Scott Speed

Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983 in Manteca, California) is a professional car racer from United States. He had participated in while racing with the Scuderia Toro Rosso team. His position lasted until mid-2007, when he was suddenly sacked from the team due to an argument with the team boss, Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger.

Prior to F1, Speed also had a chance to strengthen the United States A1GP team, and now he is racing at the IndyLights Championship in the US.

Personal life
Speed now lives in Mt. Holly, North Carolina, where he lives with his wife, Amanda. On October 4, 2011, Speed and Amanda welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Juliet Leigh in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2005
In 2005 at the Canadian Grand Prix, Speed participated as a test driver for the Red Bull team. dan menjadi pemandu Amerika yang pertama untuk menyertai sebuah acara Formula Satu sejak Michael Andretti pada tahun 1993. Speed also participated in an independent training session at the United States Grand Prix.

Following the purchase of Minardi, Red Bull Racing announced the formation of Scuderia Toro Rosso, with Speed ​​and Vitantonio Liuzzi leading the team in.

2006
In his inaugural race at the Bahrain Grand Prix, he finished 13th. A week later at the Malaysian Grand Prix, he retired after 41 laps due to clutch failure. At the Australian Grand Prix, it looked as if Speed ​​had picked up Toro Rosso's first points. However, he received a 25-second penalty for intercepting another car under the yellow flag, and dropped him to ninth place and failed to score. He was also fined $ 5000 for using inappropriate language to David Coulthard during the steward's hearing after the race. He finished 15th at the San Marino Grand Prix. A week later, he finished eleventh at the European Grand Prix. He retired at the Spanish Grand Prix after an engine failure, and at the Grand Prix Monaco, he finished 13th. He retired at the British Grand Prix, he retired in the first round after colliding with on Ralf Schumacher. Speed ​​bounced back and performed well in the Canadian Grand Prix with tenth place.

ARCA Re/MAX Series
In preparation for his impending NASCAR career, Speed entered into the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) series in selected races in 2007, and a full season in 2008. Driving the Red Bull-sponsored Toyota for Eddie Sharp Racing with teammates Ken Butler Jr & Pierre Bourque, Speed finished 5th in ARCA RE/MAX Series points in 2008. He was in prime position to win the championship, but in the final race, he was wrecked by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. who was another contender for the championship. Speed, along with car owner Sharp, earned the Hoosier Tire Superspeedway Challenge title in 2008. In 22 career starts from 2007, Speed scored 10 top-5 finishes and 18 top-10s including 4 wins at Kansas Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, Berlin Raceway and Nashville Superspeedway, all occurring in 2008. Speed was a championship contender in the 2008 season, however the season ended in controversy, and without a championship for Speed and Eddie Sharp Racing.

Controversy
During the finale of the 2008 ARCA season, Speed and championship contender, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. were battling for position. Stenhouse hit the rear of Speed's car, sending him into the wall, effectively ending Speed's chances of a good finish, and possibly a championship. After visiting the pits for repairs, Speed's car was well off the pace, and was lapped within two laps of the restart. As Stenhouse came by to lap Speed, Speed accelerated and slammed his car into Stenhouse, sending both cars into the wall. Neither driver was injured, however ARCA officials parked Speed for the day, which ended his chances for a championship.

2008
Speed made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 7, 2008 driving for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports No. 46 Chevy with Red Bull sponsorship. He recorded his first career Top 10 finish in NASCAR in just his second race, when he finished tenth at Martinsville Speedway. On April 25, 2008 he won his first ARCA race at Kansas Speedway in just his fourth start. On April 26, 2008; Speed recorded a back-to-back top ten finish in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Kansas Speedway by finishing in eighth place in the No. 22 Red Bull Toyota for Bill Davis Racing, and won his first career race the following week at Dover. Two races after his first win, Speed scored another top five at Michigan International Speedway. On July 18, 2008 Speed won his second ARCA race at Kentucky Speedway. On Sunday October 19, 2008, Speed started his first Sprint Cup Series event at Martinsville Speedway, finishing in 30th place. He finished the season in the No. 84 Team Red Bull Toyota Camry.

