Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy
Paul Tracy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Second Qualification Day for the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1968-12-17) December 17, 1968 Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
2014 IZOD IndyCar Series
Debut season	2002
Car no.	8, 23
Former teams	Team Green Vision Racing A.J. Foyt Enterprises KV Racing Technology
Starts	20
Best finish	22nd in 2009
Previous series
1986 1988-1990 1991-2007 2006-2007 , 2012 2006 2008	Can-Am Series American Racing Series CART/Champ Car World Series Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series NASCAR Busch Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Championship titles
1990 2003	American Racing Series CART/Champ Car World Series
Awards
1990 1993 1999 2000	Bruce McLaren Trophy Most Improved Driver All-Star Team All-Star Team

Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) is a professional automobile racer who has competed in CART, the ChampCar World Series and the IndyCar Series. He is nicknamed "PT" and also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill".

Racing career

Early years

Fascinated by cars since boyhood, Paul raced go-karts at Goodwood Kartways near his hometown until he was 16. At age 16, in 1985, he became the youngest ever Canadian Formula Ford Champion. He was also the winner of the final Can-Am race in series history at the age of 17; in that same race he achieved the record of the youngest winner in Can-Am history.

Tracy worked his way up through the North American open-wheel feeder series' culminating with winning the 1990 American Racing Series Championship, and in the process set a record for single season wins with nine.

Penske and Newman/Haas years

The following year, he competed in his first IndyCar event at Long Beach and at mid-season became a test driver for Penske Racing, in his first race for the team at Michigan he crashed and broke his left leg. He recovered and raced twice more for the team at the end of the season. He was scheduled to start a selected number of races for Penske in 1992 and ended up starting 11 races, many of his starts as a substitute driver for the injured Rick Mears.

His first full year of IndyCar competition came in 1993 and he won five times with his first win coming at Long Beach and the others at Cleveland, Toronto, Road America and Laguna Seca. Paul led the series in laps led and was voted most improved driver by his peers. The 1994 season started out slowly for Tracy as he scored just two points in the first four races. He rebounded from his poor start and finished on the podium in eight of the final twelve races with victories at Detroit, Nazareth, and Laguna Seca. His third-place showing in the points gave Penske a sweep of the top-three slots with Al Unser, Jr. winning the title and Emerson Fittipaldi second. That year, Tracy also tested with the Benetton Formula One team at Estoril.

Despite three successful seasons at Penske racing, Paul switched to Newman/Haas Racing for the 1995 season. Although he won two races (Australia and Milwaukee) and finished 6th in the championship, Tracy returned to Penske racing for 1996. His return to Penske was a disappointment as he finished the season with no wins and 13th in the championship. A back injury also forced him to miss two races. 1997 was a roller coaster season for Tracy. He won consecutive events at Nazareth, Rio de Janeiro and Gateway, to take the points lead. The season went downhill soon after as he finished 26th or worse in each of the final five events to slip to fifth place in the championship. His wins were the 98th and 99th for Penske Racing in CART; they had to wait 3 more years for their 100th.

During this period (1994–1995) Paul Tracy also dabbled as a professional downhill mountain bike racer. He raced for Yeti Bicycles and made appearances in the pro class at famous bike races such as the legendary Kamikaze at Mammouth mountain. During this time Penske developed a special upside down suspension fork for Yeti Cycles and Paul. Kaiser Aerospace in partnership with Yeti Cycles built one of the first thermoplastic carbon fiber bicycles for Paul at a cost of 1/2 million dollars to produce.

Team Green years

Tracy left Penske Racing again to race for Team KOOL Green for the 1998 season. The year was a struggle as he finished no better than fifth in any race and ended up a disappointing 13th in the championship.

Several on and off track incidents during the year earned him the wrath of CART officials and he was excluded from the 1999 season opener. Although he missed the first race, Paul still had a very successful season as he recorded seven podium finishes and had victories at Milwaukee and Houston. He finished third in the championship.

