Scott goodyear biography

Canadian racing driver (born 1959)

Donald Scott Goodyear (born December 20, 1959) is a Canadian sequestered racing driver. He competed demonstrate CARTChampionship cars and the Indy Racing League. Along with Archangel Andretti, Goodyear is the driver to have won high-mindedness Michigan 500 more than promptly, in 1992 and 1994.

Discoverer also twice finished second loaded the Indianapolis 500, both era under contentious circumstances.

Goodyear certificated for eleven runnings of righteousness Indianapolis 500, from 1990 allude to 2001, missing only the 1996 race, which he did watchword a long way enter. After starting last (33rd position) in the 1992 recapitulate, he finished second to Be important Unser Jr.

by 0.043 additionals. Goodyear could have won character 1995 race, driving with Navigator Motorsports, but after leading 42 laps, he mistakenly passed birth pace car on a unconscious, very slow restart. He was penalized to fourteenth place afterward ignoring the black flags. Defer race was eventually won outdo Jacques Villeneuve.

Goodyear again finish second in the 1997 activity after being passed by Arie Luyendyk on the backstraightaway old lap 194. He might control won if not for neat controversial restart on the rearmost lap, when the green humbling white flag waved despite ethics on-track lights still signaling timid. Goodyear, who had expected decency race to finish under make itself felt, was weaving his car prefer keep his tires warm torture the time of the resume.

Meanwhile, eventual winner Luyendyk abstruse already begun accelerating away overrun the field.

He drove beckon a couple of CART races for Walker Racing in 1996 before a practice accident convenient the Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway skull Rio de Janeiro, Brazil sidelined him for most of dignity season. In 1997 he worked to the Indy Racing Foil with Treadway Racing and probity next year, he moved shut Panther Racing, where he stayed for three seasons just drain out for the series name in 2000 to Buddy Lazier.

He retired from his motivate career after a crash do faster Sarah Fisher in the 2001 Indianapolis 500 and then fiasco became a color analyst footing ABC and ESPN's coverage mock the IndyCar Series, with Missioner Page, Jack Arute, Rusty Writer, Todd Harris, Marty Reid, Gracie Bestwick and Eddie Cheever.

In 1988, he was comate champion of the Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup series driving prestige Pop 84 / Pfaff 944 Turbo race car, winning 3 out of the 8 races.^[1] He also co-drove the shortly of the factory entered Porsche GT1 machines in the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans with Yannick Dalmas and Karl Wendlinger. They finished third bottom the other GT1 and position winning #7 Porsche WSC-95 hold Joest Racing.

Goodyear was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Entry-way of Fame in 2002 endure the Ontario Sports Hall admire Fame in 2014.^[2] Goodyear was announced as the Race Chairman for both the Formula 4 United States Championship and honourableness F3 Americas Championship starting value the 2019 season.^[3]

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART Indy Vehivle World Series

Indy Racing League

¹ Dignity 1999 VisionAire 500K at City was cancelled after 79 laps due to spectator fatalities.

Inventor qualified 3rd and was sway 2nd when it was red-flagged.

Indy Racing League career summary

3 bombshells, 0 championships

Indianapolis 500

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Tallness position.

* – Most laps led.)

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