Scott Goodyear

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Scott Goodyear
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Goodyear in 2008
BornDonald Scott Goodyear
(1959-12-20) December 20, 1959 (age 64)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Championship titles
Major victories
Michigan 500 (1992, 1994)
Champ Car career
97 races run over 9 years
Best finish5th (1992)
First race 1987 Meadowlands Indy (Meadowlands)
Last race 1996 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
First win 1992 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
Last win 1994 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
WinsPodiums Poles
262
IndyCar Series career
39 races run over 5 years
Best finish2nd (2000)
First race 1997 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World (Orlando)
Last race 2001 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win 1999 MCI WorldCom 200 (Phoenix)
Last win 2000 Excite 500 (Texas)
WinsPodiums Poles
3121
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1987, 1996
Teams Brun, Porsche AG
Best finish3rd (1996)
Class wins0

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 than once, in 1992 and 1994. Goodyear also twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500, both times under contentious circumstances.

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Goodyear qualified for eleven runnings of the Indianapolis 500, from 1990 to 2001, missing only the 1996 race, which he did not enter. After starting last (33rd position) in the 1992 race, he finished second to Al Unser Jr. by 0.043 seconds. Goodyear could have won the 1995 race, driving with Tasman Motorsports, but after leading 42 laps, he mistakenly passed the pace car on a late, very slow restart. He was penalized to fourteenth place after ignoring the black flags. That race was eventually won by Jacques Villeneuve. Goodyear again finished second in the 1997 race after being passed by Arie Luyendyk on the backstraightaway at lap 194. He might have won if not for a controversial restart on the last lap, when the green and white flag waved despite the on-track lights still signaling yellow. Goodyear, who had expected the race to finish under caution, was weaving his car to keep his tires warm at the time of the restart. Meanwhile, eventual winner Luyendyk had already begun accelerating away from the field.

He drove in a couple of CART races for Walker Racing in 1996 before a practice accident at the Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sidelined him for most of the season. In 1997 he moved to the Indy Racing League with Treadway Racing and the next year, he moved to Panther Racing, where he stayed for three seasons just losing out for the series title in 2000 to Buddy Lazier. He retired from his racing career after a crash with Sarah Fisher in the 2001 Indianapolis 500 and then he became a color analyst for ABC and ESPN's coverage of the IndyCar Series, with Paul Page, Jack Arute, Rusty Wallace, Todd Harris, Marty Reid, Allen Bestwick and Eddie Cheever.

In 1988, he was crowned champion of the Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup series driving the Pop 84 / Pfaff 944 Turbo race car, winning 3 out of the 8 races. [1] He also co-drove the second of the factory entered Porsche GT1 machines in the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans with Yannick Dalmas and Karl Wendlinger. They finished third behind the other GT1 and the winning #7 Porsche WSC-95 of Joest Racing. Goodyear was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. [2] Goodyear was announced as the Race Director for both the Formula 4 United States Championship and the F3 Americas Championship starting in the 2019 season. [3]

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART Indy Car World Series

YearTeamChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617RankPointsRef
1987 Gohr Motorsports March 87C Cosworth DFX V8 t LBHPHX INDY MILPORMEA
22		TOR
8		MISPOCROA
20		MDO
18		NZRLS
11		MIA
15		28th7 [4]
March 86CCLE
15
1989 Hemelgarn Racing Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8 t PHXLBH INDY MILDETPORCLEMEATOR
23		MISPOCMDOROA
23		NZRLS48th0 [5]
1990 O'Donnell Racing
Shierson Racing 		Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8 t PHX
10		LBH
17		 INDY
10		MIL
10		DET
8		POR
22		CLE
18		MEA
17		TOR
9		MIS
10		DEN
8		VAN
7		MDO
22		ROA
12		NZR
10		LS
14		13th36 [6]
1991 O'Donnell Racing
Walker Racing 		Lola T91/00 Judd AV V8 t SRF
23		LBH
7		PHX
21		 INDY
27		MIL
9		DET
8		POR
10		CLE
19		MEA
8		TOR
7		MIS
15		DEN
24		VAN
8		MDO
11		ROA
9		NZR
21		LS
11		13th42 [7]
1992 Walker Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t SRF
9		5th108 [8]
Lola T92/00PHX
18		LBH
5		 INDY
2		DET
22		POR
8		MIL
8		NHA
3		TOR
6		MIS
1		CLE
10		ROA
20		VAN
5		MDO
16		NZR
4		LS
26
1993 Walker Racing Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8 t SRF
10		PHX
20		LBH
16		 INDY
7		MIL
23		DET
10		POR
12		CLE
20		TOR
9		MIS
5		NHA
19		ROA
10		VAN
4		MDO
3		NZR
2		LS
4		9th86 [9]
1994 King Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8 t SRF
10		PHX
11		LBH
19		 INDY
30		MIL
22		DET
11		POR
28		CLE
14		TOR
10		MIS
1		MDO
22		NHA
11		VAN
4		ROA
7		NZR
8		LS
27		12th55 [10]
1995 Tasman Motorsports Reynard 95i Honda HRH V8 t MIA SRF PHXLBHNZR INDY
14		MILDETPORROATORCLEMISMDO
12		NHAVAN
14		LS32nd1 [11]
1996 Walker Racing Reynard 96i Ford XB V8 t MIA
12		 RIO
DNS		 SRF LBH NZR 500 MIL DET PORCLETOR
19		MISMDOROAVAN
9		LS
18		25th5 [12]

