Paul Tracy: The Thrill from West Hill

[@trevhawe]

Hey CC You never disappoint.Very nice documentary of PT made my night.Saw that one at the at the Exhibition. Kriss kosnoff got killed around that time at the Exhibition.Greg Moore a little later heartbreaking but not at the same track.Thanks nice job.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Thanks trev! You can look forward to one on Greg Moore soon. I just hope I do his story justice.

[@trevhawe]

@@ClumsyCardboard Bye for now.

[@mikea3273]

My first IndyCar race was '93 Molson Indy in Toronto. Somewhere I have a photo of him with his fist in the air driving down Lakeshore Boulevard celebrating.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

That must be one hell of a photo from one hell of a race! Such a field that day, too. Scott Goodyear.. Mario Andretti.. Danny Sullivan.. Paul was amongst giants!

[@xtlm]

Growing up my favorite drivers were Jeff Gordon in NASCAR and Paul Tracy in IndyCar He was the literal definition of Win it or Bin it, it was fun to watch. Another favorite of mine was Brett Favre....guess I just had fun watching those highly skilled time bombs lol (edit Well, actually ... now that I am thinking about it there were more lol)

[@ClumsyCardboard]

He was a personality, one that the sport could use again. Hell.. any motorsport, it seems.

[@xtlm]

​@@ClumsyCardboard Closest we have now is Will Power. 2 weeks ago at Road America was vintage with his double birds and a good shove. Not quite the same as Tracy, but their careers actually are rather similar lol. (Hot headed, fast, held back by only themselves, should have more chips, Penske lol) Shame he is starting to get up there.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

@@xtlm They oughta not count him out just yet! Also, unlike tracy, i'm pretty sure he wasn't fired for wishing it was a renyard.

[@clydebrown9982]

In the American racing series he was unbeatable! After his one year at Newman/Haas Racing, the next year I was at Road America and on a table at the Newman/Haas hospitality tent, someone had Photoshopped his face on a "Captain Crunch Cereal" box. he was a little hard on equipment that year. At most races he'd have his motor home with his bad ass Harley parked next to it. Nazareth speedway he had all but lapped the field by 3 laps!! Roger, over the radio, said to slow down. Crunch in the wall!! The dance with Tagliani. Yup the Trill! He pirouetted off track at Portland and ended up outside of someones campground.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

It seemed like he was especially incredible at mile long speedways. Those outside passes were great

[@NotSteveCook]

It was Phoenix where he had everyone lapped twice. Got impatient behind future buddy Jimmy Vasser. But a great moment was when Bourdais clipped his left front wing off at Toronto, but he continued to lead handily. The stuff of legends!

[@davidpeters2625]

Or as I like to say: Paul Tracy: the John Daly of Open-Wheel Racing

[@ClumsyCardboard]

That’s got to be one of the most apt analogies for him. I think even PT would agree!

[@davidpeters2625]

@@ClumsyCardboard exactly, I mean when you look at both personalities, I honestly, don't see that many differences.....

[@zerobasedgod9291]

best nickname ive seen in the sport

[@ClumsyCardboard]

He certainly was a thrill!

[@crystalracing4794]

Fabulous narration voice 👌

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Thanks so much!

[@madhatter3671]

nice vid! &... In February 2019 PT raced an awesome MARC Mustang #91i @ the Australian Bathurst 12hr with Anton De Pasquale.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Thanks! I should check that race out. Would be keen to see how he drives a v8 supercar

[@JOHANNESwhoelse]

The career of Linus Lundqvist so far really reminds me of the early career of Paul Tracy. Let's see if his career turns out as memorable as Tracy's!

[@ClumsyCardboard]

@@JOHANNESwhoelse I certainly hope so. The current indycar series is a very good package, but personalities will help sell it even more

[@eastender416]

From the same area as PT. Scarborough legend

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Absolutely. Greg moore's from my neck of the woods, and I miss both. I still believe PT was the 2002 indy 500 winner.

