Nomination for Paul Tracy

By Flagworld (Auto123.com),

Sunday, September 07, 2003

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Paul Tracy is nominated for Speed Channel presents the ''Driver of the Quarter Award''

source: cart.com

Coming off a slow midseason run that saw him briefly give up his spot atop the CART Champ Car World Series point standings, Paul Tracy (#3 Player's/Indeck Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone) looked at a summer stretch of seven races in two months and saw an opportunity to make his move.

The veteran started July with a second-place run in Cleveland and when the third-quarter ended last weekend in Denver, Tracy had earned three wins, three poles, four podiums, led 325 laps and put himself in prime position to gain his first Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford championship.

As a result of the dominant performance, Tracy was again nominated for the prestigious SPEED Channel Presents the Driver of the Quarter Award as one of eight finalists from across the world of motorsports. Tracy was named as the winner of the award for the first quarter of the year after starting the 2003 season with three consecutive victories, earning himself a spot in the year-end voting for the Driver of the Year Award, which was won last year by Champ Car World Series titlist Cristiano da Matta.

In its 37th year, the Driver of the Quarter award will be determined by an independent vote of an 18-member panel of auto racing journalists and broadcasters and one vote based on the cumulative tally of fans voting at www.speedtv.com.