The 2000 season was also a success for Tracy as he won at Long Beach, Road America and Vancouver and finished fifth in the championship. Paul sat on the pole for the Michigan 500 with a new track record speed of 234.949 mph (378.114 km/h).

Paul's fourth year with Green in 2001 was one of the worst of his career as he went winless and finished 14th in the championship. 2002 was another year of struggle for Paul. He did win a race at Milwaukee but failed to finish 10 of 19 races and was 11th in the championship.

With Team Green, Tracy returned to the Indianapolis 500 in 2002 for the first time since 1995. A late-race caution flag for a crash appeared at nearly the same time he passed Hélio Castroneves for what would have been the race lead. This incident proved controversial due to the lack of evidence from camera angles showing whether or not he was ahead of Castroneves. Debate continued on the issue of whether the caution flag was timed to stop a CART driver beating the regulars of the rival Indy Racing League, which is run by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George. In the previous year's race, CART drivers had claimed the first 5 finishing positions, leading many to believe that IRL brass was looking to avoid another defeat in the biggest race of the year. Perhaps as a result of this, Tracy was received CART's Most Popular Driver Award later that same year.

Forsythe years

Paul Tracy made his off-season move to the Player’s/Forsythe team for the 2003 season and had one of the best ever seasons in Champ Car history. He became the first driver in 32 years to win the first three races of a season, scoring victories in St. Petersburg, Monterrey, and Long Beach. His other victories came at Toronto (his finest victory of the season and perhaps his career; he led all 112 laps and, at one point, had a lead so big that when the first full-course caution of the race came out, Tracy managed to complete a pit stop before anyone else even got close to the pit lane entrance), Vancouver, Mid-Ohio, and Mexico City. He led 658 laps, earned six poles, and ten podiums on the way to his first-ever championship.

Due to tobacco advertising laws, Player's could not return as a sponsor for the following season. At the same time, CART went bankrupt and its assets were auctioned off in an Indiana court. The series was purchased by Kevin Kalkhoven, Paul Gentilozzi, and Tracy's team owner Gerald Forsythe. The lack of sponsor money certainly did not help the team and Paul was unable to defend his championship in 2004. He finished fourth in the series, with wins at Long Beach and Vancouver.

The 2005 season started out strong for Tracy. He led the points standings after five races, winning at Milwaukee and Cleveland. Bad luck and mistakes characterized the rest of his season, however. He was leading at Toronto when he ran out of fuel and crashed on his own while leading at Denver. A hard crash with Sébastien Bourdais at Las Vegas ended his championship hopes. Tracy finished fourth in the standings for the second year in a row.

2006 looked to be a transitional year for Tracy, with a five-race deal run in the NASCAR Busch Series possibly becoming a full-season contract in 2007. However, for a number of reasons, including poor results in the first three Busch races, Tracy reconsidered and determined that staying in Champ Car might be his best option. In May 2006, it was announced that Tracy had re-signed with Forsythe Racing for an additional five seasons. He announced plans to compete in the NASCAR Busch Series in 2007 for Riley D'Hondt Motorsports with sponsorship from SportClips. Tracy also competed in one Camping World Truck Series race in 2008 at Texas Motor Speedway, where he finished 20th for Germain Racing. He has since stated that he has no plans to run in NASCAR in 2009.

In November 2006, Tracy was injured while riding an ATV, but a rumor started that he had jumped a sand trap in a golf cart. Tracy denied the rumor and stated that he does not even own a golf cart. In January 2007, Tracy vowed to win the 2007 Champ Car title.^[1] However, on April 14 during a practice session at Long Beach, he crashed into a concrete barrier and suffered a fractured vertebra which forced him to miss the race and the next one in Houston. In late-May, he was given the green light by doctors to return into action for the race in Portland on June 10.^[2]

IndyCar Series career

Following the unification of open wheel racing in North America, Forsythe announced that he would not be moving on to race in the IRL-sanctioned IndyCar Series in 2008, leaving Tracy a free agent after the 2008 race at Long Beach. After being without a ride for most of the season, Tracy signed a deal to drive for a joint Vision Racing/Walker Racing effort in the Rexall Edmonton Indy with sponsorship from Subway. Despite starting 15th in the race (due to a last qualifying lap spin by Marty Roth during the second knockout session), Tracy finished 4th behind Justin Wilson, Hélio Castroneves, and winner Scott Dixon. He had a fastest personal lap time of 1:02.9258 at 112.876 mph (181.656 km/h) set on lap 77.

