Paul Tracy

Paul Tracy (born December 17th, 1968) is from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Nicknamed "PT" and "The Thrill from West Hill".

Career
Early on in his career in CART he was a test driver for Penske Racing. He broke his leg in his first race for the team. In 1992 he filled in for injured Rick Mears in many events. In 1993 his first full season he captured his first win at Long Beach and followed it up by wins at Road America, Toronto, Cleveland, and Laguna Seca to finished 3rd in the season standings. He won three more times in 1994 and finished 3rd in the championship once again. Tracy left Penske prior to 1995 to drive for Newman Haas Racing where he only won twice and finished 6th in the standings.

1996 seen Tracy return to Penske with a huge disapointment taking home no wins and finishing in 13th place in the standings. His poor season was partialy due to an injured back. In 1997 he returned to his winning ways when he picked up 3 wins. After 1997 Tracy left Penske once again for Team Green. It took Paul until the middle of the 1999 season to win another race. The next two seasons where up and down but his fortune looked to be turned when he returned to Indy in 2002.

The 2002 Indy 500 was the first time since 1995 Tracy or Team Green race at Indy. In the closing laps Tracy closed on the leader Helio Castroneves and was along side him to pass him when an accident occured. Tracy immediately felt he had won and there is still evidence today that could support either Tracy or Castroneves as the winner. Castroneves winning led a controversy that the IRL's Tony George did not want a CART regular to win an IRL race.

In 2003 Tracy joined Forsythe and won the first 3 races in what was one of the greatest seasons ever. He captured 7 victories in a dominating performance to win the championship. The team had money troubles in 2004 and Paul was not able to repeat his success. Two wins early in 2005 looked promising but the rest of his season was anything but great. Tracy went winnless in 2006 and 2007 seen him injured early on in the season only to return to win at Cleveland.

Indycar Series
Since joining the united Indycar Series Paul has yet to drive a full season. He has only competed in 19 races in the 4 seasons since the two series merged. Tracy's best finish was 4th at Edmonton in 2008. The biggest dissapointment for Tracy was failing to qualify for the 2010 Indy 500.

Tracy is currently looking for a full time ride in 2012 a season that many believe will be his finale one