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Tony Kanaan Signs With DeFerran Dragon Racing for 2011 IndyCar Season

In the second major IZOD IndyCar Series team announcement in the last week, de Ferran Dragon Racing named 2004 series champ Tony Kanaan to drive its No. 2 car for the 2011 season. Kanaan, one of the most popular drivers in the series (shown above with his three-year-old son, Leonardo), parted ways with Andretti...

Helio Castroneves Wins at Kentucky on Fuel Gamble

This time, Helio Castroneves was all hugs with IndyCar's security director Charles Burns. Castroneves won Saturday night's Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway after his Penske team made a shrewd call for an extra pit stop during the race's second and final caution period. Just weeks ago, of course, Castroneves was...

Tony Kanaan Ends Slump With Iowa Victory

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) -- Tony Kanaan overtook Helio Castroneves with 10 laps left and held on to win the Iowa 250 Sunday. It was the first win since 2008 for Kanaan, who last took the checkered flag in Richmond two years ago. Kanaan had crashed in each of his first three starts at Iowa, but he zipped past Castroneves on lap...

Indy 500 Delivers on Speed, Drama, Love

INDIANAPOLIS -- In the end, Dario didn't run out of gas, a bunch of his competitors nearly did, and Ashley couldn't stay in her shoes. Everything else surrounding the 94th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday prior to the final couple of laps was a blur -- sort of like Dario Franchitti's No. 10 car for most of the...

Memo to Danica: We're Losing Interest

It may shock you to discover that sex, the most provocative word in any language, doesn't necessarily sell in sports. Such is the hard lesson of Danica Patrick, who has posed and unzipped and used her looks to sell t-shirts and do interviews and commercials, but, in the end, hasn't won enough to sustain her once-sizable...

Tony Kanaan News From the Web

06/01/12 IndyCar Preview: Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand... Source: The Frontstretch Honestly most of the news this week centers around the Indy 500, with the awards, checks, and media blitz being the focus.
05/29/12 Kanaan Excites Indy with Dramatic Finish in 500 Mile... Source: UnumProvident Corp INDIANAPOLIS--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Mouser Electronics , Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today congratulates champion driver Tony Kanaan for his outstanding third-place finish in the Indianapolis 500, where he drove the No. 11 MOUSER ELECTRONICS/GEICO/KV Racing Technology Chevrolet/Firestone IndyCar to capture a coveted podium position.
05/29/12 Dixon, Kanaan say Sato too bold Source: Racer.com Second- and third-place finishers Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan believe Takuma Sato was too bold in his attempt to pass Dario Franchitti for the Indianapolis 500 lead on the final lap of the race and will be "forever haunted" by the error.
05/29/12 INDY: Dixon, Kanaan say Sato too bold Source: Autosport.com Former IndyCar champions Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan believe Takuma Sato was too bold in his attempt to pass Dario Franchitti for the Indianapolis 500 lead on the final lap of the race and will be 'haunted' by the error.
05/27/12 Kanaan comes up short again at Indianapolis 500 Source: Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem NC Tony Kanaan was hoping his luck would change at this year's Indianapolis 500.

Background on Tony Kanaan

Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, commonly known as Tony Kanaan (born December 31, 1974 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Brazilian race car driver of Lebanese heritage.

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