Donald Scott Goodyear (born December 20, 1959) is a Canadian retired

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. He competed in

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Championship cars and the

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. Along with Michael Andretti, Goodyear is the only driver to have won the Michigan 500 more than once, in

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and

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. Goodyear also twice finished second in the

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, 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

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on a late, very slow restart. He was penalized to fourteenth place after ignoring the black flags. That race was eventually won by

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. Goodyear again finished second in the 1997 race after being passed by Arie Luyendyk on the back straight on lap 194. A restart on the last lap saw 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. Goodyear drove in two

races for

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in 1996 before a practice accident at the Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway in

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sidelined him for most of the season. In

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he moved to the

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

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's coverage of the IndyCar Series, with Paul Page, Jack Arute,

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, 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. 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

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. Goodyear was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2002 and the

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in 2014. Goodyear was announced as the Race Director for both the

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and the F3 Americas Championship starting in the 2019 season.

Racing record

American open–wheel racing results

( key)

CART Indy Car World Series

Indy Racing League

: ''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

3 wins, 0 championships

Indianapolis 500

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

International Race of Champions

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

References

External links

Scott Goodyear ESPN Bio1992 video of Indy 500 finish
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