trip early Thursday morning.


Hopefully he will get some rest having traveled to southern Chile the week before to compete in the world class triathlon!