On April 17, 2009 between practice sessions of the Long Beach Grand Prix it was announced that Tracy will drive in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 for KV Racing Technology sponsored by Geico Insurance. Races at Edmonton, Toronto, and Watkins Glen were later added to the KV/Tracy program for 2009, with additional races possible. Following Tracy's 9th place finish in his return to the Indy 500, AJ Foyt Enterprises signed Tracy to replace the injured Vitor Meira in the #14 car, but only for the Milwaukee race.^[3] Paul drove again in 2009 for KV Racing at Mid-Ohio in place of Mario Moraes, who returned to Brazil after his father died.^[4]

Other racing

In July 2013, Tracy ran in the Stadium Super Trucks, making his debut at Toronto.^[5]

Controversies

French helmet

During his racing career, Tracy has been involved in several controversies, notably involving CART bosses. Also, several rivals have alleged that he is aggressive and sometimes dangerous, habits which have caused several accidents and feuds in the past. However, the most recent and high-profile incident involving the Canadian driver was the French helmet controversy.

The French helmet controversy erupted during the 2006 season after Tracy was involved in two on-track incidents at San Jose and Denver. At San Jose, Tracy missed a right curve and went straight into an open space area. By trying to return to the track, he hit Alex Tagliani's car, damaging the whole front of it. After the crash, Tagliani, a French-Canadian, angrily confronted Tracy in the pits and demanded that he pay for the damage since Tagliani's race team had financial issues. Tracy then warned Tagliani not to touch him, but the latter persisted and eventually the two men came to blows before being separated by Champ Car officials. Tracy noted that Tagliani was still wearing his helmet during the scuffle. Both men were fined an undisclosed amount of money, while Tracy was put on probation for three races and lost seven points.^[6]

During the next race in Denver, Tracy and French driver Sébastien Bourdais were fighting for the second position on the last lap. Tracy, while having fuel and brake issues, was well behind Bourdais coming into the final corner. Still, he did not slow down enough, losing control and hitting Bourdais' car in the process. The Newman-Haas driver then charged at Tracy and gave him a shove. Although Tracy invited Bourdais to confront him, the latter chose to walk away from the potential altercation. Tracy was docked an additional three points in the championship and was fined US$25,000. Champ Car mentioned that "Tracy's on-track actions in Denver were determined to be in violation of his probation"^[7] a probation stemming from the San Jose incident. Bourdais demanded that Tracy be suspended, since he felt that Tracy had cost him several points that he could have used to widen his now-slim lead in the points standings over A. J. Allmendinger, Tracy's teammate, who won the Denver race.

During a post-race interview, Tracy criticized Bourdais for not confronting him after the incident: "Too bad he wouldn't take his helmet off, then we really would have settled things. But French guys always keep their helmets on".^[8] Tracy downplayed the remarks, claiming they were a joke, but added one week later: "I said it was a joke, but it's a fact. If I said anything untrue, I'd apologize for it, but in both instances, they came to me to get in an altercation with their helmets on. I don't regret it, but I said it in joking".^[9] Bourdais, Tagliani, and Quebec driver Andrew Ranger asked for the crowd to boo him at the next race in Montreal, on the weekend of August 26.

