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DRIVERS  TONY KANAAN

 
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 

  • Won the 2004 IndyCar Series championship
  • Finished second in the 2005 IndyCar Series championship and third in both 2007 and 2008
  • Has registered 13 career IndyCar Series wins and 10 IndyCar Series poles
  • Started on the pole and drove to victory at Richmond in 2008
  • Teamed with Bryan Herta and Dario Franchitti to win the LMP2 class of the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2007, Kanaan’s first career ALMS start
  • Led 83 laps – more than any other driver – at the 2007 Indianapolis 500 and is the only driver in history to lead laps in his first seven Indianapolis 500 starts
  • Captured an IndyCar Series-high five wins in 2007
  • Raced to victory at The Milwaukee Mile in 2006
  • Recorded victories at Kansas and Infineon Raceway in 2005
  • Qualified for the pole position at the 89th running of the Indianapolis 500
  • Received the Jerry Titus Memorial Trophy in 2004 for being the AARWBA Driver of the Year; also a member of the 2004 AARWBA All-American Team
  • Earned victories at Phoenix, Texas and Nashville during 2004
  • Claimed first IndyCar Series victory on March 23, 2003, at Phoenix International Raceway
  • Earned two CART pole positions in 2002 at Miami and Fontana events
  • Lone career CART win came in 1999 at Michigan Speedway
  • Awarded 1998 Jim Trueman CART Rookie of the Year
  • Crowned 1997 Dayton Indy Lights Champion
  • Drove to victory at the Granja Viana 500 kart race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1998
  • Invited to race at Japan’s famed Suzuka course in the Formula Nippon Series in 2007 and finished sixth in his only start in that Formula
  • Won the Capacete de Ouro (Golden Helmet) Award presented by Racing Magazine in Brazil in 2007, 2005 and 2004
  • Received the Casci di Oro (Golden Helmet) Award given by Italy’s Autosprint in 2004

Full Name: Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho

Birth Date: December 31, 1974
Birth Place: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 147 lbs.
Residence: Miami, Fla.
No.: 11
Chassis: Dallara
Engine: Honda
 

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