 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kanaan akadzoka naAndretti Green Racing muNhamba 11 7-Eleven-inotsigirwa Dallara IR05-Ilmor-Honda Indy V8 HI4R muna 2006. Mwaka wose waizova kurwisana kwechikwata chose cheAndretti Green ichienzaniswa nemwaka wapfuura nekuda kwechikamu cheMarlboro Team Penske uye Target Chip Ganassi Racing kutanga kushandisa injini dzeHonda nekuda kweToyota kubvisa mushure me2005. Kukunda bedzi kwaKanaan kwemwaka wacho kwakanga kuri paA.J. Foyt 225 paMilwaukee Mile. Kutanga kwakanakisisa kwaKanaan kwemwaka kwaive kwechipiri paWatkins Glen Indy Grand Prix yakapihwa naTissot kuWatkins Glen International. MuIndianapolis 500Kanaan akapedza ari wechishanu mumakwikwi aya achitungamirira kumativi gumi nemaviri. Pa 190th lap Felipe Giaffone akadonha muchikamu 2 apo Kanaan akanga achiri kuita kumira kwake kwekupedzisira; somugumisiro, akaisa pasi pekuchenjerera uye akadonha kunzvimbo yechina. Munzendo yokupedzisira, Dan Wheldon akapfuura Kanaan. Kanaan akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechishanu shure kwaSam Hornish, Jr., Marco Andretti, Michael Andretti naWheldon. Musi wa 28 Chivabvu 2006, shamwari yaKanaan Rubens Barrichello akapfeka ngowani yaKanaan panguva yeFormula One Monaco Grand Prix uye Kanaan akapfeka ngowani yaBarrichello panguva yeIndianapolis 500. Ivo vaviri vakasika sangano rinopa rubatsiro rwemari uye rwehunyanzvi kumasangano mukati mevashandi vanozvipira, iyo Barrichello Kanaan Institute. Kanaan aizova nechinetso nomumwe weshamwari dzake dzenguva refu dzakanaka uye aimbova mutambi pamwe naye kubva panguva yake paTasman Motorsports, Hélio Castroneves. Kanaan naCastroneves vakanga vakudziridza kukwikwidzana kukuru uko kwakaguma nemirangariro yakaipa. Castroneves akapomera Kanaan mhosva yokumuita kuti arasikirwe nemakwikwi emwaka wa2006 nokumhanya zvakanyanya kuti awane nzvimbo mumutambo wokupedzisira. Kanaan akapindura kuti akanga asina kubhadharwa kuti arege vamwe vanhu vachimupfuura nokuda kwenzvimbo. Vaviri vacho vakatanga kugadzirisa kusawirirana kwavo pa2007 Indianapolis 500. Kanaan akapedza ari pachinhanho chechitanhatu nemapoinzi 384. 