This incident also renewed a heated rivalry between Tracy and Bourdais in which the Canadian driver criticized his rival for knocking him out of several past races and claiming that the Denver incident was payback according to him. In regards to the helmet remarks, Bourdais fired back at Tracy, saying: "I guess I'm not a hockey player and I didn't see him taking his helmet off either. I guess if he wants to fight someone, he is in the wrong sport." He continued: "It's just Paul Tracy making a fool out of himself race after race."^[10]

Tagliani added: "I said he (Tracy) should wear a straitjacket because that's the only thing that could keep him under control. And Sébastien (Bourdais) said he can't drive with that on, so maybe it's the only thing that could keep him out of trouble".^[9]

During the warm-ups and qualifying sessions in Montreal, the crowd at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve booed Tracy loudly. However, during the traditional drivers' presentation before the race, Tracy wore a blue mask and a Quebec flag as a cape while doing wrestling gestures, and the fans began to warm up to him.^[11] RDS, TSN's French language television network, titled an article as : Paul Tracy, "le Crazy Québécois" (the crazy Quebecer)^[12] and TSN captioned an image with "Captain Quebec". Tracy finished the rain-delayed race in second position behind Bourdais on the following Monday. Fans cheered for Tracy as he wore a Quebec flag on the podium.^[13]

NASCAR

In May 2011 he made statements about NASCAR, calling it boring and stating “I can’t watch a NASCAR race on TV without taking a three-hour nap in the middle of it...It is a different scene and a different culture."^[14]

Personal

Tracy resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has two children, Alysha and Conrad. He has a business interest in Arma Energy SNX. Paul also owns Black Label Baggers, a custom motorcycle parts company.

Trivia

Tracy appeared as an on-screen extra in an episode of The Littlest Hobo titled "Torque" (1985, Season 6).

In July of 2013, Autosport magazine named Tracy one of the 50 greatest drivers to have never raced in Formula One. Tracy impressed when testing for Benneton at Estoril in 1994, as he set a faster time than both Benneton drivers JJ Lehto and Jos Verstappen had managed for that year's Portuguese Grand Prix, and was only 0.7 sec off of Gerhard Berger's pole time for the same race. Afterwards, Tracy was offered a restrictive contract with few guarantees, ultimately deciding to stay in America.

Motorsports Results

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Position
1986	Can-Am Series	Horst Kroll Racing	38	1	1	1	20	8th
1988	HFC American Racing Series	Hemelgarn Racing	71/81	11	0	1	58	9th
1989	HFC American Racing Series	Maple Leaf Racing	9	11	0	0	65	8th
1990	American Racing Series	Landford Racing	90	14	7	9	214	1st
1991	PPG Indy Car World Series	Dale Coyne Racing	39	1	0	0	6	21st
		Penske Racing	17	3	0	0
1992	PPG Indy Car World Series	Penske Racing	7/4	11	2	0	59	12th
1993	PPG Indy Car World Series	Penske Racing	12	16	2	5	157	3rd
1994	PPG Indy Car World Series	Penske Racing	3	16	4	3	152	3rd
	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Ford	Test driver
1995	PPG Indy Car World Series	Newman/Haas Racing	3	17	0	1	115	6th
1996	PPG Indy Car World Series	Penske Racing	3	14	3	0	60	13th
1997	PPG CART World Series	Penske Racing	3	16	2	3	121	5th
1998	FedEx Championship Series	Team KOOL Green	26	19	0	0	61	13th
1999	FedEx Championship Series	Team KOOL Green	26	19	0	2	161	3rd
2000	FedEx Championship Series	Team KOOL Green	26	20	1	3	134	5th
2001	FedEx Championship Series	Team KOOL Green	26	20	0	0	73	14th
2002	FedEx Championship Series	Team KOOL Green	26	18	0	1	101	11th
	Indy Racing League	Team Green	26	1	0	0	40	34th
2003	Champ Car World Series	Player's Forsythe Racing	3	18	6	7	226	1st
2004	Champ Car World Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	1	14	3	2	254	4th
2005	Champ Car World Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	3	13	3	2	246	4th
2006	Champ Car World Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	3	13	0	0	209	7th
	NASCAR Busch Series	Frank Cicci Racing	34	5	0	0	372	76th
		Biagi Brothers Racing	4	1	0	0
	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series	Michael Shank Racing	6	3	0	0	59	63rd
2007	Champ Car World Series	Forsythe Championship Racing	3	12	0	1	171	11th
	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series	Michael Shank Racing	6	1	0	0	15	71st
2008	IndyCar Series	Forsythe/Pettit Racing	3	1	0	0	51	33rd
		Vision Racing	22	1	0	0
	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series	Germain Racing	9	1	0	0	103	84th
2009	IndyCar Series	KV Racing Technology	15/5	5	0	0	113	23rd
		A. J. Foyt Enterprises	14	1	0	0
2010	IZOD IndyCar Series	KV Racing Technology	15	2	0	0	91	27th
		Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	3	0	0
2011	IZOD IndyCar Series	Dragon Racing	8	5	0	0	68	29th
		Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	23	1	0	0
2012	Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series	Doran Racing	77	4	0	0	145	15th
		Action Express Racing	5	2	0	0

