# @speedyoulater on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CnE_Zzyt5_R
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-06T15:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Speed You Later | INDYCAR (@speedyoulater) — https://gondola.cc/speedyoulater

## Caption

Paul Tracy and Jacques Villeneuve are only 3 years apart and are the only two Canadian drivers to have won a championship in the top American series. 

The Scarborough native is also known by "The Thrill From West Hill." He makes his debut at Long Beach in 1991 driving a Dale Coyne Racing car. He is immediately noticed by Roger Penske and is chosen as an official driver for the 1993 season, in which he scores five wins. In 1998 he moves to Team Kool Green, where he remains until the end of 2002 before being hired by Player's Forsythe Team. In 2003 he becomes the first driver in 32 years to win the first 3 races of a season, which added to 3 more wins and 10 podiums lead him to his first and only Champ Car success. He does not go far 2 years later, but a bad crash with Sebastian Bourdais (with controversy) takes away his hopes. From then on, bad luck begins to haunt him, to the point that other incidents cause him decisive injuries to the results he aspires to. 

Gilles' son comes to the world of racing after his father's tragic death, at 13 years old. The guy impresses so much that in 1994 he is hired by Barry Green to race in the CART championship driving a Reynard-Cosworth Ford. Villeneuve does not take long to become familiar with the car and ends the season with a win at Elkhart Lake and the "rookie of the year" title. He also gets a 2nd place in the Indy 500, then wins it the following year despite two penalty laps for unconsciously passing the pace car. He earns three more victories and wins the CART championship, all with the number 27 that was his father's. These results get him noticed definitively by the world of Formula One, where he wins a world championship in 1997 driving a Williams despite a bad episode involving Michael Schumacher as the negative protagonist. Finally, in 2008 he comes close to the Triple Crown when he finishes 2nd in the 24 Hours of Le Mans after leading it for large distances.

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