11 Facts About Scott Goodyear

Donald Scott Goodyear was born on December 20,1959 and is a Canadian retired racing driver.

Scott Goodyear competed in CART Championship cars and the Indy Racing League.

Scott Goodyear twice finished second in the Indianapolis 500, both times under contentious circumstances.

Scott 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.

Scott Goodyear was penalized to fourteenth place after ignoring the black flags.

Scott Goodyear again finished second in the 1997 race after being passed by Arie Luyendyk on the back straight on lap 194.

Scott 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.

Scott Goodyear drove in two 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.

Scott Goodyear 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.

Scott Goodyear was inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

Scott Goodyear was announced as the Race Director for both the Formula 4 United States Championship and the F3 Americas Championship starting in the 2019 season.