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

American Racing Series

American Racing Series results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
1988	Hemelgarn Racing	PHX 1	MIL 15	POR 4	CLE 11	TOR 14	MWL 13	POC DNP	MDO 5	ROA 14	NAZ 6	LAG 8	MIA 14			9th	58
1989	Maple Leaf Racing	PHX 2	LBH 13	MIL 14	DET 11	POR 2	MWL 4	TOR 16	POC 12	MDO 3	ROA 10	NAZ 15	LAG DNP			8th	65
1990	Landford Racing	PHX 1	LBH 1	MIL 1	DET 8	POR 1	CLE 1	MWL 1	TOR 1	DEN 15	VAN 5	MDO 1	ROA 1	NAZ 10	LAG 12	1st	214

CART / Champ Car

CART / Champ Car Series results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Rank	Points
1991	Dale Coyne Racing	SRF DNP	LBH 22	PHX DNP	IND Wth	MIL DNP	DET DNP	POR DNP	CLE DNP	MDW DNP	TOR DNP												21st	6
	Penske Racing											MIC 21	DEN DNP	VAN DNP	MDO DNP	ROA DNP	NAZ 7	LS 25
1992	Penske Racing	SRF DNP	PHX 4	LBH DNP	IND 20	DET 16	POR DNP	MIL DNP	NHA DNP	TOR 21	MIC 2	CLE 19	ROA 17	VAN 23	MDO 2	NAZ 3	LS 16						12th	59
1993	Penske Racing	SRF 21	PHX 16	LBH 1	IND 30	MIL 20	DET 9	POR 3	CLE 1	TOR 1	MIC 19	NHA 2	ROA 1	VAN 13	MDO 25	NAZ 3	LS 1						3rd	157
1994	Penske Racing	SRF 16	PHX 23	LBH 20	IND 23	MIL 3	DET 1	POR 3	CLE 3	TOR 5	MIC 16	MDO 2	NHA 2	VAN 20	ROA 18	NAZ 1	LS 1						3rd	152
1995	Newman/Haas Racing	MIA 27	SRF 1	PHX 4	LBH 28	NAZ 26	IND 24	MIL 1	DET 8	POR 18	ROA 2	TOR 8	CLE 26	MIC 23	MDO 2	NHA 23	VAN 8	LS 2					6th	115
1996	Penske Racing	MIA 23	RIO 19	SRF 22	LBH 4	NAZ 5	500 7	MIL 3	DET 17	POR 27	CLE 9	TOR 5	MIC Wth	MDO DNP	ROA 12	VAN 18	LS 29						13th	60
1997	Penske Racing	MIA 2	SRF 19	LBH 7	NAZ 1	RIO 1	GAT 1	MIL 6	DET Wth	POR 7	CLE 7	TOR 10	MIC 4	MDO 27	ROA 28	VAN 28	LS 26	FON 26					5th	121
1998	Team KOOL Green	MIA 27	MOT 5	LBH 25	NAZ 5	RIO 25	GAT 26	MIL 7	DET 7	POR 28	CLE 19	TOR 14	MIC 9	MDO 5	ROA 6	VAN 11	LS 8	HOU 20	SRF 23	FON 14			13th	61
1999	Team KOOL Green	MIA DNP	MOT 11	LBH 21	NAZ 3	RIO 15	GAT 19	MIL 1	POR 5	CLE 4	ROA 11	TOR 2	MIC 3	DET 2	MDO 2	CHI 23	VAN 18	LS 4	HOU 1	SRF 7	FON 18		3rd	161
2000	Team KOOL Green	MIA 3	LBH 1	RIO 3	MOT 6	NAZ 10	MIL 15	DET 20	POR 18	CLE 19	TOR 3	MIC 7	CHI 19	MDO 16	ROA 1	VAN 1	LS 11	GAT 18	HOU 4	SRF 17	FON 24		5th	134
