Paul Tracy
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Paul Anthony Tracy (born December 17, 1968) is a Canadian professional auto racing driver who participated in 
Champ Car World Series Champ Car World Series (CCWS) was the series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc., a sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 2004 to 2008. It was the successor to Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), ...
, the
IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, officially known as the NTT IndyCar Series for sponsorship reasons, is the highest class of American open-wheel car racing in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of various sanctioning bodies sinc ...
, and the
Championship Auto Racing Teams Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was a Governing body, sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 1979 until dissolving after the 2003 CART season, 2003 season. CART was founded in 1979 by team owners formerly ...
(CART). He started
kart racing Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on fu ...
at age five and quickly became successful and began car racing at sixteen, finishing third in the 1985
Formula Ford 1600 Formula Ford 1600 is a group of auto racing championships for 1600cc Ford Kent engine, Ford Kent powered Formula Ford racing cars. The UK national Formula Ford category disbanded these cars when it adopted the 1800cc Ford Zetec engine, Zetec engi ...
championship with one win and Rookie of the Year honors. Tracy became the youngest Canadian Formula Ford champion in the 1985 CASC Formula 1600 Challenge Series and was the youngest
Can-Am The Canadian-American Challenge Cup, or Can-Am, was an SCCA/ CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1974, and again from 1977 to 1987. The Can-Am rules were deliberately simple and placed few limits on the entries. This led to a wide variet ...
race winner the following year. He raced in the American Racing Series for three years between 1988 and
1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
, winning the series title with nine wins from fourteen races in 1990. Tracy's CART career began in the 1991 season with
Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing (DCR) is an American professional open-wheel racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT. The team was founded in 1984 and is owned by former driver Dale Coyne. From 1995 to 2000, the team was known ...
. However, following one race, he drove three races for  Penske Racing. He competed with Penske in eleven races during the 1992 season, finishing on the podium three times. In the
1993 season The General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its calendar advanced 24 hours to th ...
, Tracy finished third in the drivers' standings after winning five races. The following year, Tracy won three more races. He moved to
Newman/Haas Racing Newman/Haas Racing was an auto racing team that competed in CART, Champ Car, and the IndyCar Series from 1983 to 2011. The team operations were based in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Newman/Haas Racing was formed as a partnership between actor, automo ...
for the 1995 season, winning two races before returning to Penske for the 1996 championship. Tracy won another three races in the 1997 season before being fired for criticizing the car and joined
Team Green Andretti Global is an American motorsports organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series, Indy NXT, Formula E, and joint entries in IMSA and the Australian Supercars Championship. Starting in 2026, Andretti will also operate the Cadi ...
the following year. He was third in the 1999 championship with two victories but fell to fifth in 2000 season despite three more wins. Tracy's form declined over the next two seasons but won one race in
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
. He joined
Forsythe Racing Forsythe Championship Racing was an American racing team that competed in the Champ Car, Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing. The ...
in the 2003 championship, winning his first (and only) series title with seven victories. In the renamed Champ Car World Series (CCWS) in
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
and
2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, he won two races for fourth overall in both seasons. Tracy's performance declined during a 2006 season in which he took three podium finishes. His final Champ Car victory came in the 2007 championship. Following the unification of the CCWS and the IndyCar Series, he raced part-time for the
KV Racing Technology KV Racing Technology was an auto racing team that last competed in the IndyCar Series. The team was originally formed as PK Racing before the 2003 season by Australian businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and former Formula One team manager Craig Pollo ...
,
Vision Racing Vision Racing was a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter to be the driver. The team has previously raced in the Izod IndyCar ...
,
A. J. Foyt Enterprises A. J. Foyt Racing, officially and historically known as A. J. Foyt Enterprises, is an American racing team in the IndyCar Series and formerly NASCAR. It is owned by four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, 1972 Daytona 500 winner, 1967 24 Hours of Le ...
,
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is an American automotive racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and Nitrocross. The team is owned by Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis BMW, Infiniti, Volkswagen, Mini (marque), MINI, and Subaru dealer D ...
and
Dragon Racing DS Penske (formerly Dragon Racing) is an auto racing team that is involved in many areas of motorsport. The team is based in the United States, but once competed under a French license. DS Penske was founded in 2007 as Dragon Racing by Americans ...
teams over the following three years. Tracy entered
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
-sanctioned
stock car races Stocks (also capital stock, or sometimes interchangeably, shares) consist of all the shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporation in proportion t ...
in its
Busch Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
and the
Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...
,
sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing that uses sports cars with two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be either purpose-built Sports prototype, sports prototypes, which are the highest level in sports car racing; or grand to ...
through the
Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
as well as the
Stadium Super Trucks The Stadium Super Trucks (SST), formerly known as Speed Energy Formula Off-Road, also known as the Boost Mobile Super Trucks in Australia, is an American short course off-road racing series created by off-road racer and former IndyCar and NASCAR d ...
and the
Superstar Racing Experience Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), officially known as the Camping World SRX Series, was an American stock car racing series founded by Tony Stewart, Ray Evernham, Sandy Montag and George Pyne (business executive), George Pyne. The formation of t ...
. Nicknamed "The Thrill from West Hill" for his aggressive driving style and his bad boy image, his outspoken nature saw him placed on probation and fined several times by CART. He analysed IndyCar races for the Canadian broadcaster
Sportsnet Sportsnet is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language Discretionary service, discretionary sports broadcasting, sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture betw ...
in the 2013 season and then for
NBCSN NBCSN (also known as NBC Sports Network) was an American sports television television channel, channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Lif ...
between the
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
and
2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
seasons. Tracy is an inductee of the
Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame The Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame is a walk of fame located on South Pine Avenue in the downtown waterfront area of Long Beach, California, to recognize those who have made a major contribution to auto racing in Long Beach. The project wa ...
and the
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame The Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (CMHF) is a hall of fame run by the Canadian Motorsport Heritage Foundation as a not-for-profit charitable institution that "honours and recognizes the achievements of individuals and institutions that have ma ...
.


Early life

Tracy was born in
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to: People * Scarborough (surname) * Earl of Scarbrough Places Australia * Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth * Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong * Scarborough, Queensland, sub ...
,
Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
, Canada on December 17, 1968, and grew up in the working-class bedroom suburb east of
Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
. He is the son of Northern Ireland-born house painter Tony Tracy, who was the president of Trabur Painting, and his English wife Vivienne Tracy. Tony rode a
Velocette Velocette is a range of motorcycles made by Veloce Ltd, in Hall Green, Birmingham, England. One of several motorcycle manufacturers in Birmingham, Velocette was a small, family-owned firm, selling almost as many hand-built motorcycles during ...
in England and Ireland before injuring himself in an accident and emigrating to Canada with his two brothers in the 1960s. Tracy has two older half-sisters from his father's first marriage and a younger sister. He attended Jack Miner Public High School and continued attending while
karting Kart racing or karting is a motorsport discipline using open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on full-size motor ...
, graduating after passing all of his subjects.


Junior racing career

Tracy got his first miniature motorized mini-bike when he was four, and received his first small motorized children's
go-kart A go-kart, also written as go-cart (often referred to as simply a kart), is a type of small sports car, close wheeled car, open-wheel car or quadracycle. Go-karts come in all shapes and forms, from non-motorised models to high-performanc ...
from his father aged five. His father's painting company provided enough funds for his son to compete in karts and, later, cars. He drove every weekend on tracks in Central and Eastern Canada as well as the Northern United States; Tracy had to prepare and maintain his kart because his father worked long hours. He was inspired by four-time
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
winner
A. J. Foyt Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr. (born January 16, 1935) is an American former racing driver who competed in numerous disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for his open wheel racing career, and for becoming the first four-time winner of the India ...
, and learnt go-karting from driver
Scott Goodyear Donald Scott Goodyear (born December 20, 1959) is a Canadian retired racing driver. He competed in CART Championship cars and the Indy Racing League. Along with Michael Andretti, Goodyear is the only driver to have won the Michigan 500 more th ...
, before he progressed from the junior class to the senior category when he was 12 years old. Tracy won the Canadian Senior Karting Championship twice and 91 of 94 races in his first full senior season. He entered the North American Race of Champions and finished in the top ten of the
Karting World Championship The FIA Karting World Championship, officially known as the Mondokart.com FIA Karting World Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Hosted annually since 1964, it is widely regarded as the ...
twice. Tracy stopped racing karts upon turning 15, and his father had Goodyear teach him how to drive and handle race cars, as well as car setup. Aged 16, he progressed to car racing and his father wanted him to enter several European and North American events and race series as possible. Tracy finished third in the
Formula Ford 1600 Formula Ford 1600 is a group of auto racing championships for 1600cc Ford Kent engine, Ford Kent powered Formula Ford racing cars. The UK national Formula Ford category disbanded these cars when it adopted the 1800cc Ford Zetec engine, Zetec engi ...
Championship with one victory, and was named Rookie of the Year. He raced in the 1985 CASC Formula 1600 Challenge Series with Colin Hines Racing in a small Van Diemen RF85-
Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ...
formula open-wheel car. Tracy was Formula Ford's youngest Canadian champion following a season-long battle with
Scott Maxwell __NOTOC__ Scott Maxwell (born January 20, 1964), is a Canadian auto racing driver. Scott has competed and won titles in Formula Vee (1984), Formula Ford 1600 (1985 and 1986), Canadian National Showroom Stock (1992 and 1993) and Grand-Am/Continen ...
. He retired from the CASC Formula Ford 2000 Canadian Run-Off in a Van Diemen RF86 and won the CASC Formula Ford 1600 Canadian Run-Off from
pole position In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the ra ...
at
Circuit Mont-Tremblant Circuit Mont-Tremblant is a race circuit located approximately north of Montreal, Quebec, in the city of Mont-Tremblant, Canada. It is the second-oldest existing race track in Canada, and was originally known as Circuit Mont-Tremblant-St-Jovi ...
. Tracy also failed to start the FAQ Challenge Labatt 50 Formula 1600 round at the
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, also spelled ''Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve'' (), is a motor racing Race track, circuit on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the venue for the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA Form ...
. In 1986, he moved to the higher-tier Formula 2000 and raced a
Rothmans Rothmans may refer to: * Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, a Canadian tobacco company * Rothmans International, a former British tobacco manufacturer, founded by Louis Rothman See also

