Paul Tracy
Paul Tracy
Paul Tracyis a Canadian former professional racing driver who competed in CART, the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series. He is known by the nickname "the thrill from West Hill"...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth17 December 1968
beat car decided fresh great knew lap morning needed ready saw step time
It wasn't really our plan. Obviously, I was in the car ready to go and when we saw Sebastien went, we just decided let's go out and go head-to-head, you know one-to-one, see if we can beat him. Sebastien did a great lap this morning on fresh tires, so we knew that we needed to step it up and the time to do it was while he was on the track.
absolutely add appealing canada canadian crown event jewels love racing sponsor team win
Absolutely it had a lot to do with my decision. I am Canadian and I love racing in Canada and racing in the 24 for a team with a Canadian sponsor was really appealing to me. This event is one of the crown jewels of racing, and I really want to add a win here it to my resume.
definitely four start taken three
It's definitely not the way to start the season, with three or four championship contenders taken out in the first turn.
definitely four start taking tough
That's definitely not the way to start a season. Taking out four contenders is a tough way to start a season.
definitely start
Definitely not the way to start the season.
bad eighth hope looking
Eighth isn't what we were looking for today, but at least Sebastien had some bad luck, too, so there's still hope for the championship,
capable five ground picking points pressure races start winning
We need to start making up some points and picking up some ground pretty soon, with only five races left, but we know we're capable of winning every race. Now, we just have to go out and do it, win some races and put some pressure on Sebastien.
cars speed
We just didn't have the speed the Newman-Haas cars have,
afford capitalize either front seems team time
We need to be in front of him to capitalize on it. It seems that every time either myself or someone from another team seem to give it to him. We can't afford to do that any more.
anywhere bat car couple easy good great ground guys laps looked passes section
We had a great car and I was able to make passes pretty much anywhere around the track. I got a couple guys right off the bat but the car was so good that I was able to make up ground through the infield section as well as the oval. I was making easy laps and it looked good.
cars felt third
We felt we could have been third on the grid. We got everything we could out of the car, but the Newman-Haas cars are just very, very quick.
last race treat
We have to treat every race like its our last and at the end of the year, if it's enough, it's enough. If not, at least we'll know we put everything into it.
balance car fast found hopefully improving lost playing session strong time tomorrow track
We are playing some catch-up with the car because we lost track time yesterday. We just haven't found the balance we need to be fast here yet. We have another warm-up session in the morning, so hopefully we can keep improving tomorrow and be strong in the race.
mean stay whether
Whether I stay here or not, another championship would mean a lot. I'm going to do everything I can to make it happen.