Scott Goodyear

Scott Goodyear

Born: December 20, 1959
Age: 64
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Scott Goodyear (born December 20, 1959) is a Canadian former race car driver. He ran the IRL IndyCar Series and Champ Car series during his career from 1987, winning the Michigan 500 in 1992 and 1994. He is also notable for almost winning the Indianapolis 500 on three different occasions.

Goodyear qualified for eleven runnings of the Indy 500 races from 1990 to 2001, missing only the 1996 race as his name wasn't entered. After starting last (33rd position) in the 1992 race, he finished 2nd to Al Unser, Jr. by 0.043 seconds. His main sponsor was Mackenzie Financial Corporation at the time. Goodyear could have won the 1995 race but after leading 42 laps, he mistakenly passed the pace car on a late restart and was penalized to fourteenth place after ignoring the black flags. Goodyear again finished 2nd 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 IRL IndyCar Series with Treadway Racing and the next year, he moved to Panther Racing, where he stayed for 3 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, previously with Paul Page, Jack Arute, Rusty Wallace, Todd Harris, Marty Reid, and currently with 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 only 3 out of the 8 races. 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 3rd behind the other GT1 and the winning 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.

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Racing record

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

CART

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points
1987 Gohr Motorsports
LBH

PHX

INDY

MIL

POR

MEA

CLE

TOR

MIS

POC

ROA

MDO

NZR

LS

MIA
28th 7
1989 Hemelgarn Racing
PHX

LBH

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

MEA

TOR

MIS

POC

MDO

ROA

NZR

LS
48th 0
1990 O'Donnell Racing
Shierson Racing

PHX

LBH

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

MEA

TOR

MIS

DEN

VAN

MDO

ROA

NZR

LS
13th 36
1991 Walker Racing
SRF

LBH

PHX

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

MEA

TOR

MIS

DEN

VAN

MDO

ROA

NZR

LS
13th 42
1992 Walker Racing
SRF

PHX

LBH

INDY

DET

POR

MIL

NHA

TOR

MIS

CLE

ROA

VAN

MDO

NZR

LS
5th 108
1993 Walker Racing
SRF

PHX

LBH

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIS

NHA

ROA

VAN

MDO

NZR

LS
9th 86
1994 King Racing
SRF

PHX

LBH

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIS

MDO

NHA

VAN

ROA

NZR

LS
12th 55
1995 Tasman Motorsports
MIA

SRF

PHX

LBH

NZR

INDY

MIL

DET

POR

ROA

TOR

CLE

MIS

MDO

NHA

VAN

LS
32nd 1
1996 Walker Racing
MIA

RIO

SRF

LBH

NZR

500

MIL

DET

POR

CLE

TOR

MIS

MDO

ROA

VAN

LS
25th 5

IndyCar

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points
1996-1997 Treadway Racing
NHM

LVS

WDW

PHX

INDY

TXS

PPI

CLT

NH2

LV2
5th 226
1998 Panther Racing
WDW

PHX

INDY

TXS

NHM

DOV

CLT

PPI

ATL

TX2

LVS
7th 244
1999 Panther Racing
WDW

PHX

CLT

INDY

TXS

PPI

ATL

DOV

PP2

LVS

TX2
9th 217
2000 Panther Racing
WDW

PHX

LVS

INDY

TXS

PPI

ATL

KTY

TX2
2nd 272
2001 Team Cheever
PHX

HMS

ATL

INDY

TXS

PPI

RIR

KAN

NSH

KTY

STL

CHI

TX2
47th 1
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.

IndyCar career summary

Year Team Wins Points Championship Finish
1997 Treadway Racing 0 226 5th
1998 Panther Racing 0 244 7th
1999 Panther Racing 2 217 9th
2000 Panther Racing 1 272 2nd
2001 Team Cheever 0 1 47th

3 wins, 0 championships

Indianapolis 500

Year Chassis Engine No Start Finish Team
1990 Lola T89/00 Judd AV 28 21st 10th O'Donnell/Shierson Racing
1991 Lola T91/00 Judd AV 15 12th 27th O'Donnell Racing
1992 Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A 15 33rd 2nd Walker Racing
1993 Lola T93/00 Ford XB 2 4th 7th Walker Racing
1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB 40 33rd 30th King Racing
1995 Reynard 95I Honda HRH 24 3rd 14th Tasman Motorsports
1997 G-Force Oldsmobile 6 5th 2nd Treadway Racing
1998 G-Force Oldsmobile 4 10th 24th Panther Racing
1999 G-Force Oldsmobile 4 9th 27th Panther Racing
2000 G-Force Oldsmobile 4 13th 9th Panther Racing
2001 Dallara Infiniti 52 16th 32nd Team Cheever

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Class No Tyres Car Team Co-Drivers Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1987 C1 3 M Porsche 956
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
Brun Motorsport Bill Adam
Richard Spenard
120 DNF DNF
1996 GT1 26 M Porsche 911 GT1
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche AG Karl Wendlinger
Yannick Dalmas
341 3rd 2nd

International Race of Champions

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

International Race of Champions results
Year Make 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2001 Pontiac DAY
TAL
MCH IND 7th 42

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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