* Rothman, a surname * Rothmans 12 hours, a series of sports car r ...
-entered Van Diemen RF86 single-seater open wheel car in the Canadian Formula 2000 Championship. Tracy was fourth overall, with one win at
Sanair Super Speedway Sanair Super Speedway is a motorsports park with a paved triangular oval race track, a dragstrip, a oval, as well as a mini-oval and karting course. It also formerly had a road course which has since ceased to be used. It is located in Sai ...
and three podium finishes for 164 points. He also raced four rounds of that year's , winning the third Sanair round and did three races in the British Formula 2000 Championship with two podium finishes. Tracy raced a
Porsche 944 The Porsche 944 is a sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche from 1982 until 1991. A front-engine, rear-wheel drive mid-level model based on the Porsche 924, 924 Car platform, platform, the 944 was available in coupé o ...
for Mark Motors in the seven-round Porsche Challenge Series, finishing 17th overall with 40 points. He finished 12th in the Rothmans Porsche Canadian Run-Off and 5th in the Formula 2000 Canadian Run-Off in the Buick Grand National 1986 at Mont-Tremblant. Tracy accepted an offer from Canadian driver Horst Kroll to drive Kroll's third Frissbee KR4-
Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ) is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM). In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks. Due to the promi ...
car at the final round of the 1986 Can-Am Series—the Budweiser 650 at
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-Race track, track motorsport venue located north of Bowmanville in Clarington, Ontario, Canada, approximately 75 kilometers (47 miles) east of To ...
—after impressing Kroll with his abilities at Sanair. He took his first (and only) Can-Am victory from pole position and became its youngest ever winner at age 17. Tracy finished fifth in the Ford Race of Champions at
Brands Hatch Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts ...
in England. He returned to the United Kingdom in late 1986 to race in the BBC Winter Grandstand Series for Formula Ford 2000 cars, finishing fourth overall, and worked for Van Diemen owner Ralph Firman Sr. Tracy won the season-opening Mosport Park round of the 1987 Canadian Formula 2000 Championship in a Trabur Painting-run Reynard 87SF the following year, finishing 15th overall with 59 points. He drove a Ralt RT4 car in three rounds of the HFC Formula Atlantic Challenge, finishing 30th in points with nine scored, and had an accident in the SCCA SPI International Formula Atlantic Championship round at
Memphis International Raceway Memphis International Raceway (formerly known as Memphis Motorsports Park) was an auto racing park located near the Loosahatchie River in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, approximately ten miles south of Millington, and a few miles nort ...
. Tracy also competed in four Porsche Challenge Series rounds, finishing third in Mosport and Montreal. He completed his Canadian racing season early in August 1987 since he had nothing to gain by finishing the season. Tracy competed in the ten-round New Zealand International Formula Pacific championship in early 1988, finishing third with
David Brabham David Philip Brabham (born 5 September 1965) is an Australian racing driver and one of the most successful and experienced specialists in sports car racing. He has won three international Sports Car series and is one of four Australians to have ...
, with two wins at
Timaru International Motor Raceway Timaru International Motor Raceway is a motor racing circuit situated about 10 minutes or outside of Timaru, New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the ...
, four podium finishes, and one pole in a Ralt RT4-Ford for Graeme Lawrence Autosport. He switched to the
Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing was an American auto racing team owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team debuted in 1985, and competed in the CART and Indy Racing League ranks until the team originally shut down in 2010. The team returned to competition in 2015, and cu ...
team and progressed to the higher-tier American Racing Series (ARS)
Championship Auto Racing Teams Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) was a Governing body, sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 1979 until dissolving after the 2003 CART season, 2003 season. CART was founded in 1979 by team owners formerly ...
' (CART) developmental series— for the 1988 season with sponsorship funding acquired by his father. Driving the outdated, standard March 86A-
Buick V6 The Buick V6 is an OHV V6 engine developed by the Buick division of General Motors and first introduced in 1962. The engine was originally and was marketed as the ''Fireball'' engine. GM continued to develop and refine the V6, eventually and co ...
Wildcat car raced by all ARS participants, Tracy won the season-opening round at
Phoenix Raceway Phoenix Raceway (formerly known as ISM Raceway from 2018–2020, Phoenix International Raceway from 1964–1973 and 1976–2017, and FasTrack International Speedway from 1973–1976) is a Oval track racing#Unique shapes, dogleg oval track in A ...
but unreliability and accidents affected the rest of his season with four more top-tens. He finished tenth in the final standings with 58 points and was voted ARS Rookie of the Year. Tracy's father formed the Maple Leaf Racing team for his son to race in the 1989 ARS season after Tracy was reportedly one of three drivers considered to drive for Footwork's
Japanese Formula 3000 The Japanese Super Formula Championship is a formula racing series held primarily in Japan. It is considered to be the pinnacle of single-seater racing in Japan or Asia as a whole, making it one of the top motorsport series in the region. The s ...
squad. He finished in the top ten five times in eleven races, with best finishes of second place at Phoenix and
Portland International Raceway Portland International Raceway (PIR) is a motorsport facility in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is part of the Delta Park complex on the former site of Vanport, just south of the Columbia River. It lies west of the Delta Park/Van ...
due to his retirement from most races, and finished eighth in the drivers' championship with 65 points. Tracy also finished fifth in the 1989 Corvette Challenge round at Toronto with Jumbo Racing. In November 1989, he tested a Reynard
Formula 3000 Formula 3000 (F3000) was a type of open wheel, single seater formula racing, occupying the tier immediately below Formula One and above Formula Three. It was so named because the cars were powered by 3.0 L engines. Formula 3000 championship ...
car for
Eddie Jordan Racing Eddie Jordan Racing was a British racing team founded by Irish racing driver Eddie Jordan in 1980. The team competed in Formula 3 and Formula 3000, winning the 1989 International Formula 3000 Drivers' Championship with Jean Alesi. After success ...
at
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 British Grand ...
to evaluate him as a full-time driver for the
1990 International Formula 3000 Championship The 1990 International Formula 3000 Championship was a motor racing competition organised by the FIA for Formula 3000 cars. It was the sixth running of an FIA Formula 3000 Championship. Érik Comas won the eleven-round championship. Season su ...
but declined team owner
Eddie Jordan Edmund Patrick Jordan (30 March 1948 – 20 March 2025) was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From to , Jordan served as founder and team principal of Jordan in Formula One. Born in Dublin, Jordan in ...
's offer of a race seat due to the trouble of attracting Canadian sponsors. Tracy joined team owner Brian Stewart and his Landford Racing team for the 1990 ARS season, acquiring sponsorship but on the condition he would be withdrawn from a race if his father attended an event outside of Toronto and the final round at
Laguna Seca Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for sponsorship reasons) is a paved Racing track#Motorsport, road racing track in central California used for both auto racing and Motorcyc ...
. He and his crew spent two weeks in Arizona, testing and preparing his car for the races. Tracy dominated the season with consistency, winning nine of fourteen races and setting records for most pole positions in a season (seven) and consecutive victories (four). He also led the most laps, despite CART forcing drivers mid-season rule requiring drivers to be alongside each other during a race restart following a yellow flag caution period. Tracy finished the season with a season-record 214 points and secured the series title with three races remaining. He finished second in the Canadian Formula 2000 Championship race at Mosport Park in a Van Diemen 90RF car.


