PAUL TRACY
Toronto's Paul Tracy, the defending champion,
finished fifth after two penalties for bumping other cars. Here he explains a
wild Sunday afternoon on the Exhibition Place track:
Aggressive driving and the potential it brings for cars to bang into each
other are part of what makes racing on street courses exciting. From where I
sat, there was no shortage of that in yesterday's Molson Indy.
When you consider how chaotic the race was, I think my fifth-place finish is
better than what might have been.
Sure, I would have liked to take home the first-place trophy from Toronto,
but with all the carnage on the track during the race, I think the end result
for me was not too bad.
I needed points to stay in the running for the championship, and I got them.
Though I got my knuckles rapped over a couple of dust-ups on the track, I
certainly wasn't alone. It seemed like drivers all through the field had their
share as well.
But I have to watch what I say about the race officiating. At the Portland
race, I was told that if I bad-mouth the officials again I could lose another 10
points. So I can't get into too much detail about the two penalties I was given
in Toronto.