The question today is: Should Paul Tracy dial down his aggressive driving style in order to get, and keep, a full-time job in IndyCar Racing?
Yet there was Tracy this week being welcomed aboard KV Racing Technology for three IndyCar Series events—the Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen, Honda Toronto Indy and the Rexall Edmonton Indy—saying he has no intention of riding around the track in the middle of the pack.
“I’m not here to points race,” Tracy told Sun Media. “I’m here to get the best finish I can. And if that means pushing someone out of the way in the final five laps or so to gain a position, that’s what I’m going to do.”
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On the KVRT squad, his teammate during this year’s Indianapolis 500, Townsend Bell, even coined a new version of an old nickname for Tracy calling him “the Thrilla from West Hilla’” to better reflect his going-for-broke driving.
The IRL is counting on having a big field—hopefully 22-24 cars—on the grid for both the Honda Indy Toronto and the Rexall Edmonton Indy.
IRL race boss Brian Barnhart said this week that he expects several teams to step up for the two Canadian dates.
“There’s the third car at Dreyer & Reinbold, talk of (Penske bringing back Will Power’s) car at five or six races, Sarah Fisher coming back for three or four more, Townsend Bell doing three or four more, even Scott Sharp doing two or three more” Barnhart said.
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Tagliani in the Conquest Racing Dallara will increase the field even more.
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