American-open wheel racing career


1991–1997

Steve Horne,
Truesports Truesports
Truesports taurtoisemotorsports.com
was an automobile racing team founded by Jim ...
manager-owner, gave Tracy a test session in a
Lola Lola may refer to: Places * Lolá, a or subdistrict of Panama * Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States * Lola Prefecture, Guinea * Lola, Guinea, a town in Lola Prefecture * Lola Island, in the Solomon Islands People * Lol ...
- Judd car at
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington. It hosts a number of racing series such as IndyCar, IMSA WeatherTech Sportsc ...
in September 1990 and was signed on the option of a three-month retainer testing contract for 1991 in October 1990 after lapping faster than regular driver
Raul Boesel Raul de Mesquita Boesel (, born 4 December 1957) is a Brazilian former racing driver who raced for the March and Ligier Formula One teams and later raced in Champ Car and the Indy Racing League. He won the 1987 World Sportscar Championship and ...
. Truesports offered him a three-year contract to partner
Scott Pruett Scott Donald Pruett (born March 24, 1960) is an American former racing driver who has competed in numerous disciplines of the sport. In the 1980s, Pruett established himself as a top sports car racer, winning two IMSA GTO, and three Trans-Am ...
, but sponsor
Budweiser Budweiser () is an American-style pale lager, a brand of Belgian company AB InBev. Introduced in 1876 by Carl Conrad & Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, Budweiser has become a large selling beer company in the United States. Budweiser is a filte ...
refused since he was 21 and too young for them to promote him. Tracy rejected an offer to drive four races for the team. Tracy received no other CART offers, so his father rented a year-old 39 Lola T90/00-Chevrolet car from
Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing (DCR) is an American professional open-wheel racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT. The team was founded in 1984 and is owned by former driver Dale Coyne. From 1995 to 2000, the team was known ...
(DCR) owner
Dale Coyne Dale Coyne (born July 8, 1954 in Minooka, Illinois) is an IndyCar Series team owner and former Champ Car auto racing team owner and driver. Driving career Coyne made his CART debut in 1984 at Portland and failed to qualify. He attempted to make ...
for the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
after he could not obtain sponsorship from Canadian companies and had to refinance the family home. Making his CART debut in the second round of the 1991 season, he qualified 14th but his engine overheated due to a broken water pipe, leaving him 22nd. Tracy did not race again with DCR that year. Tracy's work had impressed Penske Racing owner
Roger Penske Roger Searle Penske (born February 20, 1937), also known as "the Captain", is an American auto racing team owner, businessman, and former professional driver. Penske is the owner of Team Penske, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar, and ...
, who would surprise the family by calling them while they ate dinner in Scarborough and requesting they meet him in Detroit that same night. Tracy was offered a five-year testing contract with no guarantees of competitive driving and had to relocate to Pennsylvania, with Penske not accepting any negotiation or review. He would replace
Danny Sullivan Daniel John Sullivan III (born March 9, 1950), better known as Danny Sullivan, is an American former racing driver. He earned 17 wins in the CART Indy Car World Series, including the 1985 Indianapolis 500. Sullivan won the 1988 CART Champions ...
, testing and developing cars for CART champions
Emerson Fittipaldi Emerson Fittipaldi (; born 12 December 1946) is a Brazilian former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Fittipaldi won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in and with Team ...
and
Rick Mears Richard Ravon Mears (born December 3, 1951) is an American former race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991) and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six (197 ...
, and began a training program to increase muscle and lose weight on Penske's orders. Tracy completed a engine endurance test at
Michigan International Speedway Michigan International Speedway (formerly named as the Michigan Speedway from 1997 to 2000) is a D-shaped oval superspeedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. It has hosted various major auto racing series throughout its existence, including NASCAR, Cham ...
before proceeding to Mid-Ohio, where he outpaced regular driver Fittipaldi. After being pleased by Tracy's performance and preparing him for driving on an
superspeedway Oval track racing is a form of motorsport that is contested on an oval-shaped race track. An oval track differs from a road course in that the layout resembles an oval with turns in only one direction, and the direction of traffic is almost uni ...
before the Indianapolis 500, Penske put Tracy in his third car in the
Michigan 500 The Michigan 500 was an IndyCar Series race held at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. Held from 1981 to 2001, the event was held in high prestige, constituting part of Indy car racing's 500-mile "Triple Crown". Between 19 ...
in August. Starting eighth in the year-old No. 17 Penske PC-19-Chevrolet, he lost control as he got too close to driver
Scott Brayton Scott Everts Brayton (February 20, 1959 – May 17, 1996) was an American race car driver on the American open-wheel circuit. He competed in 14 Indianapolis 500s, beginning with the 1981 event. Brayton was killed in practice after qualifying ...
and crashed, breaking the
fibula The fibula (: fibulae or fibulas) or calf bone is a leg bone on the lateral side of the tibia, to which it is connected above and below. It is the smaller of the two bones and, in proportion to its length, the most slender of all the long bones. ...
and
tibia The tibia (; : tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two Leg bones, bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outsi ...
in his lower left leg. Tracy was allowed to enter the season's final two races at Nazareth Speedway and Laguna Seca after going on a therapy program on Fittipaldi's advice, and he finished seventh in the former. He was third in the Rookie of the Year standings. He raced eleven times for Penske in the 1992 season and tested the team's new Chevrolet V8B engine for Fittipaldi and Mears. Tracy lost more weight in the off-season by hiring a trainer and starting a fitness program. He drove a year-old PC-19-Chevrolet vehicle before switching to the PC-20-Chevrolet car from Detroit. Tracy qualified sixth for the season's second round, the Valvoline 200 in Phoenix, and finished fourth two laps down. Tracy debuted in the
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
that year, starting 19th and finishing 20th due to a gearbox failure. He filled in for the injured Mears at Detroit and again for the rest of the season starting from the Molson Indy Toronto. Tracy finished a season-high second in both Detroit and Mid-Ohio and took his first CART pole at
Road America Road America is a motorsport Road racing, road course located near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on Wisconsin Highway 67. It has hosted races since the 1950s and currently hosts races in the IndyCar Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, Sports Car Club ...
. He ended the season 12th in the Drivers' Championship with 59
points A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to: Mathematics * Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
. Tracy stayed with Penske for the 1993 championship and drove full-time after Mears retired, and was trained by the latter. He expected to be sacked after Penske tested
McLaren McLaren Racing Limited ( ) is a British auto racing, motor racing team based at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The team is a subsidiary of the McLaren Group, which owns a majority of the team. McLaren is best known a ...
's
Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...
(F1) driver
Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna da Silva (; 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Senna won three Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles with McLaren, and—at the time of his death—held ...
at Phoenix, but continued racing for Penske. Tracy's No. 12
Penske PC-22 The Penske PC-22 was a CART Penske Racing car which competed in the 1993 season. It raced in all sixteen events, scoring eight wins, three with Emerson Fittipaldi and five with Paul Tracy. The most remarkable success of the PC-22 was the 1993 ...
-Chevrolet retired from five of the first six rounds due to either mechanical failure or accidents. He started second at the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
, the season's third race, and led 81 of 105 laps for his maiden CART victory. Tracy won consecutive races, the
Grand Prix of Cleveland The Grand Prix of Cleveland was an Indy car event in the CART series, held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The race was most recently held in 2007. After the 2008 open wheel unification, the 2008 race was ca ...
at
Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is a city-owned airport on the shore of Lake Erie, in the northeast part of downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is classified as a general aviation airport and is an FAA designated reliever to Cleve ...
after leading 69 laps from pole position, and the Molson Indy Toronto a week later. He started the New England 200 at
New Hampshire Motor Speedway New Hampshire Motor Speedway (formerly known as the New Hampshire International Speedway from 1989 to 2007, the Bryar Motorsports Park from 1965 to 1989, and as the 106 Midway Raceway from 1961 to 1964) is a oval track in Loudon, New Hampshir ...
fourth and led 130 laps before being passed by
Nigel Mansell Nigel Ernest James Mansell (; born 8 August 1953) is a British former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Mansell won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Williams, and won 31 Grands Prix across 15 seasons ...
with four laps left for the win. Tracy won his final two races of the season by leading all 50 laps of the Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America and 81 laps of the
