Scott Pruett spent the 1990 season recovering and on certain occasions calling ESPN IndyCar telecasts as color commentator with Paul Page doing the play by play.
49 Facts About Scott Pruett
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Scott Pruett then moved back to sports-car racing and won his third Trans-Am Series championship in 2003.
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Scott Pruett was a regular starter at NASCAR road course races and was often referred to as a Road Course Ringer.
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Scott Pruett has won 11 American sports car championships, five in Grand-Am, to go along with previous championships in IMSA GTO, Trans-Am Series and IMSA GT Endurance.
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Scott Pruett won the opening round of the 1991 IROC series season at Daytona.
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In 1994, Scott Pruett joined Patrick Racing as a test driver for Firestone tires.
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In 1999, Scott Pruett changed to Arciero-Wells and participated in the Toyota engine-program development.
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Scott Pruett earned Toyota's first pole on an oval and earned Toyota's best qualifying effort on a road course at the current time.
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In 2000, Scott Pruett raced the No 32 Tide-sponsored Ford for Cal Wells in the Winston Cup Series.
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In 2001, Scott Pruett made a number of NASCAR starts as a "road-course ringer," both in the Winston Cup Series and the Busch Series.
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In 2002, at Watkins Glen, Scott Pruett replaced Jimmy Spencer in the No 41 car for a one-race deal.
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Scott Pruett started 19th and spent most of the race in the top 10.
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Scott Pruett finished sixth after getting an opportunity to steal a win from winner Tony Stewart.
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The next year in 2003 Scott Pruett drove the No 39 Ganassi car for Sonoma and Watkins Glen.
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Scott Pruett had almost pulled off the victory by taking advantage of cautions to climb through the field, leading 9 laps in the process.
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However, that was the year that Robby Gordon swept the road courses and, as a result, Scott Pruett never mounted a significant challenge against Gordon for the win.
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In 2004, Scott Pruett was scheduled to run three races driving the No 39 Target-sponsored Dodge for Chip Ganassi Racing and the No 09 for James Finch.
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At Sonoma, Scott Pruett spent all his time in the top ten, leading one lap and nearly winning, but finishing in 3rd spot behind his teammate Jamie McMurray.
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Scott Pruett was the only road ringer to lead laps in that race.
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At Indianapolis, Scott Pruett found his No 09 Dodge losing an engine and his race finishing in an abrupt end.
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At Watkins Glen, Scott Pruett did not qualify after qualifying was rained out.
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At Sonoma in 2005, Scott Pruett ran some of the race in the top ten but crashed late in the race.
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In 2006, Scott Pruett returned to the Busch series in the No 1 car for James Finch.
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Scott Pruett had a promising race at Watkins Glen during the Zippo 200, starting second and finishing 10th.
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Scott Pruett drove the No 40 car for the road-course races in Cup as well.
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Scott Pruett managed to take advantage of a last-lap crash to charge from 12th place to finish sixth during the final lap of the AMD at the Glen.
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Scott Pruett would recover to a 5th-place finish, his best Nationwide finish at that time.
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Later at Montreal in 2007, Scott Pruett had a promising run and was in third spot on a restart with 3 laps left.
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Scott Pruett recovered from the spin and was running 4th on the final lap but ran out of gas, finishing 14th after leading 9 laps.
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The next week at Watkins Glen, Scott Pruett was running 3rd with less than 30 laps to go and got a speeding penalty on pit road.
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Scott Pruett was running 11th on the final lap but got spun out by fellow road racer Ron Fellows, throwing both of them into the final-turn gravel trap.
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Scott Pruett recovered for an 18th-place finish while Fellows finished 24th.
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Scott Pruett drove the No 40 Fastenal-sponsored Dodge Charger for Chip Ganassi again in the NNS series sharing the ride with close friend Dario Franchitti who was trying out the NASCAR series.
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Scott Pruett dominated the Mexico City Nationwide series event, but lost the lead with 8 laps to go during a battle with Kyle Busch.
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Scott Pruett finished 3rd - his career-best finish in the Nationwide series.
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In qualifying the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Montreal, Scott Pruett claimed the pole.
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Scott Pruett won the overall race and in the Daytona Prototype Class at the 2008 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park and the Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype season championship.
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Scott Pruett was racing for Chip Ganassi in the Grand-Am Series during the 2010 season.
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Scott Pruett, combined with Memo Rojas, won 9 of 12 races to win another Grand-Am Rolex Championship.
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In 2011, Scott Pruett won the 24 Hours of Daytona, his fourth overall victory in the event.
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In 2012, Scott Pruett was one of the commentators for Speed Channel's coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Scott Pruett led Ganassi Racing to their 3rd Rolex Series Championship in-a-row with Co-driver Memo Rojas.
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In 2013 Scott Pruett opened on a strong note, winning the 51st Rolex 24 at Daytona with co-drivers Memo Rojas, Juan Pablo Montoya, and Charlie Kimball.
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In 2014, Scott Pruett competed in the Tudor United SportsCar Championship for a full season with longtime co-driver Memo Rojas in the Prototype Class.
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Scott Pruett departed CGR in 2016 and joined with Paul Gentilozzi, who fielded a Lexus RC F GT3 in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
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Scott Pruett later announced that he would be driving for Action Express Racing part-time for the season.
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On January 5,2018, Scott Pruett announced his retirement after 50 years in racing, following the 2018 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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Scott Pruett worked for several years as a commentator for Champ Car races on Speed Channel.
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Scott Pruett is well known for his trackside interviews, frequently interjecting the greeting "Hi to my family at home" mid-sentence when answering a question.