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🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear
Racing driver from Canada. IndyCar, Team Cheever. One-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Scott Goodyear
Born
20 December 1959(b. 1959)
Nationality
Canada
Current team
Team Cheever
Series
IndyCar
Status
Retired
Championships
11997
Career wins
3
Career podiums
12
Career starts
39
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,665
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,665Rank 473 of 40,213 indexed, -265 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago
Scott Goodyear is a racing driver from Canada who last raced in IndyCar for Team Cheever. Goodyear is a one-time champion (1997), with 3 wins and 12 podiums from 39 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 5,665 ranks Goodyear 473th of 40,213 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2001 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
| 2001-05-27 | 85th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race | P32 | −168 |
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +143 | 81st Indianapolis 500-Mile Race 1997 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +130 | MCI WorldCom Indy 200 2000 | IndyCar | P2 |
| +124 | Indy 200 1997 | IndyCar | P3 |
| +121 | MCI WorldCom 200 1999 | IndyCar | P1 |
| +120 | Excite 500 2000 | IndyCar | P1 |
Season by season
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ▸IndyCar | Team Cheever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −169 | 5,930 |
| 2000 | ▸IndyCar | Panther Racing | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P2 | +580 | 6,099 |
| 1999 | ▸IndyCar | Panther Racing | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −384 | 5,519 |
| 1998 | ▸IndyCar | Panther Racing | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −10 | 5,902 |
| 1997 | ▸IndyCar | Treadway Racing | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +4,562 | 5,912 |
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Goodyear finished ahead vs behind
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Eddie CheeverFIA Gold | 5,188 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 49% |
| 🇺🇸 Buddy Lazier | 5,098 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 49% |
| 🇺🇸 Davey Hamilton | 5,091 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 54% |
| 🇫🇷 Stéphane Grégoire | 5,380 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 51% |
| 🇺🇸 Mark Dismore | 5,154 | 37 | 25 | 12 | 68% |
| 🇺🇸 Buzz Calkins | 5,488 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 58% |
| 🇺🇸 Billy Boat | 5,208 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 51% |
| 🇬🇧 Jeff WardFIA Bronze | 5,334 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 59% |
| 🇺🇸 Greg Ray | 5,314 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 65% |
| 🇺🇸 Scott SharpFIA Platinum | 4,858 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 62% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony StewartHigher-rated | 6,497 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 48% |
| 🇮🇹 Vincenzo SospiriFIA Silver, 1× champion | 5,869 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Danny OngaisHigher-rated | 5,741 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 40,213 drivers indexed
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 463 | 🇧🇷 Wilson Fittipaldi | Formula 1 | 5,679 |
| 464 | 🇦🇹 Lucas Auer | GT World Challenge Europe | 5,678 |
| 465 | 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori | Formula 1 | 5,678 |
| 466 | 🇨🇱 Eliseo Salazar | IMSA WeatherTech | 5,675 |
| 467 | 🇺🇸 Sheldon Creed | NASCAR Xfinity | 5,674 |
| 468 | 🇺🇸 Bryan Herta | IndyCar | 5,673 |
| 469 | 🇬🇧 Tom Ingram | BTCC | 5,673 |
| 470 | 🇺🇸 George Kurtz | Asian Le Mans Series | 5,671 |
| 471 | 🇬🇧 Kenneth McAlpine | Formula 1 | 5,671 |
| 472 | 🇯🇵 Mitsunori Takaboshi | Super GT | 5,671 |
| 473 | 🇨🇦 Scott Goodyear | IndyCar | 5,665 |
| 474 | 🇬🇧 Will Stevens | WEC | 5,665 |
| 475 | 🇺🇸 Mike Groff | IndyCar | 5,663 |
| 476 | 🇫🇷 Victor Martins | WEC | 5,661 |
| 477 | 🇬🇧 Guy Edwards | Formula 1 | 5,659 |
| 478 | 🇮🇹 Lella Lombardi | Formula 1 | 5,658 |
| 479 | 🇺🇸 Drew Herring | NASCAR Cup Series | 5,656 |
| 480 | 🇫🇷 Henri Pescarolo | Formula 1 | 5,656 |
| 481 | 🇪🇸 Roldán Rodríguez | GP2 Series | 5,656 |
| 482 | 🇬🇧 David Purley | Formula 1 | 5,655 |
| 483 | 🇬🇧 Bob Evans | Formula 1 | 5,653 |
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