The tattoo process took 12 hours, much longer than most races, but former Indianapolis 500 champion Tony Kanaan said it was more than worth the time.

Kanaan displayed a photograph of his newest tattoo — an intricate inking that covers much of his right arm — on his Instagram account.

The elaborate tattoo includes what Kanaan, winner of the 2013 Indy 500, called “the most important things in my lifetime until today.”

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Displayed on his arm are the Borg-Warner Trophy (which goes to the 500 winner), his car number in that race (11), his wedding date, a speedometer and handprints and footprints of his children, all on a background of bricks from the Brickyard.

Kanaan told USA Today Sports the tattoo was done by Swedish tattoo artist Niki Norberg in December in Sao Paulo. Kanaan is from Brazil.

“It took 12 hours, two sessions of six hours each,” Kanaan said. “We were planning only one session, but he wanted to make the details really nice, so we did two.”

Kanaan said he and the artist talked about what should be included in the tattoo during a half-hour session before the process began.

“Like with every tattoo (Kanaan has several), it hurt, but when you want to do something you’ve got to put up with the pain,” he said.

The 2016 Verizon IndyCar season kicks off with the March 13 Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.