Tony Kanaan in Milwaukee's IRL race in 2014.
Tony Kanaan, in Milwaukee's CART race in 2000.
August 25, 2014
Milwaukee IndyFest 2014 at the Milwaukee Mile is history and the IRL crews are about to race in California as I write this blog. Early Sunday morning they had earthquakes just a few miles away from the California racetrack. I hope all are all right and ready to race again.
The Milwaukee race was a good fight for Will Power and Juan Pablo Montoya. I was pulling for Montoya as my other favorite, Helio Castroneves, just wasn't in the picture much during the race. I think Helio's championship title fight might be over. There are just not enough races left to gain points for Helio. Milwaukee, once again, isn't good for Helio come race time.
I was very happy to see Matthew Brabham running well in the Indy Lights and I see big things for this young man. His father Geoff, who was at the race, is a great driver coach for his son. Geoff raced Indy cars a bit, but really is famous for racing the Nissan IMSA GTP cars in the 1980's and winning a lot of races.
Matthew Brabham would have won his Indy Lights race if not for a late crash and then a bad restart. He finished P2 and was just heart broken sitting on the wall after the race with his Dad. He is learning quickly what racing is all about.
I hope you enjoy a look at Matthew Brabham, Rick Mears and the rest of the guys.
Have a great week.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
May 27, 2013
Today's blog is a pleasure to do because it is about Tony Kanaan winning the Indy 500 race!
Tony, is one of those guys who should have won the Indy 500 more than once already but hasn't. He has had bad luck at each previous attempt to win the great race.
Each time Tony has raced at Indy he has had the lead for a while but just not at the right time. This time, everything went his way and I think every person at the speedway was happy. It was his time finally, to pour the milk on his head!
His face will now be put on the huge Borg Warner trophy that has every previous winner's face on it. Tony joked about his big nose being put on the trophy!
It was a good race, a fast race, nobody got hurt and the good guy finally won! I even had a tear in my eye when Tony won!
Congrats Tony, you deserve all that comes with winning the Indy 500! He will have a very busy week this week because he is the Indy 500 winner!!
Attached are a few photos from the Milwaukee Mile race in 2012.
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Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
June 11, 2012
Tony Kanaan is probably the most physically fit person on pit lane. He has become a triathlete and has competed in the Iron Man marathon in Hawaii with fellow Indy Car driver Vitor Meira.
His Indy Car career began in 1998 after winning the Indy Lights championship in 1997. Through the years he has driven for Forsythe Racing and had Alex Zanardi as a teammate in his second year with Mo Nunn Racing.
In 2003, Tony moved to Andretti Green Racing taking over for retiring race car driver Michael Andretti. Tony won the 2004 IRL championship and completed every possible lap for the season (3,305)! He is the first Indy Car driver to complete every lap in a season and that is amazing to me.
In 2011 Tony moved to the KV Racing Technology Team driving for team owner Jimmy Vasser.
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Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
