Versatility is a trademark of the 2003 Champ Car Champion, as Tracy has raced open-wheel cars, Grand-Am cars, NASCAR and off-road trucks. He is a true champion and his 31 wins is tops among active open-wheel racers, while his 25 pole awards and 4,231 laps led also reside at the top of the list. Tracy recorded an Indianapolis 500 win in 2002 before a controversial ruling by the Indy Racing League sent him home with runner-up honors. Race officials ruled that Tracy passed Helio Castroneves under caution on the final lap of the race even though videotape would indicate otherwise. A year later, in 2003, Tracy joined Forsythe Racing in the Champ Car World Series and became the first driver in thirty-two years to win the first three races of a season. After recording seven wins and six poles, he notched the series championship and rebounded from the pain he felt in Indy a year earlier. As much an entertainer as he is a race car driver, Tracy has notched three Most Popular Driver awards, while also receiving the 2003 Racer magazine Racer of the Year award. He has also raided nearly every statistical category in open-wheel racing, where he has recorded 75 career podium performances, 102 top-five finishes and 141 top-ten outings in 263 starts.

Tracy’s most notable act of showmanship was in August 2006 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal where the largely French-Canadian crowd heavily booed Tracy, a Toronto native, during practice and qualifying sessions. Ever the showman, Tracy appeared on race day wearing a blue wrestling mask and a Quebec flag as a cape. The jeering quickly turned into applause and when Tracy recorded a podium finish that day, the Montreal crowd cheered loudly. Tracy has a cult-like following and wherever Tracy goes, the masses follow. One NASCAR team owner even referred to Tracy as the ‘Grateful Dead of auto racing’. Tracy resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his family and he maintains an eclectic fleet of vehicles, including three Ron Simms Harley-Davidson motorcycles.