Scott Goodyear
Goodyear in 2008
BornDonald Scott Goodyear
(1959-12-20) December 20, 1959
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

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.

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[3] as the Race Director for both the Formula 4 United States Championship and the F3 Americas Championship starting in the 2019 season.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

(key)

CART Indy Car World Series

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

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

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 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

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		 Switzerland Brun Motorsport United Kingdom Bill Adam
Canada Richard Spenard		 120 DNF DNF
1996 GT1 26 M Porsche 911 GT1
Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6		 Germany Porsche AG Austria Karl Wendlinger
France Yannick Dalmas		 341 3rd 2nd
Sources:[18][19]

International Race of Champions

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.autocourse.ca/archives/national/porsche/1988/porsche.htm
  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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