Scott Goodyear On Board - 1988 Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup Series Mont Tremblant Race

Scott Goodyear On Board - 1988 Rothmans Porsche Turbo Cup Series Mont Tremblant Race.

DAMN that track used to be scary!!!

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Nice find! That was some tidy driving. And that noise

Looks like 944 cup, only faster :)

Great drive by the young Mr. Goodyear!

That track is scary in some places, but damn does it look like fun!

I spent a day lapping at Mosport last summer in the Cayman R with David Deacon, who started that series. It was truly one of the best days I've ever had.

During the first few laps - watching his hands, you'd swear he was autocrossing. That car was on the razor's edge!

nderwater wrote: During the first few laps - watching his hands, you'd swear he was autocrossing. That car was on the razor's edge!

If I recall correctly that series was pretty competitive. I am pretty sure Scott knew he had to get to the front and fast or Richard Spenard or Rick Bye would be long gone.

That car seemed to have a lot more power than the others...

Kendall_Jones wrote: That car seemed to have a lot more power than the others...

Reading through the comments for that video, it seems like it had a lot more power due to a modified turbo that had to be used from a spectators car.

In reply to NGTD:

I can't agree more!! Richard Spenard was/is a legend!! You put him behind the wheel of a car, he will find a way to the front. Plus he is an incredible driving coach. This is his bio from the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. http://www.cmhf.ca/inductees/SpenardRichard_62

"Although Richard doesn't drive as often these days, he's still fast. Who among us will ever forget his win in the Motorola Cup race at the 1998 Molson Indy when he drove to victory all the way from the back of the pack. Or the Enduro (Michelin Enduroseries) race, also at the Molson Indy, when - not even entered until the night before the race and not having any practice time whatsoever, he started last - and won."

drsmooth wrote: In reply to NGTD: I can't agree more!! Richard Spenard was/is a legend!! You put him behind the wheel of a car, he will find a way to the front. Plus he is an incredible driving coach. This is his bio from the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. http://www.cmhf.ca/inductees/SpenardRichard_62 "Although Richard doesn't drive as often these days, he's still fast. Who among us will ever forget his win in the Motorola Cup race at the 1998 Molson Indy when he drove to victory all the way from the back of the pack. Or the Enduro (Michelin Enduroseries) race, also at the Molson Indy, when - not even entered until the night before the race and not having any practice time whatsoever, he started last - and won."

I am really surprised that Spenard never "moved on" from those series - 944's, Player's Camaro's, etc. He was fast in all of them.

Guys like Goodyear, Ron Fellows, and Rick Bye went on to other series.

Blimey, that was some impressive and scary driving.

BoxheadTim wrote: Blimey, that was some impressive and scary driving.

He was only behind the burning 944 for a few corners.

Is he using the parking brake as a poor man's limited slip?

Watch the red/orange light on the dash and his hands. His right hand drops from the wheel and the light goes out, but he doesn't shift. Interesting.

From the comments, that's the ABS warning light. He had a switch to disable the ABS and would toggle it as he saw fit.

That's supposed to be why he had his off - thought the ABS was on and locked 'em up.

NGTD wrote:

drsmooth wrote: In reply to NGTD:

I am really surprised that Spenard never "moved on" from those series - 944's, Player's Camaro's, etc. He was fast in all of them. Guys like Goodyear, Ron Fellows, and Rick Bye went on to other series.

Rick Bye is a friend - I drove across Alaska with him last year.

In reply to Lesley:

Funny enough I rode with Rick Bye too, Although it was at Shannonville in his 968. For a few laps in a torrential downpour. I don't even know how he could see. I was his passenger and couldn't see!

In 1996 (I believe) Rick organized and paid for a drivers school for corner workers and other race volunteers. If you were a corner worker/volunteer, member of a CASC affiliated club, worked CASC regional races, and were in the top 20 based on days worked for that season. You were invited to attend. Note to Sanctioning bodies, you want to increase volunteer attendance this is how you do it..

