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
aware consistent easy either hate love people racer races remembered tough year
I don't go out and tell people what I have done in my career, ... I'm aware of how long I have been in the sport and how many races I have won, but it is nothing for me to show off about. People either love me or hate me. I just want to be remembered as a tough racer who has been consistent year in and year out for 15 years, which isn't easy to do.
cities city drivers exhausting group mexico since three time today visit work
It has been a long time since Mexico City and we had a group of drivers together. We did a lot of work today and it was pretty exhausting but when you visit three cities in a day you have to know you're going to work hard.
corners course fun nice road time track tracks
This is our first time at this track and let me tell you, it's one of the most fun tracks I've ever driven. It's got a nice combination of slow-, medium- and high-speed corners, with one of the quickest road course corners anywhere.
ballpark car definitely far happy overall progress question race together
I think we are definitely getting there with the car. We still have some progress to make with our race set-up, but there is no question we are right in the ballpark with the car as far as overall speed. I am really happy working with this team, and so far everything has gelled together really well.
amazed chose cream drivers guys last list quality run strong
I was amazed with the quality of drivers in last year's field, and there are going to be even more this year. The list is very strong - a lot of drivers that are just the cream of the crop. I'm here to win. That's why I chose to run with these guys and with this team.
seemed
It seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
somebody tire touched
It was a frustrating day for me. Somebody touched me in the back tire and punctured it.
attack bottom capitalize chance line maximum races says time win
The bottom line is that I have to win races to have a chance to win the championship. Sebastien says he has to be conservative from here on out and not make any mistakes, so we have to be on maximum attack all the time to capitalize on that.
car driving process start
I wouldn't say that driving the car is any different. Once you get out there and start racing, your mentality, your thought process of what you do is the same as it's always been.
math simple today win
It's simple math - we have to win and Sebastien has to have some trouble, ... It didn't go like that today but we have to keep on pushing.
cars crew cup drive event giving greatest guys highly job opportunity ready respect richard series takes thank time week
I have the greatest respect for the guys that drive Cup cars week in and week out. It takes a lot of preparation to be ready for a highly competitive event like the Nextel Cup Series and we just didn't have the time to do the job right. I want to thank Richard for giving me this opportunity and the crew guys at the test for all of their effort.
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,
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.