1976–2003 · Racer · Friend · Son
Remembering Tony Renna
Tony Renna was a gifted American open-wheel racer whose quiet determination carried him from quarter midgets to the Indianapolis 500 and a place with Target Chip Ganassi Racing.
He raced with skill, humility and an unmistakable love for the sport. This memorial preserves the career, photographs and recollections that friends and fans shared after his death at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 22, 2003.
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Tony began racing at six years old. He became a two-time national quarter-midget champion, won the Skip Barber Formula Ford Florida Series while still in high school, raced in Britain and the Barber Dodge Pro Series, then won from pole in Indy Lights at Michigan in 1998. In 2002 he made his IndyCar debut with Kelley Racing. At the 2003 Indianapolis 500, he qualified eighth and finished seventh—second-highest among the rookies and one of only nine drivers on the lead lap.
Preserved from the original memorial
The original TonyRenna.net was created in 2003 as a place of memory, information and reflection. Its familiar checkered background, memorial artwork, biography, race record, photographs, tributes and memorial golf-tournament history are presented here so that Tony’s story remains accessible.