CASC saw record volunteer attendance that year.

I went and had the time of my life.

Got to drive race prepped Camaros on track (in the wet) and on a skidpad. For a full day plus some classroom sessions thrown in there. Many of the veteran drivers in CASC acted as instructors. I learned an incredible amount about driving.

At the end of the day, Every attendee got to sit shotgun in his 968 for a few laps. I was blown away!!! Rick is a total class act and damn good driver too. He was actually impressed that I knew of his dirt racing exploits as well. I watched him as a kid at a local Bullring.

He's a super guy – and it's a miracle he's alive after the horrible accident he had enroute to Daytona. Dunno if you know about that, but he was in a coma and declared brain dead. Took him a long time to fight back, and he's never forgotten it. He's one of the organizers of the children's Make A Wish event at Mosport, and spent quite a bit of his own time coaching a young blind fellow whose dream was to drive Mosport himself – they've since become really close. Great guy, I'm proud to say he's a friend.

In reply to NGTD:

*"I am really surprised that Spenard never "moved on" from those series - 944's, Player's Camaro's, etc. He was fast in all of them. "**

Bad Timing!

Spenard was always in the right place at the wrong time..

I think he compensated for this, by racing in 2 or 3 different series at the same event. And often dominating all of them.

At Mosport in (I think) 1987. I witnessed as he climbed out of his 944 after qualifying. Took 2 or 3 steps, stepped into his F-2000 car, got belted in and went out to qualify. Finished qualifying, climbed out of his F-2000. Then immediately climbed into his Player's GM mount to qualify for that race. The schedule was back, to back, to back, qualifying, for the races he entered! Almost 90 minutes on track driving 3 vastly different cars!!!

I can't remember where he qualified or finished that weekend for any race, but he rarely qualified or finished outside of the top 5.

Lesley wrote: He's a super guy – and it's a miracle he's alive after the horrible accident he had enroute to Daytona. Dunno if you know about that, but he was in a coma and declared brain dead. Took him a long time to fight back, and he's never forgotten it. He's one of the organizers of the children's Make A Wish event at Mosport, and spent quite a bit of his own time coaching a young blind fellow whose dream was to drive Mosport himself – they've since become really close. Great guy, I'm proud to say he's a friend.

I heard about his accident on the way to the Daytona 24 hr. But had no Idea that his injuries were that severe...

Feel free to pass this along to him.. I mentioned that I saw him race at my local dirt track. When I was very young 6 or 7. I cheered for him at the dirt track because I thought the track announcer said he was Rick Vaive. Who was my favorite hockey player at the time ( I assumed the hockey player was racing in the off-season) ... A few years later, I was at Mosport and heard the same name!!! I miss heard it again!! I assumed that the hockey player was now racing at Mosport. It took me a little while to figure out that not only was it not the hockey player, but also a completely different last name!!! Although I still remained a fan of his! Getting to ride shot gun many years later in his 968 at Shannonville was incredible!!

Lesley wrote: He's a super guy – and it's a miracle he's alive after the horrible accident he had enroute to Daytona. Dunno if you know about that, but he was in a coma and declared brain dead. Took him a long time to fight back, and he's never forgotten it. He's one of the organizers of the children's Make A Wish event at Mosport, and spent quite a bit of his own time coaching a young blind fellow whose dream was to drive Mosport himself – they've since become really close. Great guy, I'm proud to say he's a friend.

I didn't know about that - wow.

I remember reading the article in Wheels about him coaching the blind guy around Mosport.

Yeah, that was Aaron. I helped Rick take a couple of Porsches to Ottawa a couple of months ago, and we dropped in to say hello to Aaron, who goes to school there now. Interesting kid - he and several of his friends are Paralympic athletes. They're a pretty astonishing bunch, absolutely no self-pity whatsoever.

Rick's brother Chris (who also raced in the series) wrote a book about Rick's accident called "Crash Test".