2001	Team KOOL Green	MTY 3	LBH 4	FTW NH	NAZ 3	MOT 18	MIL 24	DET 14	POR 21	CLE 24	TOR 6	MIC 7	CHI 12	MDO 4	ROA 26	VAN 26	LAU 10	ROC 6	HOU 24	LS 18	SRF 14	FON 24	14th	73
2002	Team KOOL Green	MTY 8	LBH 7	MOT 19	MIL 1*	LS 17	POR 17	CHI 9	TOR 16	CLE 3	VAN 2*	MDO 18	ROA 13*	MTL 4	DEN 8	ROC 19	MIA 12	SRF 3	FON 17	MXC 16			11th	101
2003	Player's Forsythe Racing	STP 1*	MTY 1*	LBH 1	BRH 17	LAU 12	MIL 12	LS 3	POR 2*	CLE 2*	TOR 1*	VAN 1*	ROA 15	MDO 1*	MTL 6	DEN 4	MIA 16	MXC 1*	SRF 13	FON NH			1st	226
2004	Forsythe Championship Racing	LBH 1*	MTY 7	MIL 17	POR 3	CLE 17	TOR 5	VAN 1*	ROA 12	DEN 2*	MTL 4	LS 10	LAS 18	SRF 4*	MXC 10								4th	254
2005	Forsythe Championship Racing	LBH 2	MTY 15	MIL 1	POR 3	CLE 1	TOR 16	EDM 3	SAN 2	DEN 16	MTL 8	LAS 17	SRF 17	MXC 3									4th	246
2006	Forsythe Championship Racing	LBH 17	HOU 2	MTY 4	MIL 16	POR 7	CLE 16	TOR 2	EDM 5	SAN 15	DEN 6	MTL 2	ROA 10	SRF 4	MXC Inj								7th	209
2007	Forsythe Championship Racing	LAS 3	LBH Wth	HOU Inj	POR 10	CLE 1	MTT 15	TOR 14	EDM 5	SAN 11	ROA 12	ZOL 10	ASN 17	SRF 9	MXC 5								11th	171

IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Team Green	HMS	PHX	FON	NZR	INDY 2	TXS	PPIR	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIS	KTY	STL	CHI	TX2					34th	40
2008	Forsythe/Pettit Racing	HMS	STP	MOT1 DNP	LBH1 11	KAN	INDY	MIL	TXS	IOW	RIR	WGL	NSH	MDO							33rd	51
	Vision Racing														EDM 4	KTY	SNM	DET	CHI	SRF2
2009	KV Racing Technology	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY 9					WGL 20	TOR 19	EDM 6	KTY	MDO 7	SNM	CHI	MOT	HMS			23rd	113
	A. J. Foyt Enterprises					MIL 17	TXS	IOW	RIR
2010	KV Racing Technology	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY DNQ	TXS	IOW		TOR 13	EDM 6	MDO	SNM	CHI						27th	91
	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing									WGL 14						KTY 12	MOT 22	HMS
2011	Dragon Racing	STP	ALA	LBH 16	SAO		TXS1 12	TXS2 13	MIL	IOW	TOR 16	EDM 26	MDO	NHM	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LVS3 C		29th	68
	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing					INDY 25

¹ Run on same day.

² Non-points-paying, exhibition race.