Toyota Grand Prix of Monterey The Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey is an IndyCar Series race held at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca near Monterey, California, United States. The event dates back to 1960, and became an American open wheel race in 1983. The race was part of ...
at Laguna Seca. He was third in the drivers' standings with 157 points after a late-season duel with
Bobby Rahal Robert Woodward Rahal ( ; born January 10, 1953) is an American racing driver and motorsports executive. As a driver, he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. As co-owner of R ...
and Boesel. Before the 1994 season, Tracy was assigned Dave Stevenson as his manager by Penske to relieve him of most personal and sponsorship functions. He raced in the new No. 3 PC-23 chassis, a rebuild of the previous year's car powered by an improved
Ilmor Ilmor is a British independent high-performance auto racing, motor racing engineering company. It was founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan (engineer), Paul Morgan in November 1983. With manufacturing based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and ...
V8 engine. Tracy was unreliable in three of the first four races, and was involved in a multi-car crash in Phoenix after qualifying on pole there and in Long Beach. He finished in the top ten for the first time in 1994 in the
Milwaukee Mile The Milwaukee Mile is a oval race track in the central United States, located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb west of Milwaukee. Its grandstand and bleachers seats approximately 37,000 spectat ...
before winning the
Detroit Grand Prix The title of Detroit Grand Prix (United States Grand Prix – East) was applied to the Formula One races held at the Detroit street circuit in Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America from 1982 through 1988. History In 1982, the U ...
after colliding with teammate Al Unser Jr. on the 55th lap, which sent Unser into a tire wall. Tracy had five more top fives with podiums in Portland, Cleveland, Mid-Ohio and New Hampshire and took pole position in Elkhart Lake before an engine failure left him 18th. He ended 1994 with wins in the
Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix The Firestone Indy 225 was an IndyCar racing event held at Nazareth Speedway from 1987–2004. From 1987–2001, the event was sanctioned by CART. In 2002, the race switched to the Indy Racing League. From 1987–1996, the race was sc ...
at Nazareth, when he led 192 of 200 laps, and the Bank of America 300 at Laguna Seca, where he started from pole position three weeks later. Tracy was third overall with 152 points. Following Penske's return to a two-car team, Tracy's father discovered a provision prohibiting him from driving one-year old cars for either the small, underfunded Bettenhausen Motorsport or Hogan Racing squads and Tracy did not want to race for underachieving teams. He signed a three-year contract with team owners
Carl Haas Carl Arthur Haas (February 26, 1929 – June 29, 2016) was an American auto racing impresario. He co-owned the Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team in the Champ Car and IndyCar Series with Paul Newman and Mike Lanigan. He also owned Carl A. Haas ...
and
Paul Newman Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, philanthropist, and activist. He was the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman, numerous awards ...
in October 1994 to replace the retired
Mario Andretti Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940) is an American former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Formula One from to , and American open-wheel racing, IndyCar from 1964 USAC Championship Car season, 1964 to 1994 IndyCar se ...
at Newman/Haas Racing, but Penske could resign him for the 1996 season if Fittipaldi left after the 1995 championship. Tracy drove the underpowered No. 3 Lola T95/00-Ford. In the season's second round, the Australian Indy Car Grand Prix at
Surfers Paradise Surfing is a list of surface water sports, surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in Glossary of surfing, tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wind wave, wave of water, whic ...
, he won his first race of the season, passing teammate
Michael Andretti Michael Mario Andretti (born October 5, 1962) is an American former racing driver, and current team owner. Statistically one of the most successful drivers in the history of American open-wheel car racing, Andretti won the 1991 CART champions ...
with eight laps left. Tracy took the championship lead after finishing fourth at Phoenix, before winning the Miller Genuine Draft 200 at Milwaukee by holding off Unser in the final laps. The rest of the season yielded six top tens with three second places at Road America, Mid-Ohio and Laguna Seca. Tracy's left ankle was injured in a karting accident, requiring him to deflate the clutch pedal with a specially built carbon fibre shield over his left racing boot. Tracy was sixth in the drivers' standings with 115 points. His relationship with co-owner Haas worsened when he informed him that he would return to Penske on a four-year contract in 1996. Tracy took over for Fittipaldi, driving the new
Penske PC-25 The Penske PC-25 was an open-wheel CART racing car that competed in the 1996 IndyCar season with Marlboro Team Penske and Hogan Penske Racing. It was designed by Nigel Bennett. Development Roger Penske made several changes for 1996, particular ...
with an updated
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, established in 2019) is based in Stuttgart, ...
engine. He underwent
radial keratotomy Radial keratotomy (RK) is a refractive surgery, refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia (nearsightedness). It was developed in 1974 by Svyatoslav Fyodorov, a Russian Ophthalmology, ophthalmologist. It has been largely supplanted by newer, ...
to improve his vision, meaning he no longer required glasses. During practice for the Marlboro 500 at Michigan, Tracy broke the sixth vertebra, sustained a soft tissue injury and bruised his knees in a major accident. He was replaced by
Jan Magnussen Jan Ellegaard Magnussen (born 4 July 1973) is a Danish professional racing driver and was a factory driver for General Motors until the end of the 2020 season. He has competed in Champ Car, Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), NASCAR, the FIA ...
for the round at Mid-Ohio. Tracy finished the season with three pole positions ( Homestead-Miami, Nazareth, and Milwaukee) in 14 races marred by accidents and a noncompetitive car that forced him to push its tyres beyond their capability, six top-ten finishes, including a third-place finish at Milwaukee, and on-track rivalries with
Robby Gordon Robert Wesley Gordon (born January 2, 1969) is an American semi-retired auto racing driver. He has raced in NASCAR, Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART, the IndyCar Series, the Trans-Am Series, International Motor Sports Association, IMSA, Inter ...
and Michael Andretti. He finished 13th in the drivers' championship with 60 points, his worst finish since the 1992 season. Tracy remained at Penske for the 1997 season, driving the
Penske PC-26 The Penske PC-26 was a open-wheel racecar designed by Nigel Bennett and manufactured by Penske Cars in Poole, Dorset, that was used by Team Penske to compete in the 1997 CART Championship. Whilst a development of the PC-25, the PC-26 was designe ...
-Mercedes-Ilmor car, which was aerodynamically inefficient and lacked grip, especially on road courses. Penske shifted his focus on letting Tracy use his testing abilities to develop the car that he did not switch to the more competitive Reynard. He started the season second at Homestead-Miami before colliding with
Chip Ganassi Racing Chip Ganassi Racing, LLC (CGR), also sometimes branded as Chip Ganassi Racing Teams, is an American auto racing organization competing in the NTT IndyCar Series. They have formerly competed in the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series, Global Rally ...
's
Alex Zanardi Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi (; born 23 October 1966) is an Italian professional racing driver and paracyclist. He won the CART championship in 1997 and 1998, and took 15 wins in the series. He also raced in Formula One from 1991 to 1994 and again ...
at Surfers Paradise and finishing eighth in Long Beach following collisions with Greg Moore and Paul Jasper, respectively. Tracy qualified on pole for the
Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix The Firestone Indy 225 was an IndyCar racing event held at Nazareth Speedway from 1987–2004. From 1987–2001, the event was sanctioned by CART. In 2002, the race switched to the Indy Racing League. From 1987–1996, the race was sc ...
at Nazareth and led for 186 of the 225 laps to claim his first victory in 27 races. He won the following Rio 400 to move into the lead of the points standings and the
Motorola 300 The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 presented by Axalta and Valvoline is an IndyCar Series race held at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, United States. The event was first held as a CART series race from 1997 to 2000, initially o ...
at
Gateway International Raceway Gateway Motorsports Park (currently known as World Wide Technology Raceway for sponsorship reasons) is a motor racing facility in Madison, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, close to the Gateway Arch. It features a oval that hosts the NASCAR Cu ...
for a third successive victory two weeks later. Tracy qualified on pole in Milwaukee, missed the race in Detroit due to a diagnosis of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, which made him dizzy and clouded his vision, and had four top-ten finishes that were followed by crashes in four of the final five rounds. He was fifth in the final points standings with 121. Tracy's criticism of the car's performance grew louder, especially after what he viewed as an embarrassing finish at his home race in Toronto. His now public lobbying for the team to move away from the in-house chassis,
Ilmor Ilmor is a British independent high-performance auto racing, motor racing engineering company. It was founded by Mario Illien and Paul Morgan (engineer), Paul Morgan in November 1983. With manufacturing based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and ...
engine, and Goodyear tires were viewed by Penske as detrimental to the team's sponsors and suppliers, prompting the team to release him from his contract two years early before the 1998 season.