[@clydebrown9982]

We at Woburn C.I. had very little respct for the West Hill C.I. school. ( Good times, I'm of course having fun ) Go Wild Cats!!!

[@eastender416]

@@ClumsyCardboard That’s pretty cool. Yeah me too. Got to see PT race plenty of times at the molson (now honda) indy in Toronto. Never got to see Greg Moore though unfortunately.

[@eastender416]

@@clydebrown9982 haha I went to Mowat C.I. our problems were mostly with west hill, laurier, and borden 😂. I knew people from all of them so it was pretty funny to see the conflict between everyone

[@ClumsyCardboard]

@@eastender416 So glad you guys out there still have your street circuit.. It's pretty awesome. Vancouver indy was badass too, but, of course it's history now thanks to NIMBYS

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Paul Tracy, Robbie Gordon, and Will Power could have all been so much more successful if they could have controlled their rage behind the wheel and their words outside of the car.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Very true, especially in the case of the first two. They were their own worst enemies.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

@@ClumsyCardboard Will never spoke out against his own team, but he sure liked to blame others for his failures. Last year he didn't do that and had a great season.

[@kevinhuber8723]

Paul was his own worst enemy when it came to racecraft. He was without a doubt top five in talent. You did a nice job with this video. Tracy had gobs of talent. (and totally unlikable) The English have a word for it..... Tracy won the Indy 500, Helio was out of fuel (I was listening to in car radio) The beginning of the total sham Indy has become.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Glad you enjoyed kev! And yes, you’re absolutely right, he couldn’t get out of his own way. He’s pretty much implied, or even outright said, as much in interviews. As for the Indy 500, he was ahead by at least a half a car length by the time they wrecked, and over a car length by the time they threw the yellow. It’s hard not to say that they did it on purpose to prevent a CART guy win an IRL race when something that blatant happens. He will, at least to me, always be the 2002 Indy 500 winner

[@xtlm]

Do you think Indy is STILL a sham? Because it's pretty awesome these days.

[@ClumsyCardboard]

@@xtlm The package is definetly come a long long ways. I've always been more in the champcar camp than the indy racing league camp, but nonetheless. The new cars are fantastic.

[@kevinhuber8723]

@@xtlm Yes, the cars are all on a string. I was born and raised on the westside. The worlds greatest race turned into a weekend event with one car.

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

As much as you wanna hate paul for being a villain, you kind of had to love him for owning that role lol. Always exciting. I dont always agree with him either, but ive come to appreciate his no bs unfiltered attitude. As long as it pertains to racing. Otherwise i usually dont know what the hell hes talking about lol

[@ClumsyCardboard]

Sometimes you gotta play the villain! Frankly, I loved it. Now, and then too. At least he's honest about who he is, right? And he's helped other folks out, like A. J. Allmendinger.

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

@@ClumsyCardboard exactly, his honesty is refreshing, especially nowadays. Why ive come to be a fan of kyle busch over the years lol he has that same sort of mentality. Tho i absolutely hated dale sr as a kid 😆 go figure

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

@@ClumsyCardboard pt is a super smart guy when it comes to racing. No doubt about that. Its just the other crap that falls out his mouth sometimes 🤣 like "hey danica what kind of shoes are you wearing?" Live on broadcast lmao like wth are you talking about

[@ClumsyCardboard]

@@plisskenationbackfromthede3657 Things eventually come full circle! I love Kyle Busch for that too. But also he and Paul just.. went for it. Did what it took to win

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

@@ClumsyCardboard talking about doing what needs to be done, you should cover jaques villeneuve (the younger lol) oh boy was he a powder keg. I liked him initially in indy and f1 but had the opposite of pt on me over time lol. Just shut up jaques. And ffs never ever make music again.

[@WeebGilroy]

11:50 that road course at Rio huh?

[@ClumsyCardboard]

One of the best races ever there was Greg Moore bringing it home just a year later.