Tony Kanaan

An oil leak on the track was not caught by IRL officials and Kanaan crashed, finishing 28th.

Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed TK, is a Brazilian racing driver.

Kanaan began competing in Formula Europa Boxer for the 1994 season.

Kanaan drove for Cram Competition in a Tatuus-Alfa Romeo.

Kanaan won the series championship on the strength of 5 race wins.

Kanaan competed in Italian Formula Three in 1995 for Tatuus in a Dallara 395-Opel.

Kanaan began to compete in Indy Lights in 1996 for Tasman Motorsports, returning for the 1997 season.

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.

Kanaan began to compete in CART in 1998 for Tasman Motorsports, finishing out the season ranked ninth in points, with 92.

Kanaan won the Jim Trueman Rookie of the Year Award.

In 1999, he signed to drive for Forsythe, and finished the season ranked 11th.

He got his first podium since winning at Michigan in 1999.

Kanaan later qualified on the pole position at the Target Grand Prix at Chicago Motor Speedway.

He finished the season ranked ninth.

In 2000, Kanaan moved to Mo Nunn Racing.

His best results were a trio of eighth-place finishes at the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix at Nazareth Speedway, the Motorola 220 at Road America and the Honda Indy 300 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit.

Kanaan stayed with Mo Nunn Racing for the 2001 season.

In 2002, Kanaan's highlight through the first three races of the season was a second-place start at the Bridgestone Potenza 500 at Twin Ring Motegi.

In 2002, Kanaan and Mo Nunn Racing competed in the Indy Racing League (IRL), making a one-off entry into the Indianapolis 500.

Kanaan was the highest-starting rookie in the race, qualifying in fifth-place.

During the race, Kanaan led for 23 laps, when on lap 90 both Jimmy Vasser and Bruno Junqueira had mechanical problems, slowing on the track.

In 2003, Kanaan joined IRL full-time, signing with Andretti Green Racing.

Kanaan won the Purex Dial Indy 200 after leading for 79 laps.

The victory moved Kanaan to first in the point standings.

In the Indianapolis 500 finished third behind Gil de Ferran and Hélio Castroneves.

Kanaan finished the season ranked fourth.

In 2004, Kanaan returned with Andretti Green Racing to drive the No. 11 7-Eleven Dallara IR03-Ilmor-Honda Indy V8 HI4R.

He won the Copper World Indy 200 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Kanaan won the Bombardier 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the Firestone Indy 200 at Nashville Superspeedway.

Kanaan completed all 3,305 laps during the season.

His 618 points secured the championship.

For 2005, Kanaan returned with Andretti Green Racing in the No. 11 7-Eleven Dallara IR05-Ilmor-Honda Indy V8 HI4R.

Kanaan returned with Andretti Green Racing in the No. 11 7-Eleven Dallara IR05-Ilmor-Honda Indy V8 HI4R in 2006.

Kanaan won a race and secured 9 podiums to win 111 points, ranking 5th.

Kanaan finished the season in 12th.

Kanaan's best finish in these races was 15th at Motegi.

At the Miller Lite 250 at the Milwaukee Mile, Kanaan and Mo Nunn Racing switched chassis types to the Lola B02/00.

Kanaan qualified on the pole position at both the Grand Prix Americas at Bayfront Park and The 500 Presented by Toyota at California Speedway, and finished third at both the Molson Indy Vancouver on the Streets of Vancouver and the Molson Indy Montreal at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

He finished the season ranked 19th.