Paul Tracy

Paul came to blows with driver Alex Tagliani at the 2006 San Jose Champ Car race. Paul had missed a right curve and went straight into an open space area. By trying to return to the track, he hit Alex Tagliani's car, damaging the whole front of it. After the crash, Tagliani, angrily confronted him in the pits and demanded that he pay for the damage since Tagliani's race team had financial issues. Tracy then warned Tagliani not to touch him, but the latter persisted and eventually the two men came to blows before being separated by Champ Car officials. Paul noted that Tagliani was still wearing his helmet during the scuffle. Both men were fined an undisclosed amount of money, while Paul was put on probation for three races and lost seven points.

In October 2006, Paul fractured his right scapula in a golf-cart incident. Paul had a little too much to drink and ended up with the golf-cart on top of him.

In 2003 Paul became the first driver in 32 years to win the first three races of a season, scoring victories in St. Petersburg, Monterey and Long Beach after earning front-row starts in all three races.