1998–2003

After
Forsythe Racing Forsythe Championship Racing was an American racing team that competed in the Champ Car, Champ Car World Series owned by Gerald Forsythe. The Champ Car effort ceased operations after the 2008 unification of North American open wheel racing. The ...
owner
Gerald Forsythe Gerald (Jerry) R. Forsythe (born in Marshall, Illinois in 1942) is an American businessman and auto racing magnate, best known for being one of the three men ( Kevin Kalkhoven and Paul Gentilozzi are the other two) that owned the Champ Car World ...
committed to drivers
Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier (born August 13, 1971) is a Canadian former professional auto racing driver. In the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, he achieved five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 C ...
and Moore, he signed a one-year contract to drive the No. 26 Reynard 98I-Honda for Barry Green's two-car
Team Green Andretti Global is an American motorsports organization with teams competing in the IndyCar Series, Indy NXT, Formula E, and joint entries in IMSA and the Australian Supercars Championship. Starting in 2026, Andretti will also operate the Cadi ...
operation with finance from
Brown & Williamson Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation was a U.S. tobacco company and a subsidiary of multinational British American Tobacco that produced several popular cigarette brands. It became infamous as the focus of investigations for chemically enhancin ...
cigarette company in less than a week. In the 19 races he entered that season, Tracy was involved in several accidents and achieved seven top-tens with a best finish of fifth in three races (Motegi, Nazareth and Mid-Ohio) for 13th overall with 61 points. He and team owner Green were involved in a pit lane alteration at Houston following Tracy's rear-end collision with teammate
Dario Franchitti George Dario Marino Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a British motorsport commentator and retired motor racing driver from Scotland. Franchitti won the IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the Indianapolis 500 in ...
. Tracy was suspended from the first race of the following season because of Michael Andretti crashing into the back of his car when Tracy blocked him at Surfers Paradise and ten other incidents of car contact involving Tracy that year. He stayed with Team Green for the 1999 season, having signed a contract extension through the 2001 season as a result of the attention for his sponsor following his alteration in Houston. Tracy was assigned the retired Tony Cicale as an engineering consultant to work with and make the driver calmer by moderating his expectations of attempting to win every race, and the two had a cordial relationship. His one-race suspension saw him replaced in the No. 26
Reynard 99I The Reynard 99I is an open-wheel racing car designed and built by Reynard Racing Cars that competed in the 1999 IndyCar season. It was extremely dominant winning 18 out of the 20 races that season, including the season-opener at Miami. It later ...
-Honda car by
Indy Racing League IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing Governing body, sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. The organization sanctions two Auto racing, racing series: the premier IndyCar Serie ...
(IRL) driver Boesel for the season-opening round at Homestead–Miami. Tracy achieved one podium finish at Nazareth in the season's first six races. Following the Gateway round, in which he and Franchitti collided, Green told them that whomever was ahead in the remaining races would win, and the other driver was ordered not to attempt an overtake and risk a race-ending crash. Tracy's first victory of the season came at the Miller Lite 225 in Milwaukee, when
Jimmy Vasser James "Jimmy" Vasser Jr. (born November 20, 1965) is an American former racing driver who competed primarily in the Championship Auto Racing Teams, CART series and Champ Car World Series, Champ Car. Vasser won ten CART series races and won the ...
made a late race pit stop and Tracy saved fuel in the final five laps. He took four more podiums and won his second (and final) race of the season at the Texaco Grand Prix of Houston after leading 85 laps. Tracy finished third in the championship standings with 161 points. He drove Team Green's Reynard 2KI-Honda car for the 2000 season. Tracy started the season third at Homestead-Miami and won the following
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
to take the lead in the points standings. He held the championship lead for the next five races until he was disqualified from the Detroit round for running over refueller Jeff Simon's foot and fracturing four of his toes during a pit stop, and then retired from the Portland race after crashing. Tracy had two top-ten finishes and qualified on pole at Michigan amid three more retirements in the next five races. He won successive races in the Motorola 220 at Road America and the following
Molson Indy Vancouver Molson Indy Vancouver was an annual Champ Car race held in the ''Vancouver Street Circuit'' near BC Place and running past Science World (Vancouver), Science World in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada held in July, August or September from 19 ...
after teammate Franchitti stalled during a pit stop to return to championship contention. Tracy finished fourth in Houston and crashed twice more in Gateway and Surfers Paradise in the following four races. Going into the season-ending Marlboro 500 at
California Speedway Auto Club Speedway (known as California Speedway before and after the 2008–2023 corporate sponsorship by the Automobile Club of Southern California) was a , D-shaped oval superspeedway in unincorporated San Bernardino County, California, ne ...
, he was one of six drivers mathematically eligible to win the championship; however, Tracy's engine failed after 23 of 200 laps, leaving him fifth in the final drivers' standings with 134 points. Tracy stayed with Team Green for the 2001 season and drove a
Reynard 01I The Reynard 01I is an open-wheel racing car chassis designed and built by Reynard Racing Cars that competed in the 2001 IndyCar season. Gil de Ferran won the drivers' title in the car, and Team Penske Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is ...
-Honda; in August 2000, he accepted the option of signing a four-year contract extension with the team through the 2005 season after rejecting a three-year contract offer from Team Forsythe to replace Carpentier when Green was willing to match Forsythe's offer. Tracy looked forward to sharing information with new technical partner Michael Andretti, but he was separated in pit lane owing to his slow qualifying pace, which made sharing information difficult. He finished no worse than fourth in the first three races and was tied for the championship lead with
Cristiano da Matta Cristiano Monteiro da Matta (born 19 September 1973) is a Brazilian former professional racing driver. He won the CART Championship in 2002, and drove in Formula One with the Toyota team from 2003 to 2004. Biography Origins and early career ...
following the Nazareth event. The rest of Tracy's season saw him finish in the top ten four more times, despite an unreliable car, accidents with other drivers, and pit lane blunders that dropped him down the points standings. He finished 14th in the championship standings with 73 points, his first winless season since 1998. Tracy went on a weight loss/fitness program before the 2002 season and lost for improved performance. He drove the
Reynard 02I The Reynard 02I is an open-wheel racing car chassis designed and built by Reynard Racing Cars that competed in the 2002 IndyCar season. Development continued and its life was extended, and it saw competition in the Champ Car series, between 20 ...
-Honda for the first two rounds before Green switched to the more compact
Lola B02/00 The Lola B02/00 is a highly successful open-wheel racing car chassis designed and built by Lola that competed in the CART (and later Champ Car) series, between 2002 and 2006. It was extremely competitive and incredibly dominant chassis; going ...
chassis for the remaining races when Reynard entered
receivership In law, receivership is a situation in which an institution or enterprise is held by a receiver – a person "placed in the custodial responsibility for the property of others, including tangible and intangible assets and rights" – especia ...
. Tracy discovered that the Lola car handled better, but it may
oversteer Understeer and oversteer are vehicle dynamics terms used to describe the sensitivity of the vehicle to changes in steering angle associated with changes in lateral acceleration. This sensitivity is defined for a level road for a given steady state ...
slightly while entering corners. He had two top-ten finishes in the season's first three races. He took the lead at the start of the Miller Lite 250 in Milwaukee and led 184 of the 250 laps to claim his first (and only) win of the season. Tracy earned three more podium finishes and three other top-ten finishes in the final 14 races for 11th overall and 101 points. In May, he made his IRL debut in the
2002 Indianapolis 500 The 86th Indianapolis race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 2002. It was part of the 2002 IndyCar Series season, 2002 Indy Racing League season. Rookie Tomas Scheckter led 85 laps, and appeared ...
driving Team Green's No. 26 Dallara IR-02-Chevorlet entry after Green wanted to enter the event. Starting from 29th, he was running in second with one-and-a-half laps to go when he overtook Penske driver
Hélio Castroneves Hélio Castroneves (; born Hélio Alves de Castro Neves; 10 May 1975) is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He competes part-time in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 06 Dallara-Honda for Meyer Shank Racing. He is one of four drivers to have w ...
just as the yellow caution flag light came on for a two-car accident between
Buddy Lazier Robert Buddy Lazier (born October 31, 1967) is an American auto racing driver, best known for winning the 1996 Indianapolis 500 and the 2000 Indy Racing League season championship. Lazier began his racing career in the 1980s by competing in su ...
and
Laurent Redon Laurent Redon (born 5 August 1973) is a former race car driver from Loire, France. Redon began his professional racing career in the French Formula Three Championship, winning it in 1995. He then moved to International Formula 3000 where he finish ...
. IRL officials' rejected an appeal from Tracy's team, and awarded the victory to Castroneves. Tracy has since maintained that he won the race. When Team Green was renamed Andretti Green Racing and transferred to the rival IRL series for the 2003 season, he signed a two-year contract to drive for Forsythe Racing to remain in CART from the 2003 CART championship in August 2002 since he was guaranteed to race for the team in
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
. Tracy had negotiated with Newman/Haas Racing and Team Green before joining Forsythe. He took up cycling to lose weight and improve his fitness before the season began. Tracy won the season-opening
Grand Prix of St. Petersburg The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is an IndyCar Series race held in St. Petersburg, Florida. In most years since 2009, the race has served as the season opener (or at minimum, the first race held on U.S. soil). The race is held annually ...
after leading 71 of 105 laps. He led 69 of the 85 laps in the next Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix and won the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
to become the first Champ Car driver since
Al Unser Alfred Unser (May 29, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men ( A. J. Foyt, himself, Ri ...
in 1971 to start the season with three consecutive victories. Despite qualifying on pole for the London Champ Car Trophy, three poor performances cost Tracy the championship lead at the Milwaukee Mile Centennial 250 to
Bruno Junqueira Bruno Junqueira (born November 4, 1976) is a Brazilian race car driver who most recently competed in the IRL IndyCar Series. He is a former Formula 3000 champion and three-time runner-up in the Champ Car World Series. Racing career Early ca ...
. Tracy reclaimed the points lead with three straight podium finishes and pole position in Portland. He led the whole Molson Indy Toronto from pole position and a race-high 77 laps of the following
Molson Indy Vancouver Molson Indy Vancouver was an annual Champ Car race held in the ''Vancouver Street Circuit'' near BC Place and running past Science World (Vancouver), Science World in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada held in July, August or September from 19 ...
from another pole to become the first Canadian driver win two Canadian races in the same year. Tracy lost the championship lead to Junqueira again after crashing out in the Mario Andretti Grand Prix at Road America, which Junqueira won, but led 69 laps of the Champ Car Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio to win and reclaim the lead when Junqueira crashed. Following two top-ten finishes, he won the Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante from pole position after leading a race-high 64 laps. Tracy won his first CART championship and the
Vanderbilt Cup The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing. History An international event, it was founded by William Kissam Vanderbilt II in 1904 and first held on October 8 on a course set out in Nassau County, New York, Nass ...
by finishing 13th in the wet-weather Lexmark Indy 300, while Junqueira crashed with 10 laps remaining.


