Scott Pruett

Pruett in 2008

Born

Scott Donald Pruett
March 24, 1960 (age 56)
Roseville, California

Achievements

SCCA Trans-Am Champion (1987, 1994, 2003)
IMSA GTO Champion (1988, 1986)
Michigan 500 winner (1995)
24 Hours of Daytona overall winner (1994, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013)
Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Grand-Am Champ (2004, team 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
12 Hours of Sebring Overall Winner 2014, Class Winner 1986
24 Hours of Le Mans Class Winner 2001

Awards

Indianapolis 500 co-rookie of the year (1989)
World Karting Association Hall of Fame inductee (1991)
Road Racing Drivers Club Phill Hill Award (2016)

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career

40 races run over 8 years

2008 position

68th

Best finish

37th (2000)

First race

2000 Daytona 500 (Daytona)

Last race

2008 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Sonoma)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	6	0

NASCAR Xfinity Series career

11 races run over 6 years

2008 position

79th

Best finish

76th (2000)

First race

2000 NAPA Auto Parts 300 (Daytona)

Last race

2008 NAPA Auto Parts 200 (Montreal)

Wins	Top tens	Poles
0	4	3

Statistics current as of November 7, 2011.

Scott Donald Pruett (born March 24, 1960 in Roseville, California) is an American race car driver who has competed in NASCAR, CART, IMSA, Trans-Am and Grand-Am. He and his wife Judy have three children, and are children's book authors.

Pruett started racing go karts at the age of eight, and went on to win ten professional karting championships. In the 1980s, he established himself as a top American sports car racer, eventually winning two IMSA GTO Championships and three Trans-Am Series Championships.

In the 1990s, Pruett was a regular in the CART series. From 1988 to 1999, he made 145 starts with two wins, five poles and fifteen podiums (top three finishes). In a pre-season testing in 1990, Pruett was involved in a serious crash at West Palm Beach, Florida, where he seriously injured both his legs. Pruett spent the 1990 season recovering and on certain occasions calling ESPN IndyCar telecasts as color commentator with Paul Page doing the play by play.

In 1994 he joined the reformed Pat Patrick team in CART series testing Firestone tires. Later that same year he won the Trans-Am Series Championship. In 1995 he drove full-time for Patrick racing using Firestone tires in Firestone's return to the CART series & finally won his first race in a thrilling last lap duel with Al Unser, Jr. at the Michigan 500. In 1997 he won his final CART series race at Surfers Paradise Australia (Nikon Indy 300).

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