Tony Kanaan, the Brazilian driver who took this year's Indy 500,
is a lunchpail racer. By that, I mean he's just as involved with
the day-to-day operations of the team, KV Racing Technology, as
he is with driving the car. You can learn a lot from a guy like
that.  This week on /SHAKEDOWN, Leo Parente interviews Kanaan
about building a winning team from scratch, his definition of
luck, the "mental math" it takes to win the Indy 500, his
friendship with the late Dan Wheldon, how Rubens Barrichello
taught him to find a bathroom and his frustrating, often-shaky
relationship with IndyCar racing.  Why the frustration for
Kanaan? Imagine holding the record for non-winning Indy 500 laps
led, at 221, and never converting that into a checkered flag.
Indeed, this win was a long time coming. The closest he'd come
before this year was second to Buddy Rice back in '04.  Even if
you don't plan to watch another Indy race this season, you need
to get to know Tony Kanaan, if only because he's a racer who
speaks his mind. That'