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MIAMI — Helio Castroneves — winner of both the Indianapolis 500 and reality TV show "Dancing with the Stars" — will soon be doing the tango with the IRS over multimillion-dollar tax-evasion charges in Miami federal court, U.S. authorities said.

The Brazilian driver, who owns a Coral Gables, Fla., mansion sporting his auto-racing trophies and two checkered flags from his Indy 500 victories, was indicted along with a relative and a Michigan attorney on Thursday, authorities said.

The 33-year-old Team Penske star is charged with failing to pay taxes on more than $5 million in income during a four-year period, authorities said. His sister, Kati Castroneves, and his lawyer, Alan Miller, are accused of assisting him in the alleged tax-evasion scheme.

The three defendants are expected to surrender to authorities and have their first appearances in federal court this morning. They could not be reached for comment Thursday afternoon.

Castroneves was born in Sao Paulo. Race car driving has made him a rich man.

He won the Indianapolis 500 in both 2001 and 2002. He was the fifth driver to achieve that milestone in consecutive years. He also finished second to teammate and countryman Gil de Ferran in 2003.

He became a bona fide American celebrity last year after winning the fifth season of ABC's reality TV show "Dancing with the Stars" with partner Julianne Hough.

Castroneves has been more of a runner-up than a winner this year.

In the IndyCar Series, Castroneves won for the first time in 30 races at the Sonoma, Calif., Grand Prix in late August. Until that victory, he had finished second seven times.

Castroneves screamed with joy when he crossed the finish line, hollering, "Bring it home, baby."

It was his 13th IndyCar Series victory.

In early September, Castro-neves finished second in the Detroit Grand Prix, closing the gap between himself and his first IndyCar Series driver championship. However, he wound up finishing second to series champ Scott Dixon of New Zealand.

● Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima will again drive for Williams next year and Nico Hulkenberg will test-drive for the Formula One team.

"I am delighted we are able to maintain continuity with our drivers going into 2009," team principal Frank Williams said Wednesday.

Rosberg, driving for Williams since 2006, celebrated a career-best second place last weekend in the Singapore Grand Prix. It was his second career podium after a third at the season-opening Australian GP.

● Veteran crew chief Bootie Barker will not be working for Tony Stewart's new team next season, moving instead to Michael Waltrip's car in 2009.

Waltrip said Wednesday that the hiring allows Bobby Kennedy, who has worked in several roles for Waltrip over the past two seasons, to move into a management role.

● NASCAR driver and team owner Robby Gordon is suing McLaren Capital Advisers Inc. over a $1 million fee the Los Angeles-based investment company is seeking for a failed merger with Gillett Evernham Motorsports.

Gordon wants the court to throw out the fee McLaren sought for the deal, which ended with the settlement of a lawsuit last month, according to the complaint filed.