Tony Kanaan

Tony Kanaan
Kanaan at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi in April 2008
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho (1974-12-31) December 31, 1974 (age 42) Salvador, Brazil
Championship titles
1994 1997 1999 2004 2013 2014	Formula Europa Boxer champion Indy Lights Series champion U.S. 500 winner Verizon IndyCar Series champion Indianapolis 500 winner 2015 Rolex 24 at Daytona overall winner
Awards
1998 2007 2013	CART Championship Series Rookie of the Year Scott Brayton Award Verizon IndyCar Series Most Popular Driver
Champ Car career
92 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 Presented by Banamex/Visa (Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez)
First win	1999 U. S. 500 Presented by Toyota (Michigan)
Last win	1999 U. S. 500 Presented by Toyota (Michigan)
Wins Podiums Poles 1 6 4
Verizon IndyCar Series career
Debut season	2002
Current team	NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing
Car no.	10
Former teams	Mo Nunn Racing (2002) Andretti Green Racing (2003–2009) Andretti Autosport (2010) KV Racing Technology-Lotus (2011) KV Racing Technology (2012–2013) Target Chip Ganassi Racing (2014-present)
Starts	204
Wins	16
Podiums	67
Poles	12
Fastest laps	14
Best finish	1st in 2004
Previous series
1996–1997 1998–2002	Indy Lights Series CART Championship Series

Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, more commonly known as Tony Kanaan, (born December 31, 1974) is a Brazilian racing driver.

Kanaan won the 2013 Indianapolis 500 and the 2004 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. That season, he completed 3,305 laps, making him the first IndyCar Series driver to complete every possible lap in a season. He also led 889 laps in 13 separate races to establish an IndyCar Series record. He is also the only driver to lead the Indianapolis 500 in each of his first seven starts, and won his first race on his 12th attempt. Kanaan has a total of 17 career race wins and 15 pole-positions in the Verizon IndyCar Series. Kanaan also won the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2015, driving for Chip Ganassi Racing.

After his former teammate at Andretti Autosport Dario Franchitti suffered career-ending injuries in a crash with Takuma Sato at the 2013 Shell and Pennzoil Grand Prix of Houston Race #2 at Reliant Park, Kanaan replaced him in the #10 Target-sponsored Dallara DW12-Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6 for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, beginning in the 2014 season. Kanaan was originally contracted to drive the #8 NTT Data/TNT Energy Drink-sponsored Dallara DW12-Ilmor Engineering|Ilmor-Chevrolet Indy V6 for Chip Ganassi Racing. Kanaan began driving for NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing in the #10 NTT Data-sponsored IndyCar in 2015.

Kanaan would begin to compete in Formula Europa Boxer for the 1994 season. Kanaan would drive for Cram Competition in a Tatuus-Alfa Romeo. Kanaan would win the series championship on the strength of 5 wins.