We know that Paul Tracy is exceedingly boss. And we know that if he ever cared to hear what you think of him, he’d beat it out of you — with a picnic table. And we know that IndyCar desperately needs him on a full-time basis.
What we DON’T know? Well, we don’t know his driving habits away from the track. Or at least, we didn’t. Now we do, thanks to one of the more fascinating reads of 2009. Here’s just a snippet of what’s inside:
He “owns a Mercedes CL600 and a Mercedes S600″ (JUST LIKE ME!!! Wait … does that say “Mercedes” or “piece-of-shit Explorer?”) He bought a Lincoln Continental on eBay “on impulse” (is there any other way to buy a car on eBay?), and better yet, calls it “gangster looking.”
But there’s more. His dad only drives “vintage British cars – Rolls-Royces, Jaguars, Austin-Healeys” (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and called Paul “an idiot for buying the Lincoln” (AMERICAN CARS ARE FOR PEASANTS, SON!!! YOU’RE A TRACY, GODDAMNIT!! NOT A HOMELESS PERSON!!! GO FIND YOURSELF A DECENT BENTLEY FOR CHRIST’S SAKE!!!).
We learn that “Tracy got his driver’s license at 16 – on the first try” (unlike those blind & palsy-stricken teenagers who took TWO tries to pass). Along those same lines, he explains that “my dad taught me to drive” (in a priceless Aston Martin roadster, perhaps???) and that “I’d love to have a new Lamborghini, but it’s just not practical” (JESUS, SON!!! ONLY POOR PEOPLE AND MY GARDNER DRIVE LAMBORGHINI’S!!!!!!).
The point is, Tracy somehow comes out of it even more awesome than before. And I’m fairly certain that his dad is James Bond.
Get this man in IndyCar full-time, please. Post haste. We haven’t a second to spare.
By Boo Boo, July 16, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
His dad is that guy from the Dos Equis commercials. He once painted that tower in Toronto hanging from a helicopter on a rope.
By Mike in Edmonton, July 16, 2009 @ 5:39 pm
You know all those “Chuck Norris is so tough he scares rocks” type of comments? I think we need to create a whole series of PT’isms.
“PT is so cool, Michael Jackson had to buy the rights to use Thriller from PT.”
By Shane Rogers, July 16, 2009 @ 6:24 pm
Paul Tracy doesn’t get a driver’s license, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation applies to him for the right to grant him one.
By McL, July 16, 2009 @ 9:28 pm
Paul Tracy speaks in the fourth person. He still speaks the truth.
By John Ross Harvey, July 16, 2009 @ 11:11 pm
Globe and Mail, read it today. I work with one of his school buds growing up. Put him in F1 I say!
By Jeff L., July 18, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
“blind and palsy-stricken” Don’t make me bust out drivers ed stories Hobbson
By jon, July 20, 2009 @ 11:46 am
pt is a spoiled rich kid who crashes race cars and is no f**king good
By Steve Morgan, August 7, 2009 @ 2:49 pm
Paul Tracy is a character, and the kind of personality — on and off the track — that makes racing exciting. Give this man a ride!
By David Beattie, November 12, 2009 @ 10:52 pm
Jon obviously doesn’t know what he’s talking about
You do realise that PTs dad didn’t pay his way in racing right. PT had to pay for the majority of things himself.
I mean, to get into Cart initially he spent his life savings to buy a seat in one race. He impressed enough that Penske decided he’d make the perfect test driver/future driver.