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In this Portuguese name, "Filho" is a generational suffix meaning "son", which is used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Tony Kanaan
Kanaan at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2022
Nationality
Brazilian
Born
Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho (1974-12-31) 31 December 1974 (age 49) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
IndyCar Series career
296 races run over 23 years
Team(s)
No. 66 (Arrow McLaren)
2022 position
26th
Best finish
1st (2004)
First race
2002 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race
2023 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win
2003 Purex Dial Indy 200 (Phoenix)
Last win
2014 MAVTV 500 IndyCar World Championships (Fontana)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
16
73
11
Champ Car career
93 races run over 5 years
Years active
1998–2002
Team(s)
Tasman Motorsports (1998) Forsythe Racing (1999) Mo Nunn Racing (2000–2002)
Best finish
9th (1998, 2001)
First race
1998 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami (Homestead)
Last race
2002 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante (Mexico City)
First win
1999 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota (Michigan)
Wins
Podiums
Poles
1
6
4
Championship titles
1994 1997 1999 2004 2013 2015
Formula Europa Boxer champion Indy Lights Series champion U.S. 500 winner IndyCar Series champion Indianapolis 500 winner Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner
Awards
1998
2007 2013
CART Championship Series Rookie of the Year Scott Brayton Award IndyCar Series Most Popular Driver
Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed ''TK,'' is a Brazilian racing driver. He is best known for racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) from 1998 to 2002, and the IndyCar Series from 2002 to 2023. Kanaan competes in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, driving the No. 6 Toyota Corolla E210 for Full Time Bassani.
Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed ''TK,'' is a Brazilian racing driver. He is best known for racing in Championship...
place in his attempt to defend his 2003 championship. Season champion TonyKanaan set a record by completing all 3,305 possible laps, the first IndyCar...
Homestead-Miami Speedway. TonyKanaan won the pole. Top ten results 9- Scott Dixon 6- Gil de Ferran 3- Hélio Castroneves 11- TonyKanaan 8- Scott Sharp 7- Michael...
on the pole. Top Ten Results 26- Dan Wheldon 6- Sam Hornish Jr. 11- TonyKanaan 17- Vítor Meira 3- Hélio Castroneves 10- Darren Manning 83- Patrick Carpentier...
Following the 2010 season, veteran driver TonyKanaan was released from the team due to the lack of sponsorship. Kanaan later signed with KV Racing Technology...
Award: TonyKanaan 25.5476 sec, 214.188 mph (344.702 km/h) Race Summary: TonyKanaan and Dan Wheldon dueled until the first pit stop when Kanaan and his...
from polesitter Scott Dixon. TonyKanaan quickly moved up to second position. Over the next 10–15 laps, Castroneves and Kanaan battled back-and-forth for...
won the pole. TonyKanaan led most of the race and gave Andretti Green Racing its first win of the season. Top ten results 11- TonyKanaan 225 laps 6- Sam...
Ericsson led O'Ward, TonyKanaan, Rosenqvist, and Alexander Rossi. Racing resumed on lap 199, with Rosenqvist diving to the inside of Kanaan on the restart...
Graham Rahal (2011–2012) Charlie Kimball (2011–2017) Alex Tagliani (2013) TonyKanaan (2014–2017, 2021, 2022: Indianapolis 500 only) Sage Karam (2015) Sebastián...
defending winner. 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2004 series champion TonyKanaan announced that he would retire after the race. Álex Palou won the pole...
originally scheduled for March, but was postponed due to bad weather. TonyKanaan (226.181 mph) set the fastest lap of the day, as well as the fastest...
to Chevrolet. KV Racing Technology, who won the 2013 race with driver TonyKanaan, was sold to Juncos Racing, an established team in the ladder system...
switched to Chevrolet engines, having used Honda engines since 2006. TonyKanaan left KV Racing Technology and joined Chip Ganassi Racing to replace the...
a switch to dry tires. TonyKanaan and Ryan Hunter-Reay both stopped after 11 laps, a decision which proved too early as Kanaan spun off soon after. Conditions...
combinations take to the Speedway. AGR teammates Marco Andretti and TonyKanaan led the speed charts, with Ganassi and Penske entries also filling out...
Kosuke Matsuura (221.857 mph) ended up with the fastest lap of the day. TonyKanaan drove the fastest lap of the month, at 222.668 mph. Rain kept the track...
the 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series season. TonyKanaan, a native of Brazil, was victorious on a record-setting day. Kanaan became the fourth Brazilian driver...
second consecutive championship, while the series' Rookie of the Year was TonyKanaan. This was the first of five years of sponsorship by FDX Corporation,...
of a multiple-car crash that involved the death of Dan Wheldon, with TonyKanaan leading. Therefore, the total number of IRL/IndyCar races reflected in...
was skateboarder Tony Hawk, who gave the command to start the engines. All thirty-four entered cars qualified for the race. TonyKanaan, driving the No...
Satellite Radio. On lap 113, the race underwent a lengthy rain delay, with TonyKanaan tentatively sitting as the leader. After three hours, the rain ceased...
rookie Carlos Muñoz, TonyKanaan, and Marco Andretti. At the green flag, the top three cars went three-wide into turn one, with Kanaan taking the lead. Seconds...
The race became a three-way battle for the lead between Scott Dixon, TonyKanaan, and Simon Pagenaud, with the three swapping the lead regularly. The...
Results TonyKanaan Alex Padilla Claude Bourbonnais José Luis Di Palma Jaki Scheckter Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. TonyKanaan won the...
was won by Dario Franchitti, ahead of Dan Wheldon and Marco Andretti. TonyKanaan, who had started in the final position, ran as high as second during...
Franchitti, with a solitary victory at Texas. Andretti Autosport drivers TonyKanaan and Ryan Hunter-Reay were the only other drivers to win a race, as they...