2004–2012

When CART went bankrupt and was renamed the
Champ Car World Series Champ Car World Series (CCWS) was the series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc., a sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 2004 to 2008. It was the successor to Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), ...
(CCWS), he returned to drive Forsythe's renumbered No. 1 car for his championship defence in 2004, declaring his wish to not drive IRL cars he characterized as "crapwagons". Tracy was loyal to the CCWS, considering their cars better and found street circuits more of a challenge. He started third in the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
, the season's first race, and won after leading 78 laps. He finished in the top ten in three of the next five races and took pole in
Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
. Tracy traded verbal jabs with driver with driver
Alex Tagliani Alexandre Tagliani (; born October 18, 1973), nicknamed "Tag", is a Canadian professional racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 80 Chevrolet Camaro for Dumoulin Compétition. Tagliani has competed in a ...
, accusing him of impeding him for 12 laps in
Portland Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...
and blaming him for causing a first-lap accident he was involved in Cleveland. His second victory of the season came at the
Molson Indy Vancouver Molson Indy Vancouver was an annual Champ Car race held in the ''Vancouver Street Circuit'' near BC Place and running past Science World (Vancouver), Science World in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada held in July, August or September from 19 ...
, where he led 81 of the 85 laps from pole position. The rest of the season saw a best finish of second at
Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...
, and four other top-tens for fourth in the drivers' standings with 254 points. He returned to Forsythe for the 2005 season to drive the No. 3 car. Tracy started on pole position at the season-opening
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
and finished second. Two races later, in the Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 at Milwaukee, he qualified fifth and led 192 of 225 laps to earn his fourth victory at the track. Tracy then won the
Grand Prix of Cleveland The Grand Prix of Cleveland was an Indy car event in the CART series, held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The race was most recently held in 2007. After the 2008 open wheel unification, the 2008 race was ca ...
from pole position, leading 46 of 91 laps and taking the championship lead from
Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Olivier Bourdais (; born 28 February 1979) is a French professional racing driver who currently races in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Cadillac Hertz Team Jota in the Hypercar category. He is one of the most successful dr ...
. He lost the points lead to Bourdais when his car ran out of fuel in the following Molson Indy Toronto after the two were involved in an unrelated collision at the pit lane exit. In the last seven races, he finished on the podium three times and took pole in
Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...
, where he led 59 laps before crashing. Tracy led a race-high 107 laps in the Hurricane Relief 400 at
Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway (track complex formerly known as Las Vegas Speedway Park from 1993 to 1996, Las Vegas Speedway in 1992, Las Vegas International Speedway from 1990 to 1992, as the Las Vegas International Speedrome from 1972 to 1990) is a ...
before being hit in the rear by Bourdais, ending his race early. He placed fourth in the championship standings with 246 points. Tracy stayed with Forsythe for the 2006 season. His best finish of the season were three second places in each of the rounds held in
Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
,
Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
and
Montréal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...
and achieved six more top-ten finishes in the 13 races he entered in 2006. At the Grand Prix of San Jose, a collision between him and Tagliani caused by Tracy in third position reversing out of the turn six
run-off area A run-off area is an area on a motorsport race track used for racer safety. Run-off areas are usually located along a road racing circuit where racers are most likely to unintentionally depart from the prescribed course. There are different types ...
and into Tagliani's path led to a physical altercation on pit road. Tracy's sixth-place finish in the
Grand Prix of Denver The Grand Prix of Denver was a Champ Car race last held on a street circuit in Denver, Colorado, United States. A Champ Car race was first held in Denver in 1909 on a 14.5-mile (23.3-km) road circuit in nearby Brighton. Racing returned to the Cen ...
was overshadowed by another physical altercation, this time with Bourdais following a final-lap collision. Before the season-ending Gran Premio Telmex in Mexico City, he fractured his right shoulder blade in an
ATV ATV may refer to: Broadcasting * Amateur television *Analog television Television broadcaster * Andorra Televisió * Anguilla Television * Ayna TV, Afghanistan * ATV (Armenia) * ATV (Aruba), NBC affiliate * ATV (Australian TV station), Melbourn ...
accident in Las Vegas and was replaced by Atlantic Championship driver David Martínez. Tracy was seventh in the drivers' standings with 209 points. For the 2007 season, he drove the new
Panoz DP01 The Panoz DP01 is an open-wheel race car that was produced by Élan Motorsport Technologies at Braselton, Georgia, United States. It was developed for use in the 2007 Champ Car World Series season, replacing the aging de facto-spec Lola chassis ...
-
Cosworth Cosworth is a British automotive engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in high-performance internal combustion engines, powertrain, and electronics for auto racing, automobile racing (motorsport) and mainstream Automotiv ...
car with Forsythe, but the team had trouble setting it up, trying to make it drive like a Lola, and Tracy found it difficult to acquaint himself with the Panoz. In May 2006, emboldened by rumours of an IRL-CCWS merger, Tracy signed a five-year extension, preferring open-wheel cars after pondering full-time
stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...
. After placing third in the season-opener in Las Vegas, he crashed backwards at low speed into a concrete barrier during practice for the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
, suffering a compression fracture to his first
lumbar vertebrae The lumbar vertebrae are located between the thoracic vertebrae and pelvis. They form the lower part of the back in humans, and the tail end of the back in quadrupeds. In humans, there are five lumbar vertebrae. The term is used to describe t ...
and mild internal chest bleeding. Tracy was replaced by Servia for the next two races, and his preparation was limited before resuming competition in Portland. Tracy overcame separate crashes with
Graham Rahal Graham Robert Rahal ( ; born January 4, 1989) is an American race car driver and small business owner. He currently races in the IndyCar Series with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, a team partially owned by his father Bobby Rahal, the winner of ...
and Junqueira in the
Grand Prix of Cleveland The Grand Prix of Cleveland was an Indy car event in the CART series, held annually at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. The race was most recently held in 2007. After the 2008 open wheel unification, the 2008 race was ca ...
to win by leading the final 26 laps without stopping. The rest of the season yielded four top-ten finishes, including two fifth-place finishes for 11th in the championship rankings with 171 points. Tracy had to renegotiate his contract with Forsythe for the 2008 season or be fired. He agreed to stay with Forsythe after speaking with IRL chief
Tony George Anton Hulman "Tony" George (born December 30, 1959) is the former Chairman, President, and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Hulman & Company, serving from 1989 to 2009. He was also formerly on the Board of Directors of both entities. ...
about joining the IRL since he feared his CCWS seat was at risk. Following the unification of CCWS and the IRL in February 2008, Forsythe concentrated on the lower-tier Atlantic Championship following the
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in Downtown Long Beach, downtown Long Beach, California. It was the premier race on the ...
due to Gerald Forsythe's animosity towards George, while Tracy sought George's help in signing with a competitive IndyCar team. Tracy and Forsythe agreed for him to race in Long Beach despite a contract dispute over a stipulation that it field a car for him or let him race for another squad, finishing 11th. Following that, he made a one-time IRL entry at the
Rexall Edmonton Indy The Edmonton Indy was a round of the IndyCar Series held at a temporary circuit set up at the Edmonton City Centre Airport near the downtown area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was originally launched in 2005, as a race in the Champ Car World ...
driving
Vision Racing Vision Racing was a racing team in the Indy Racing League founded in 2005 when Tony George purchased the assets of the defunct Kelley Racing and hired his stepson Ed Carpenter to be the driver. The team has previously raced in the Izod IndyCar ...
's third car, the No. 22
Dallara Dallara Group S.r.l. is the largest multi-national Italian race car manufacturer, founded by its current President, Giampaolo Dallara. After working for Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini and De Tomaso, in 1972 in his native village of Varano de' M ...
-Honda run by
Walker Racing Walker Racing was a racing team founded by Derrick Walker in 1991 racing originally in the CART Championship Car series. It last competed in the United SportsCar Championship under the name of Team Falken Tire until Falken Tire pulled out of n ...
after he was unable to run IndyCar's four road course races with the team. Tracy qualified 16th and finished fourth despite a pit-to-car radio issue. He made no more appearances with Vision Racing due to George's sponsorship problems. With the
Great Recession The Great Recession was a period of market decline in economies around the world that occurred from late 2007 to mid-2009.
hurting IndyCar, he entered six races in the 2009 season, five of which he drove
KV Racing Technology KV Racing Technology was an auto racing team that last competed in the IndyCar Series. The team was originally formed as PK Racing before the 2003 season by Australian businessman Kevin Kalkhoven and former Formula One team manager Craig Pollo ...
's No. 15 Dallara-Honda (the
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
, Watkins Glen,
Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
, and
Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
) and later No. 5 car (
Mid-Ohio Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course is a road course auto racing facility located in Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio, United States, just outside the village of Lexington, Ohio, Lexington. It hosts a number of racing series such as IndyCar Series, Indy ...
), after discussions with the team with assistance from industry friend Doug Barnett to get him sponsorship to race for the team. Tracy also drove A. J. Foyt Racing's No. 14 car at
Milwaukee Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...
in place of the injured
Vítor Meira Vítor Meira (born March 27, 1977) is a Brazilian former auto racing driver. He formerly competed in the IndyCar Series and has twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500. IndyCar Series 2002 After participating in an open test for Panthe ...
after talking to team director
Larry Foyt Lawrence Joseph Roberds Foyt (born February 22, 1977) is an American former NASCAR and IndyCar driver and current team principal for A.J. Foyt Enterprises. He is the biological grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and a biological cousin (and ...
but left the team following the race because it provided him with sub-par equipment. He finished in the top ten in three races, including a season-best sixth place in Edmonton. Tracy continued to race part-time in IndyCar in the 2010 season. He entered three races (the
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
,
Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...
and
Edmonton Edmonton is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Central Alberta ...
) with KV Racing Technology in its No. 15 car with sponsorship funding, and another three events ( Watkins Glen,
Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
and Motegi) for
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dreyer & Reinbold Racing is an American automotive racing organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and Nitrocross. The team is owned by Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis BMW, Infiniti, Volkswagen, Mini (marque), MINI, and Subaru dealer D ...
as a substitute driver for the injured
Mike Conway Michael Robert Conway (born 19 August 1983) is a British professional racing driver. He lives in Sevenoaks, Kent and is currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota Motorsport GmbH, Toyota Gazoo Racing. Early caree ...
in its No. 24 entry. Tracy lost in eight weeks by cycling and embarked on a diet for two months after seeing footage of himself recording a television program to get more physically fit for the season. He did not qualify for the Indianapolis 500 because his car was slow and race strategist Barry Green deleted the time in vain, expecting Tracy to drive faster. Tracy's best finish of the season was sixth place at Edmonton. He signed a five-year sponsorship deal and was due to drive full-time with KV Racing Technology-Lotus in the 2011 championship, but sponsorship funding from driver
Tony Kanaan Antoine Rizkallah "Tony" Kanaan Filho (born 31 December 1974), nicknamed "TK", is a Brazilian racing driver who is the team principal of Arrow McLaren. He is best known for racing in Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) from 1998 to 2002, an ...
shortly before the season began in
St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
meant he was dropped from the team. Tracy instead accepted a five-race deal with
Dragon Racing DS Penske (formerly Dragon Racing) is an auto racing team that is involved in many areas of motorsport. The team is based in the United States, but once competed under a French license. DS Penske was founded in 2007 as Dragon Racing by Americans ...
after being sought out by team owner
Jay Penske Jay Penske (born May 5, 1979) is an American businessman best known for creating the media company Penske Media Corporation. Early life and education Born in New York City, New York, Penske is the youngest son of Kathy, an English school teac ...
when the team lost Kanaan due to sponsorship issues, and he also joined Dreyer & Reinbold for the
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indian ...
. He finished each of the six races held outside of the top ten places. Tracy was involved in a 15-car accident that killed
Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 Indianapol ...
at the season-ending IZOD IndyCar World Championship in Las Vegas. He started talking to some racing teams since he wanted to drive full-time in IndyCar for the 2012 season, not part-time, otherwise he would not compete. Tracy was close to signing a contract to drive a
Dallara DW12 The Dallara DW12 (formally named the Dallara IR-12) is an open-wheel formula racing, formula auto racing, racing car developed and produced by Italian manufacturer Dallara for use by the cars in the IndyCar Series. The DW12 was first used in the ...
car for
Michael Shank Racing Meyer Shank Racing (MSR; formerly Michael Shank Racing) is an American motorsport organization that competes in the IndyCar Series and the IMSA SportsCar Championship. History Atlantic Championship Michael Shank, co-owner of Meyer Shank Racing ...
(MSR) but the team could not get enough financial backing to enter the season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, preventing him from participating in his final planned season. He chose to stop racing following Wheldon's death.


