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.

Scott Goodyear
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 race1987 Meadowlands Indy (Meadowlands)
Last race1996 Monterey Grand Prix (Laguna Seca)
First win1992 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
Last win1994 Michigan 500 (Michigan)
Wins Podiums Poles
2 6 2
IndyCar Series career
39 races run over 5 years
Best finish2nd (2000)
First race1997 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World (Orlando)
Last race2001 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
First win1999 MCI WorldCom 200 (Phoenix)
Last win2000 Excite 500 (Texas)
Wins Podiums Poles
3 12 1
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years1987, 1996
TeamsBrun, Porsche AG
Best finish3rd (1996)
Class wins0

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

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American open–wheel racing results

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CART Indy Car World Series

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Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
1987 Gohr Motorsports March 87C Cosworth DFX V8t LBH PHX INDY MIL POR MEA
22
TOR
8
MIS POC ROA
20
MDO
18
NZR LS
11
MIA
15
28th 7 [4]
March 86C CLE
15
1989 Hemelgarn Racing Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8t PHX LBH INDY MIL DET POR CLE MEA TOR
23
MIS POC MDO ROA
23
NZR LS 48th 0 [5]
1990 O'Donnell Racing
Shierson Racing
Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8t 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
13th 36 [6]
1991 O'Donnell Racing
Walker Racing
Lola T91/00 Judd AV V8t 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
13th 42 [7]
1992 Walker Racing Lola T91/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t SRF
9
5th 108 [8]
Lola T92/00 PHX
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 V8t 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
9th 86 [9]
1994 King Racing Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t 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
12th 55 [10]
1995 Tasman Motorsports Reynard 95i Honda HRH V8t MIA SRF PHX LBH NZR INDY
14
MIL DET POR ROA TOR CLE MIS MDO
12
NHA VAN
14
LS 32nd 1 [11]
1996 Walker Racing Reynard 96i Ford XB V8t MIA
12
RIO
DNS
SRF LBH NZR 500 MIL DET POR CLE TOR
19
MIS MDO ROA VAN
9
LS
18
25th 5 [12]

Indy Racing League

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points Ref
1996–1997 Treadway Racing G-Force GF01 6 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 NHM LVS WDW
3
PHX
17
INDY
2
TXS
4
PPIR
7
CLT
3
NH2
16
LV2
2
5th 226 [13]
1998 Panther Racing G-Force GF01B 4 WDW
17
PHX
6
INDY
24
TXS
4
NHM
2
DOV
6
CLT
3
PPIR
18
ATL
4
TX2
22
LVS
22
7th 244 [14]
1999 G-Force GF01C WDW
2
PHX
1
CLT
C1
INDY
27
TXS
1
PPIR
12
ATL
16
DOV
17
PPIR
21
LVS
25
TX2
23
9th 217 [15]
2000 Dallara IR-00 WDW
4
PHX
2
LVS
12
INDY
9
TXS
5
PPIR
16
ATL
11
KTY
2
TX2
1
2nd 272 [16]
2001 Team Cheever Dallara IR-01 52 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 PHX HMS ATL INDY
32
TXS PPIR RIR KAN NSH KTY STL CHI TX2 48th 1 [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

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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

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Year Chassis Engine No. Start Finish Team
1990 Lola T89/00 Judd AV V8t 28 21 10 O'Donnell/Shierson Racing
1991 Lola T91/00 Judd AV V8t 15 12 27 O'Donnell Racing
1992 Lola T92/00 Chevrolet 265A V8t 15 33 2 Walker Racing
1993 Lola T93/00 Ford XB V8t 2 4 7 Walker Racing
1994 Lola T94/00 Ford XB V8t 40 33 30 King Racing
1995 Reynard 95i Honda HRH V8t 24 3 14 Tasman Motorsports
1997 G-Force GF01 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 6 5 2 Treadway Racing
1998 G-Force GF01B Oldsmobile Aurora V8 4 10 24 Panther Racing
1999 G-Force GF01C Oldsmobile Aurora V8 4 9 27 Panther Racing
2000 Dallara IR-00 Oldsmobile Aurora V8 4 13 9 Panther Racing
2001 Dallara IR-01 Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 52 16 32 Team Cheever

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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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
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International Race of Champions

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.autocourse.ca/archives/national/porsche/1988/porsche.htm [bare URL]
  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.
  5. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1989 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1990 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  7. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1991 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1993 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  11. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
  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.
  16. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  17. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 2001 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  18. ^ "Scott Goodyear". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Complete Archive of Scott Goodyear". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
  20. ^ "Scott Goodyear – 2001 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by North American Formula Atlantic
Atlantic Division Champion

1986
Succeeded by