Tony Kanaan News

BSN has signed on for Sunday's race and five other IndyCar events. The company will be represented on Kanaan's car by its energy drink N.O.-XPLODE. The bright red N.O.-Xplode logo will be on the shark fin of Kanaan's No.

What allowed Dario Franchitti to jump ahead of Tony Kanaan at the start of the Sao Paulo IndyCar race? Competition within the IZOD IndyCar Series has become so close in recent years, gaining positions on starts and restarts has become absolutely critical.

Four days after the Brazilian ran out of fuel and again fell out of contention in his hometown race at Sao Paulo, Kanaan was preparing to compete at his second favorite racing circuit, Indianapolis, a venue that has been as kind and as frustrating as any place he's ever competed.

National Guard Panther Racing driver JR Hildebrand led his first laps of the 2013 season during the Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300, but had to settle on a 15th-place finish after the team lost telemetry and got stuck on an alternate fuel strategy.

IndyCar driver Ryan Hunter-Reay, of the US, leads the pack during the start of the IndyCar's Sao Paulo 300 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday May 5, 2013.

The defending IndyCar Series champion was timed in 1 minute, 20.430 seconds for a lap at the Anhembi street track.

By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers Ryan Hunter-Reay and his No. 1 Andretti Autosport prepared Chevrolet Dallara has taken the Pole for the 2013 Itaipava Sao Paulo Indy 300 in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a lap of 1:20.4312. For Hunter-Reay, it is his second Pole of the 2013 IndyCar season and third career IndyCar Pole.

It seems only fitting that Brazil be the site of Tony Kanaan's 200th consecutive start.

The Brazilian arrives at the Sao Paulo 300 with an injured right hand that he knows will bother him.

The Brazilian arrives at the Sao Paulo 300 with an injured right hand that he knows will bother him.

With three races on the 19-event 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series schedule in the record books, Chevrolet holds the lead in the Series' Manufacturers' Standings, and Team Chevy driver Helio Castroneves holds the lead in the overall driver point standings heading into this weekend's 75-lap, 190.2-mile race on the Streets of SA o Paulo .

Canadian James Hinchcliffe is one the best and most easy-going drivers in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Tony Kanaan has torn ligaments in his right hand from the crash with Oriol Servia in last weekend's IndyCar Series race in Long Beach, Calif.

After practice sessions that saw Simona De Silvestro with top-ten lap times, it was Tony Kanaan who set the pace for KV Racing Technology's qualifying efforts on the streets of Long Beach.