Other racing ventures

Tracy tested the
Benetton Formula Benetton Formula Limited., commonly referred to simply as Benetton, was a Formula One constructor that participated from to . The team was owned by the Benetton family who run a worldwide chain of clothing stores. In 2000, the team was purcha ...
team's B194 F1 car at the Circuito do Estoril in September 1994, at the invitation of F1 commercial rights owner
Bernie Ecclestone Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is a British business magnate, motorsport executive and former racing driver. Widely known in journalism as the "F1 Supremo", Ecclestone founded the Formula One Group in 1987, controlling the c ...
, who sought to bring a CART driver to F1 as other F1 drivers had transferred to the highly popular CART championship. He did well in the test but declined Benetton's three-year testing contract because there was no guarantee of racing or adequate pay. In 2005, Tracy made his
Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...
debut in the
24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Flo ...
with Kodak-Bell Motorsports. Sharing the No. 54 Doran JE4-
Pontiac Pontiac most often refers to: * Pontiac (Odawa leader) ( – 1769), Native American war chief *Pontiac (automobile), a former General Motors brand Pontiac may also refer to: Places and jurisdictions Canada * Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality ** Apo ...
Daytona Prototype A Daytona Prototype was a type of sports prototype racing car developed specifically for the Grand-Am Road Racing, Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Sports Car Series as their top class of car, which replaced their main prototype rac ...
(DP) car with Forest Barber,
Terry Borcheller Terry Borcheller (born March 22, 1966, in Hialeah, Florida) is an American professional racing driver who races in the Grand American Road Racing Association Rolex Sports Car Series and American Le Mans Series. As a teenager, Borcheller was the ...
,
Christian Fittipaldi Christian Fittipaldi (born 18 January 1971) is a Brazilian former racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car, and NASCAR. He was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and parti ...
and
Ralf Kelleners Ralf Kelleners (born 18 May 1968 in Dinslaken) is a racing driver from Germany. His father Helmut Kelleners was also a racing driver, winning the Spa 24 Hours and the 24 Hours Nürburgring 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is th ...
, their car started 15th and finished 49th overall after retiring with an oil leak. The following year, he returned to participate in the season-opening
24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Flo ...
for MSR in the No. 6
Riley MkXI The Riley MkXI, and its evolutions and derivatives, the Riley MkXX, the Riley MkXXII, and the Riley MkXXVI, are a series of Daytona Prototype race cars, designed, developed and built by Riley Technologies Riley Technologies LLC is an American a ...
-
Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota, Toyota Motor Corporation. The Lexus brand is marketed in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide and is Japan's largest-selling make of premium cars. It has ranked amon ...
with
Mike Borkowski Michael John Borkowski (born May 6, 1973) is an American race car driver. Borkowski has raced in a variety of cars and series, is experienced in both road and oval racing, but is best known for his victory over Tommy Kendall in the 1997 Trans-Am ...
, Paul Mears Jr., and Ken Wilden. They were classified 54th after overheating problems. Tracy and Borkowski finished third in the following Mexico City 400km and was sixth with Borkowski and Tommy Constantine in the
Brumos Porsche 250 The WeatherTech 240, also previously known as the Paul Revere 250, was a sports car race held on the road course at Daytona International Speedway on or around Independence Day, the same weekend of the NASCAR Cup Series' Firecracker 400. It has be ...
. In
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
, Tracy shared MSR's No. 6 Riley-Lexus with
A. J. Allmendinger Anthony James Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981), nicknamed "the Dinger,” is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet ZL1 for Kaulig Racing. Allmendinger ...
, Ian James and
Henri Zogaib Henri Zogaib (5 July 1973 - 20 October 2024 Beirut, Lebanon) was a Lebanese-born American racing driver and convicted scam artist. Zogaib primarily ran in the Rolex Sports Car Series. Racing career After graduating from the Skip Barber Racing Schoo ...
in the
24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car racing, sports car Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Flo ...
. Their car had mechanical issues and finished 16th in class and 26th overall. He began competing in
NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...
's
Busch Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...
in the No. 34
Chevrolet Monte Carlo The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is a two-door coupe that was manufactured and marketed by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. Deriving its name from the Monte Carlo, city in Monaco, the Monte Carlo was marketed as the first personal luxury car ...
for five races in the 2006 season with
Frank Cicci Racing Cicci Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The team is owned by Frank Cicci of Elmira, New York and was last driven by Jay Sauter. Beginnings FCR first began racing as a short ...
and Jim Kelly Racing that were not on the same weekend as any CCWS rounds. This was done in the hope he would compete full-time in either the Busch or
Nextel Cup The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
Series in 2007. Tracy exhibited an interest in NASCAR as early as 1999, and Barnett helped him secure finance. Funding was raised for Tracy to enter ten races but Forsythe wanted him to do five. He also drove
Biagi Brothers Racing Biagi-DenBeste Racing, originally Biagi Brothers Racing, was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in partnership with Stewart-Haas Racing. The team was based in Mooresville, North Carolina ...
's No. 34
Dodge Charger The Dodge Charger is a model of automobile marketed by Dodge in various forms over eight generations since 1966. The first Charger was a show car in 1964. A 1965 Charger II concept car resembled the 1966 production version. In the United Sta ...
in the
Telcel-Motorola 200 Stock car races in the Xfinity Series have been held at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez road course in Mexico City, Mexico from 2005 to 2008, and since 2025. In its original run as a standalone event, it was notable for being the first points ...
at Mexico City. Tracy had his season-best finish of 24th at the season-opening
Hershey's Kissables 300 The Daytona 300, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the United Rentals 300, is the first race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series season, held at Daytona International Speedway. It is held the day before the Daytona 500, and is considered the ...
at
Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, about north of Orlando, Florida, Orlando. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race ...
, after starting 40th. He planned to race for Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports in six races of the 2007 Busch Series with the possibility of driving the
Car of Tomorrow The Car of Tomorrow (CoT) was the common name used for the chassis of the NASCAR Cup Series (2007 – 2012) and Xfinity Series (since 2011 full-time) race cars. The car was part of a five-year project to create a safer vehicle following severa ...
in the
Nextel Cup Series The NASCAR Cup Series is the top racing series of the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), the most prestigious stock car racing series in the United States. The series began in 1949 as the Strictly Stock Division, ...
but instead focused on his CCWS career. Tracy drove one
Craftsman Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the NASCAR, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock car racing, s ...
race in
Germain Racing Germain Racing was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the NASCAR Cup Series. It was owned by Bob Germain, whose family owns many car dealerships across the United States as Germain Motor Company. The team last fie ...
's No. 9
Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck manufactured in the United States by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota since May 1999. The Tundra was the second full-size pickup to be built by a Japanese manufacturer (the first was the Toyota T100 ...
late in the 2008 season (the
Chevy Silverado 350K Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Texas Motor Speedway, in Fort Worth, Texas during numerous seasons and times of year since 1997. Spring race The SpeedyCash.com 250 is an annual NASCAR Craftsman Tru ...
at Texas). He impressed team owner Bob Germain enough at
Chicagoland Speedway Chicagoland Speedway is an inactive tri-oval Oval track racing#Intermediate, intermediate speedway in Joliet, Illinois. It has hosted various major races throughout its existence, including NASCAR and IndyCar races. The track is currently own ...
in
Todd Bodine Todd Martin Bodine (born February 27, 1964) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 62 Toyota Tundra for Halmar Friesen Racing, and is curre ...
's truck to sign a one-race contract, and raced in Texas rather than Las Vegas as intended, due to a Texas-based sponsor's intervention. Tracy started 22nd and finished 20th. In the
2012 Rolex Sports Car Series The 2012 Rolex Sports Car Series season was the thirteenth running of the Grand American Road Racing Association's premier series. It began with the 24 Hours of Daytona on January 28–29. Schedule The schedule was announced on November 9, 2011. ...
, Tracy drove four races for Doran Racing in its No. 77 Dallara DP01-Ford with Brian Frisselle, Burt Frisselle, Jim Lowe and Billy Johnson and two for
Action Express Racing Action Express Racing (AXR) dba Cadillac Whelen for the 2025 season is a sports car racing team that currently competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The team is owned by NASCAR CEO Jim France and run by Bob Johnson and forme ...
in its No. 5 Chevrolet Corvette DP alongside
David Donohue David Donohue (born January 5, 1967, in Morristown, New Jersey) is an American race car driver formerly active in the Grand-Am's Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class for Action Express Racing and participant in the Pikes Peak races. Car ...
. His best finish of the season was third place in the Montreal 200. Tracy partnered Jon Bennett,
Colin Braun Colin James Braun ( "brown"; born September 22, 1988) is an American auto racing, racing driver. He is the 2014 and 2015 IMSA SportsCar Championship, WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion and currently drives the No. 60 M ...
and Lowe in Doran's No. 77 Dallara-Ford car in the
2013 24 Hours of Daytona The 2013 Rolex 24 at Daytona was a long-distance motor race for sports cars conforming to the regulations of the Grand-Am Road Racing series. The 51st edition was raced between January 26 and 27. Michael Shank Racing is the defending champio ...
, finishing 48th overall after he collided with
Simon Pagenaud Simon Pierre Michel Pagenaud (; born 18 May 1984) is a French professional racing driver, who last drove the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. After a successful career in sports car racing that saw him taking the ...
in the tenth hour. Between
2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
and
2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, he raced five rounds of the
Stadium Super Trucks The Stadium Super Trucks (SST), formerly known as Speed Energy Formula Off-Road, also known as the Boost Mobile Super Trucks in Australia, is an American short course off-road racing series created by off-road racer and former IndyCar and NASCAR d ...
short course off-road racing series in Toronto. Tracy finished in the top ten in four of the five races, with his best series performance of fourth in the second 2014 Toronto event. In 2016, he and co-driver Gary Moore won the B category of the
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) is an American automobile club and sanctioning body that supports vintage racing in the United States. The organization was founded in 1981, and is regarded as the premier vintage racing organiza ...
's Indy Legends Charity Pro–Am race at Indianapolis in a 1965 Ford Mustang (first generation), Ford Mustang GT350. He drove two rounds of the Trans-Am Series at Road Atlanta and Indianapolis in Coleman Motorsports's No. 87 Chevrolet Camaro after being invited to enter a race during the 2018 Trans-Am Series, 2018 season. Tracy finished seventh at Road Atlanta and 20th at Indianapolis. He contested the Bathurst 12 Hour for the first time in 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour, 2019 on the recommendation of NBC Sports commentator Leigh Diffey as a replacement for the injured Boris Said. Tracy shared the MARC Cars Australia's No. 91 Ford Mustang (sixth generation), MARC Ford Mustang II with Keith Kassulke, Paul Morris (racing driver), Paul Morris and Anton de Pasquale in the Invitational category and retired after 189 laps with engine failure. He replaced Eric Curran as William Hubbell's co-driver in a Prestige Performance/Wayne Taylor Racing-entered Pro-Am category Lamborghini Huracán, Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo EVO in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America round at Watkins Glen. Tracy finished 14th in the first race and 15th in the second. He returned to the Trans-Am Series in the TA2 category for the 2020 Trans-Am Series, 2020 season, driving the No. 81 3-Dimensional Services Group Ford Mustang at the Circuit of the Americas round, replacing Doug Peterson. Tracy was disqualified from the race by the stewards for two illegal manoeuvres. He was invited to drive in the Mercedes-Benz category of the season-ending round of the SC Súper Copa at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed in Pubela. Tracy was twelfth in the first race and ninth in the second. In 2021 SRX Series, 2021, he began competing in the
Superstar Racing Experience Superstar Racing Experience (SRX), officially known as the Camping World SRX Series, was an American stock car racing series founded by Tony Stewart, Ray Evernham, Sandy Montag and George Pyne (business executive), George Pyne. The formation of t ...
(SRX) short track racing series, and was involved in numerous accidents and altercations with other drivers. Tracy finished in the top ten in four out of six races with a best finish of fifth at both Eldora Speedway and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway for seventh in the drivers' standings with 121 points. During the 2022 SRX Series, 2022 season, he took his first podium finish in SRX finishing third at Stafford Motor Speedway. Tracy was sixth in the final championship standings with 118 points. He was suspended from SRX competition on July 28, 2023, following a five-car accident he started in the 2023 SRX Series, 2023 season's third round at Motor Mile Speedway, Pulaski County Motorsports Park. Tracy did not return to SRX for the rest of the season. He accepted an invitation from the NASCAR Brasil Series to compete in the Autódromo Velo Città round of the 2023 NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race. Tracy won the first race, his first auto racing victory since 2007. He made his second appearance in the Bathurst 12 Hour in 2024 Bathurst 12 Hour, 2024 alongside Geoff Emery, Daniel Stutterd and Max Twigg in sharing TekworkX's Invitational-category IRC GT car, finishing second in class despite damaging the car in wet conditions. Tracy drove the No. 10 Race Cars for You IRC GT vehicle in the XGT category for the opening two rounds of the 2025 Trans-Am Series, winning in his class at Sebring International Raceway.


