Tony Kanaan is known as a Brazilian racing driver. He is most famous for being the 2013 Indianapolis 500 winner and also being the first IndyCar Series driver to complete all possible laps in a season with 3,305 laps.
Tony Kanaan was born on December 31, 1974, in Salvador Brazil. Tony wasn't the richest kid in the world, but he enjoyed his early days, thanks to his supportive parents. His father worked as a factory owner. Tony started watching races on television with his father. Tony Kanaan started his racing journey at the age of seven when his racing enthusiast father fulfilled his wish to own a go-kart.
Everything was going fine for Tony until his father was diagnosed with cancer. Tony was just 11 when he heard that his father was suffering from the vicious disease of cancer. Later, the teenage Tony was devastated when his father died. His father was the man of the house and was the one who got him into racing. He needed to take time to recover after losing a big part of his life.
A Brazilian ironman, Tony is someone who has achieved success starting from the bottom. He had nothing with him when he moved to Italy forfeiting his education to fulfill his racing dreams. He took the hard decision because his loving father was already gone and nobody was there to support the family. Not only that, but the family also went broke when Tony's uncle stole money from the family business.
A race shop owner got impressed by Tony's racing knowledge while in Italy. The kind person allowed him to stay in the race shop, given that he would work as an employee. Tony slept on the mattress on the floor of his boss' office for three years.
Tony Kanaan has become a successful racer who is still fulfilling the promise he made to his dying father a long time ago. Moments before his father died, he asked Tony to take care of his mother and sister and keep racing.
Tony has become an inspiration for many who are having tough early days. What Tony has taught has fans is that they can achieve anything if they are dedicated enough. He has also taught them that they can be cheerful people despite sad and tragic beginnings.
Tony is the 1994 Formula Europa Boxer Champion, 1999 U.S. 500 winner, and 2014 Rolex249 (Daytona) overall winner. Tony has been successful in earning 20 million US dollars in his near to two decades of a professional racing career.
Tony Kanaan was first married to Daniela Muniz Loiola. Their marriage ended in a divorce. Since 2013, he has been married to his girlfriend turned second wife Lauren Bohlander. Lauren and Tony dated for two years before getting married. Tony is the father of two children.
His son Leo was born during his marriage with Daniela and his son Deco was born during his marriage with his current wife, Lauren. Deco was born on December 31, 2014.
| Birth Date: | 31 Dec, 1974 |
| Age: | 45 yrs |
| Occupations: | Racing automobile driver |
| Citizenship: | Brazil |
| Birth Place: | Salvador |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Brazilian racecar driver |
| Twitter Id: | TonyKanaan |
| Net Worth 2021: | 20 million |
