Home sweet home for Tracy in Toronto

Jenna Fryer

Monday, July 14, 2003 | 9:39 a.m.

TORONTO -- There was only one race on the calendar that Paul Tracy had his eye on this season: the Molson Indy in his hometown of Toronto.

A winner on his local street course in 1993, Tracy badly wanted to return to the top of the podium. He finally did Sunday, dominating the race and winning in Canadian-based sponsor Player's final appearance in Toronto.

"This means 10 times more that my first win here," said Tracy, who now makes his home in Las Vegas. "I've been breaking my back ever since then to get back to Victory Lane here and it paid off."

It was the sweetest victory of Tracy's career. He led every lap, built a 59-second lead at one point, and easily beat Michel Jourdain Jr. to the finish line.

It was special in so many ways for Tracy, who used the victory to widen his lead in the CART series standings to 15 points over third-place finisher Bruno Junqueira.

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