Driving style

Tracy has had an aggressive driving style from childhood, which he carried over into CART and was noted for his car control. By the 1999 season, he had learned to moderate his aggressiveness by learning when to make moves and so had fewer accidents. Sports car driver Ron Fellows observed that Tracy had learnt some of his technique in Europe and likened his karting style to Fittipaldi and Senna. He has a propensity for sliding a car into a turn with the rear-end out, which he has desired since he started kart racing. Tracy was known by fans for driving his car in places that most drivers did not consider, and he frequently crashed as a result. From 1994 until 2002, he employed a Traction control system, traction control device, an illegal electronic driver aid, to reduce tyre wear for greater drive-ability, but he was not allowed to reveal this knowledge for fear of repercussions from his team owner and engine manufacturer.


Public image, other ventures and recognition

Nicknamed the "Thrill from West Hill" after his 1993 Toronto CART victory for his aggressive driving style and his "Bad boy archetype, Bad Boy" image, Tracy is outspoken, speaking his mind about issues. Bruce Martin, writing for NBC Sports, wrote that the driver "became a crowd favorite because of his highly aggressive racing style and the fact he was intimidating on the racetrack", but his driving saw him put on probation as well as fined multiple times by CART. ''Toronto Life'' magazine characterised him as the "strip club-attending rogue is the John McEnroe, McEnroe of racing, perpetually battling the powers that be over some alleged infraction or other." CART and media outlets utilized his image to promote the series. Author Paul Ferris observed that some CART fans liked Tracy because he appeared to be "a regular guy" who had the "lack of a classic athletic physique, and his penchant for displaying flashes of temper along with a well-timed jab at a driver who has wronged him." Tracy had an supporting role on an episode of the 1980s television programme ''The Littlest Hobo'', and was a guest on the November 7, 2003 episode of the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. He appeared in 13 episodes of the 2010 Speed (TV network), Speed competition series ''Battle of the Supercars''. Tracy analysed IndyCar races for Canadian broadcaster
Sportsnet Sportsnet is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language Discretionary service, discretionary sports broadcasting, sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture betw ...
during the 2013 season, before joining
NBCSN NBCSN (also known as NBC Sports Network) was an American sports television television channel, channel owned by the NBC Sports Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It originally launched on July 1, 1995, as the Outdoor Lif ...
's IndyCar Series broadcast team in the same role from the 2014 IndyCar Series, 2014 season. The producers permitted him to broadcast his racing opinions without using profanity or dumbing-down, and his presence was attributed in part to an increase in NBCSN ratings. Tracy was investigated by NBC Sports in late 2018 for allegedly posting a racist comment about immigrants on social media, but it cleared him after determining that he was not the author. He also worked as an NBCSN analyst at the 24 Hours of Daytona, before gradually reducing his broadcasting role owing to his SRX commitments and leaving the network after the 2021 IndyCar Series, 2021 season when his contract was not renewed. In 1990, Tracy was awarded All-American status by the American Racing Writers' and Broadcasters Association "for his performance in the support/development series for the PPG Indy Car World Series." He received the Bruce McLaren Trophy from the British Racing Drivers' Club as "the Commonwealth of Nations, British Commonwealth's most promising driver" in 1990, and was named the Canadian Racing Drivers' Association Driver of the Year in 1991. Tracy was named to CART's All-Star Team for both 1999 and 2000 and was voted the series' Most Improved Driver of 1999. He was voted CART's Most Popular Driver of 2002 and 2003. He is an inductee of the
Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame The Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame is a walk of fame located on South Pine Avenue in the downtown waterfront area of Long Beach, California, to recognize those who have made a major contribution to auto racing in Long Beach. The project wa ...
(2013), the
Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame The Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame (CMHF) is a hall of fame run by the Canadian Motorsport Heritage Foundation as a not-for-profit charitable institution that "honours and recognizes the achievements of individuals and institutions that have ma ...
(2014), and the Road to Indy Hall of Fame (2015). Tracy received an honorary diploma from Fanshawe College in November 2016. Paul Ferriss wrote a biography of him, ''Never Too Fast: The Paul Tracy Story'', which was published in 2001. He has done business with companies such as Goodyear, General Motors Canada, Molson Brewery, Molson, Snap-on, Snap-On Tools, No Fear, Yeti Cycles, and Spy Sunglasses. Tracy is the owner of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle parts and apparel firm Black Label Baggers. He was part of Team Green's and African American mentoring organization 100 Black Men of America's program to donate money to buy computers for youngsters in urban areas for better accessibility to technology based on his performance in five races in 2001. In 2007, Tracy joined a three-year campaign run by the Ontario Safety League against street racing in the Greater Toronto Area, and at the Edmonton Indy, 2009 Edmonton Indy, raised awareness of the Wounded Warriors Canada non-profit charity that supports wounded Canadian troops overseas.


Personal life

Tracy has been married three times: he married nursing student and high school sweetheart Tara Cormier on February 13, 1993, Liisa Hunter in mid-April 1998, and finally Patty Faraci in April 2005. He has two children from his first marriage. Tracy is a dual Canadian-American citizen. He maintains a collection of power boats, classic cars and motorcycles.


Motorsports results


American open–wheel racing results

(Wikipedia:WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing/Driver results legend, key)


American Racing Series


CART/Champ Car


IndyCar Series

: ''1 Run on same day.'' : ''2 Non-points-paying, exhibition race.'' : ''3 The 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after
Dan Wheldon Daniel Clive Wheldon (22 June 1978 – 16 October 2011) was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series Drivers' Championship for Andretti Autosport, Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 Indianapol ...
died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.''


Indianapolis 500


Sports car racing


Can-Am


Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series

(Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend, key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)


24 Hours of Daytona


NASCAR

(Template:NASCAR driver results legend, key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)


Busch Series


Craftsman Truck Series


Stadium Super Trucks

(Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend, key) (Bold – Pole position. ''Italics'' – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)


Superstar Racing Experience

(Template:American Open Wheel driver results legend, key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.


See also

* List of Canadians in Champ Car


Notes


References


Bibliography

* * *


External links

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tracy, Paul 1968 births 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Champ Car champions Champ Car drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Indy Lights champions Indy Lights drivers IndyCar Series drivers Living people Motorsport announcers NASCAR drivers Rolex Sports Car Series drivers Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario Racing drivers from Toronto Stadium Super Trucks drivers Dale Coyne Racing drivers Team Penske drivers Newman/Haas Racing drivers Andretti Autosport drivers Forsythe Racing drivers Dragon Racing drivers Meyer Shank Racing drivers Action Express Racing drivers Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers Vision Racing drivers Walker Racing drivers KV Racing Technology drivers A. J. Foyt Enterprises drivers Canadian racing drivers Trans-Am Series drivers