Indy Racing League

YearTeamChassisNo.Engine12345678910111213RankPointsRef
1996–1997 Treadway Racing G-Force GF016 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 NHM LVS WDW
3		 PHX
17		 INDY
2		 TXS
4		 PPIR
7		 CLT
3		 NH2
16		 LV2
2		5th226 [13]
1998 Panther Racing G-Force GF01B4 WDW
17		 PHX
6		 INDY
24		 TXS
4		 NHM
2		 DOV
6		 CLT
3		 PPIR
18		ATL
4		TX2
22		LVS
22		7th244 [14]
1999 G-Force GF01CWDW
2		PHX
1		 CLT
C1		 INDY
27		TXS
1		PPIR
12		ATL
16		DOV
17		PPIR
21		LVS
25		TX2
23		9th217 [15]
2000 Dallara IR-00WDW
4		PHX
2		LVS
12		 INDY
9		TXS
5		PPIR
16		ATL
11		KTY
2		TX2
1		2nd272 [16]
2001 Team Cheever Dallara IR-0152 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 PHXHMSATL INDY
32		TXSPPIRRIRKANNSHKTYSTLCHITX248th1 [17]
1 The 1999 VisionAire 500K at Charlotte was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities. Goodyear qualified 3rd and was running 2nd when it was red-flagged.

Indy Racing League career summary

YearTeamWinsPointsChampionship Finish
1997 Treadway Racing 02265th
1998 Panther Racing 02447th
1999 Panther Racing 22179th
2000 Panther Racing 12722nd
2001 Team Cheever 0147th

3 wins, 0 championships

Indianapolis 500

YearChassisEngineNo.StartFinishTeam
1990 Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8 t 282110 O'Donnell/Shierson Racing
1991 Lola T91/00 Judd AV V8 t 151227 O'Donnell Racing
1992 Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8 t 15332 Walker Racing
1993 Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8 t 247 Walker Racing
1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8 t 403330 King Racing
1995 Reynard 95i Honda HRH V8 t 24314 Tasman Motorsports
1997 G-Force GF01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 652 Treadway Racing
1998 G-Force GF01B Oldsmobile Aurora V8 41024 Panther Racing
1999 G-Force GF01C Oldsmobile Aurora V8 4927 Panther Racing
2000 Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 4139 Panther Racing
2001 Dallara IR-01 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 521632 Team Cheever

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearClassNoTyresCarTeamCo-DriversLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1987 C13 M Porsche 956
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6		 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Brun Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bill Adam
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richard Spenard		120DNFDNF
1996 GT126 M Porsche 911 GT1
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche AG Flag of Austria.svg Karl Wendlinger
Flag of France.svg Yannick Dalmas 		3413rd2nd
Sources: [18] [19]

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

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  2. ↑ "Scott Goodyear". oshof.ca . Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "2019 F3 Americas Schedule Revealed at PRI Show- Scott Goodyear Announced as Race Director". 7 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Scott Goodyear – 1987 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Scott Goodyear – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Scott Goodyear – 1997 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Scott Goodyear – 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Scott Goodyear – 1999 Indy Racing League Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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