2009
For the 2009 Sprint Cup season, Speed's car was renumbered to No. 82. He was eligible to race in the 31st Annual Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, as his car was one of the top six Toyotas in points. He began his quest for Rookie of the Year in 2009, and he won his first ever Rookie of the Race honors at the Daytona 500. Speed won the pole for the Sam's Town 300 in his Nationwide Series debut on February 28, 2009; he also broke the track record with a speed of 182.451 mph and a lap time of 29.597 seconds. However, he collided with Kyle Busch early on and finished 40th.

After failing to qualify for Darlington and Sonoma, Speed competed in Joe Nemechek's No. 87 Toyota. He failed to qualify for the April Texas race.

2010
Red Bull Racing's No. 82 finished 36th in the 2009 owner's points standings, missing a guaranteed entry into the first five races of 2010 by one position. Speed successfully qualified for the 2010 Daytona 500. He led several laps late in the race after not going to the pits with about 19 laps to go. The next week at Auto Club Speedway, during a rain caution, Speed did not pit and ultimately ran out of gas. Speed was in the top 12 after the Food City 500 which guaranteed him a spot in the top 35. During the Michigan race in June, an incident occurred between Speed and his temporary teammate Casey Mears; when they were running 34th and 35th respectively, Mears collided with Speed and he spun out, causing a caution. Mears was replaced by Reed Sorenson for the remainder of the season. On November 26, 2010, Speed was released from his contract at Red Bull Racing to make room for the returning Brian Vickers who underwent heart surgery in June 2010; causing Speed to file a lawsuit against Red Bull accusing them of violating his contract. Speed's best finish with Red Bull Racing was fifth at Talladega in the 2009 Aaron's 499.

2011–13
Speed was without a ride for most of the 2011 season; he drove for Whitney Motorsports for a number of races at the end of the year. In 2012, he ran a limited schedule for Leavine Family Racing in the No. 95 Ford; it was announced in August that he would return to the team for 2013 to run the majority of the season.

Despite scoring Leavine's first top-ten finish at Talladega, Speed was released from the team after Atlanta in September.

IndyCar
Speed attempted to qualify for the 2011 Indianapolis 500 with Dragon Racing. However, he struggled to get the car up to speed and was replaced on the final day of qualifying by Patrick Carpentier, who promptly crashed the car in practice. Speed also turned down a chance to earn $5 million as part of a promotion at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for drivers not running the full IndyCar season to participate in the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championships. Just hours after the crash that claimed the life of Dan Wheldon, Speed said it was too dangerous for IndyCars to run on oval tracks.

Rallycross
Speed won a gold medal at the 2013 X Games in Foz do Iguaçu in his first ever rallycross race. He won a second gold medal at round 8 of the Global RallyCross Championship in Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Speed joined Andretti Autosport in 2014 to drive a factory-backed Volkswagen Polo and later a Volkswagen Beetle. He finished third in points with three wins. He won the Global RallyCross Championship in 2015, 2016, and 2017, collecting a total of ten wins. In 2018 he won the Americas Rallycross Championship (ARX), also with Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross, claiming two wins.

On November 1, 2018 Speed announced that he would be joining Subaru Rally Team USA for the 2019 Americas Rallycross Championship. In August 2019, he fractured his vertebrae in a crash at the Nitro World Games 2019, forcing him to miss the remainder of the ARX season. At the time of his injury, he was the points leader.

Formula E
Speed competed for Andretti Autosport in the fifth race of the 2014–15 Formula E season in Miami. He raced alongside Jean-Éric Vergne, replacing Marco Andretti. On March 14, 2015, Speed qualified 11th and charged through the field to finish second behind race winner Nicolas Prost.

Career summary
† Ineligible for championship points.

‡ Includes points scored by other drivers for A1 Team USA.

Complete GP2 Series results
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Complete Formula One results
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Complete A1 Grand Prix results
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American open–wheel racing results
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Complete Formula E results
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NASCAR
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Camping World Truck Series
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ARCA Racing Series
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Rallycross
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