Paul Tracy: “For Me, Both of My Wins Were Very Special”
Jun 11, 2007
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Paul Tracy, NHR Driver in 1995 (1 season, 17 starts)
“For me, both of my wins were very special. Winning in Australia, which is very difficult to do, nobody’s ever done it twice so to win there is obviously very special. Also to win in Milwaukee was very special to me because that’s really a home race for Newman/Haas. All the guys and the crew members and their families were there so it was great. And that has been a really good track for me too so I would say it’s kind of a toss up as to which one was my favorite win with Newman/Haas but I would probably say Milwaukee because all the crew’s family were there. Their brothers, sisters and mom’s were there so that made it a lot of fun.
“I think the team has had so much success because Carl maintains the same people, the same core group of guys, and have continuity and not have what I would call ‘burnout syndrome’ where guys get tired and don’t want to be there and they want to go do something else and then come back. The guys at Newman/Haas are very motivated to win; winning is their key focus and they’ve been able to do that for a long period of time. I’m still friendly now with everyone that was on the crew and its 12 years down the road. They still have the same core group of guys that were there when I drove and they were a lot of fun to work with. ”
