Michael Cannon is a protege-turned-mentor, a man you can bring in as an overseer and advisor for young race engineers, or can be slotted into a hands-on race engineer role. He can be strict but is also regarded in IndyCar circles as one of the more empathetic individuals in the role, willing to give the driver what they want rather than refusing to budge from what on paper appears the fastest set-up.
It’s assumed that Cannon got hooked on racing through watching his British-born father John Cannon race (under the Canadian flag) to victory after victory in the Formula 5000 Continental Series, culminating in becoming 1970 champion, or when winning the 1968 Can-Am race at Laguna Seca. Yet Cannon insists not.
