Tony Kanaan

Race Car Driver

Tony Kanaan was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on December 31st, 1974 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 49, Tony Kanaan biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
December 31, 1974
Nationality
Brazil
Place of Birth
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Age
49 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Networth
$20 Million
Profession
Racing Automobile Driver
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Tony Kanaan Career

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.

Kanaan competed in Italian Formula Three in 1995 for Tatuus in a Dallara 395-Opel. Kanaan would win a race and get 9 podiums to finish 5th in points with 111 points.

Kanaan began to compete in the PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered By Buick (now Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tires) in 1996 for Tasman Motorsports in the No. 37 Marlboro Lola T96/20-Buick V6. At the season-opening race at Homestead Motorsports Complex Kanaan started 9th and finished 10th. At the second race of the season on the Streets of Long Beach, Kanaan would start 3rd and finish 2nd. Kanaan moved from 10th to 3rd in points following the race. Kanaan's results in the next three races were 12th, 17th, and 7th at Nazareth Speedway, Michigan International Speedway and the Milwaukee Mile. In those races, Kanaan started 14th, 4th, and 11th. At Michigan Kanaan led for 8 laps before retiring due to a mechanical problem. At the race at Belle Isle State Park Kanaan started 5th and won his first race after leading for a race-high 29 of 36 laps. At the next race at Portland International Raceway Kanaan qualified on the pole position and finished 5th after leading for 3 laps. Kanaan would get a pair of 2nd-place finishes at the races at Circuit Trois-Rivières and Concord Pacific Place. In the latter, Kanaan led for a race-high 22 of 44 laps. At the next and season-ending race at Laguna Seca Raceway Kanaan qualified on the pole position and led for all 34 laps to get his second victory of the season. Kanaan would finish 2nd in points with 113 points.

In 1997 Kanaan returned with Tasman Motorsports to drive the No. 7 Marlboro/Davene/Brahma Lola T97/20-Buick V6. At the season-opening race at Homestead Motorsports Complex Kanaan started 10th and finished 6th. Kanaan would then get consecutive 5th-place finishes at the next two races, on the Streets of Long Beach and at Nazareth Speedway. Kanaan would then finish 23rd and 10th at the Hutchinson Island Road Race Course and at Gateway International Raceway. At the next race at Belle Isle State Park Kanaan qualified on the pole position and led all 36 laps of the race to win the race. Kanaan would then qualify on the pole position at Exhibition Place and would finish in 2nd place. Kanaan would then win at Circuit Trois-Rivières after starting 3rd and leading for a race-high 44 of 50 laps. Kanaan would then take the championship lead with a 2nd-place finish at the race at Concord Pacific Place. Kanaan would then finish 2nd and 9th at the races at Laguna Seca Raceway and California Speedway, qualifying on the pole position and 3rd place to end the season. Kanaan would win the series championship with 156 points.

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Gil de Ferran, 2003 Indy 500 winner, dead at 56 after having a heart attack while racing with his son in Florida as tributes pour in: 'He defined class as a driver and as a gentleman'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 30, 2023
Multiple former teammates told The Associated Press that Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 champion and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died on Friday while racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida. He was 56 years old at the time. At the private course in Opa-Locka, Florida, Brazilian driver Tony Kanaan said he was with his son, Luke, when he pulled over and said he wasn't feeling well. Kanaan said de Ferran appeared to have suffered a heart attack and could not be revived. When de Ferran won the 2003 Indy 500 for Roger Penske, it was his third straight victory in the 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' for Penske, who has now won a record 19 victories in the storious Memorial Day weekend race.
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