³ The Las Vegas Indy 300 was abandoned after Dan Wheldon died from injuries sustained in a 15-car crash on lap 11.

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team	Note
1991	Lola T9000	Cosworth	Wth		Dale Coyne Racing	Withdrew from rookie orientation
1992	Penske PC-21	Chevrolet B	19	20	Penske	Engine Failure
1993	Penske PC-22	Chevrolet C	7	30	Penske	Crash
1994	Penske PC-23	Ilmor-Mercedes	25	23	Penske	Turbo Failure
1995	Lola T9500	Ford-Cosworth XB	16	24	Newman/Haas	Broken Throttle
2002	Dallara	Chevrolet	29	2	Team Green	Controversial finish; claims victory
2009	Dallara	Honda	13	9	KV	First Indy start in seven years
2010	Dallara	Honda	DNQ		KV	Did Not Qualify
2011	Dallara	Honda	25	25	Dreyer & Reinbold

Sports car racing

Can-Am

Can-Am Series results
Year	Team	1	2	3	4	Rank	Points
1986	Horst Kroll Racing	MOS1	SUM	GAT	MOS2 1	8th	20

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results
Year	Team	Make	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2006	Michael Shank Racing	Riley	Lexus	DP	DAY 54/27	MEX 3/3	HOM	LBH	VIR	LAG	PHX	LRP	WAT1	DAY2 4/4	BAR	WAT2	INF	MIL		63rd	59
2007	Michael Shank Racing	Riley	Lexus	DP	DAY 26/16	MEX	HOM	VIR	LAG	LRP	WAT1	MDO	DAY2	IOWA	CGV	BAR	WAT2	INF	MIL	71st	15
2012	Doran Racing	Dallara	Ford	DP	DAY 7/7	BAR	HOM	NJ 21/8	BIP	MDO	RA	WAT1 10/10	IMS 16/6	WAT2						15th	145
	Action Express Racing	Chevrolet	Corvette												CGV 3/3	LAG 9/9	LRP

24 Hours of Daytona

Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Engine	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2006	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	Riley	Lexus	Paul Mears Jr. Mike Borkowski Ken Wilden	168	54 DNF	27 DNF
2007	DP	6	Michael Shank Racing	Riley	Lexus	A. J. Allmendinger Henri Zogaib Ian James	595	26	16
2012	DP	77	Doran Racing	Dallara DP-01	Ford 5.0L V8	Jim Lowe Burt Frisselle Brian Frisselle Billy Johnson	748	7	7

NASCAR

(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position earned by points standings. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Season	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBGNC	Points
2006	Frank Cicci Racing	34	Chevy	DAY 24	CAL		LVS 36	ATL	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL 35	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY 28	CHI	NHA	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL 42	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PH2	HOM	76th	372
	Biagi Brothers Racing	4	Dodge			MEX 37

See also

• List of Champ Car drivers
• List of Canadians in Champ Car

References

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Groff	American Racing Series Champion 1990	Succeeded by Eric Bachelart
Preceded by Cristiano da Matta	CART Series Champion 2003	Succeeded by Sébastien Bourdais (as Champ Car World Series Champion)

v t e IndyCar / CART / Champ Car Drivers' Champions (1979) Rick Mears (1980) Johnny Rutherford (1981–82) Rick Mears (1983) Al Unser (1984) Mario Andretti (1985) Al Unser (1986–87) Bobby Rahal (1988) Danny Sullivan (1989) Emerson Fittipaldi (1990) Al Unser, Jr. (1991) Michael Andretti (1992) Bobby Rahal (1993) Nigel Mansell (1994) Al Unser, Jr. (1995) Jacques Villeneuve (1996) Jimmy Vasser (1997–98) Alex Zanardi (1999) Juan Pablo Montoya (2000–01) Gil de Ferran (2002) Cristiano da Matta (2003) Paul Tracy (2004–07) Sébastien Bourdais

Authority control VIAF: 106315116

Persondata
Name	Tracy, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian racing driver
Date of birth	December 17, 1968
Place of birth	Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Date of death
Place of death