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Scott Harrington
Harrington in 2014
Nationality	American
Born	(1963-12-24)December 24, 1963 (age 61) Louisville,Kentucky, United States
IndyCar Series career
13 races run over 5 years
Team(s)	Della Penna Motorsports Riley & Scott Harrington Motorsports Nienhouse Motorsports Mid-America Motorsports Brayton Racing
Best finish	14th (1999)
First race	1996 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Last race	2002 Michigan Indy 400 (Michigan)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
Years active	1989
Team	U.S. Engineering
Best finish	45th (1989)
First race	1989 Road America 200 (Road America)
Last race	1989 Road America 200 (Road America)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
Previous series
2003 1992–1994 1989 1988 1987–1988	Indy Pro Series SCCA Can-Am CART ARS Toyota Atlantic
Awards
1999	Indy Racing League Rookie of the Year

Scott Harrington (born December 24, 1963) is a second generation American formerauto racing driver, formerly active in theIndy Racing League andsportscar racing. He is now a private racing driver coach.^[1] His father, Gene Harrington, was a veteran of bothSCCA andIMSA competition.

Harrington was born inLouisville, Kentucky and attended theUniversity of Louisville.^[2] Starting out on two wheels, Harrington won a number of championships and achieved much success in the world ofAMAMotocross andSupercross. In 1986, Sports Car Magazine picked Harrington as one of the three most promising drivers in the U.S. He was a multiple race winner in ToyotaFormula Atlantic, finishing third in the 1988 championship despite running the uncompetitiveRalt chassis. He was the only person ever to win a race in the 1988 Ralt. From 1992 through 1994, Harrington had much success in theSCCAShelby Can-Am series. During his tenure in the series, he won more races than any other driver. He won the 1992 championship and scored race wins in every season.

An accomplished open wheel racer who made a singleCART start in 1989, Harrington made a last secondBump Day run to qualify for the first IRL-sanctionedIndianapolis 500 in1996.^[3] In 1999, he ran a full IRL season with his own team and had numerous top ten finishes, including a top five finish atPhoenix International Raceway, at the time the highest finishing position for the Infiniti engine. Despite failing to qualify for the Indy 500 and suffering serious injuries at Texas 1 (broken left tibia, right fibula, right foot and three ribs) he won the Rookie of the Year honors by a slim margin overRobby McGehee. Harrington attempted to qualify for seven different Indy 500 races but only succeeded once, in his second attempt in 1996. In 1998, he was well on his way to a top qualifying position when he suffered a blown engine that ended his month as the team had no backup. He had a best IRL finish of fourth at Phoenix in 1999 and had a total of fourteen series starts, which is the fewest total starts by any IRL Rookie of the Year. Never being one to be short on speed, his bad luck at the Speedway was well known as he won theJigger Award for his bad luck. Harrington is also the only person to ever compete in Formula Atlantic, the original Indy Lights Series, the Infiniti Pro Series, the CART Indy Car Series and the IRL Indy Car Series.^[4]

Harrington's career was affected by arrests and convictions for driving while intoxicated.^[5] Harrington is also one of the few American drivers to compete in the "Big Three" of American motorsports - the Indy 500, the24 Hours of Daytona and the12 Hours of Sebring. Harrington also competed in the SVRA celebrity Pro-Am in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. He finished ninth of the 33 starters in 2015 and in 2018 was on the podium with a second-place finish in AP. Harrington is one of the original instructors at the Mid-Ohio school, a position he still holds today (August 2022).

After retiring from active driving, Harrington has achieved success in his driver coaching business,^[6] including coachingHighcroft Racing factory Acura team Championship winning owner-driver Duncan Dayton and Mike Miserandino, who has won four national championships in a row. In 2017, two of his customers won again at theSCCA Runoffs, Mike Miserandino won his fifth National title with Scott's coaching and Max Gee won his first with Scott on board, coaching him to his first national championship. His latest driver,Jacob Abel, won two of the threeF3 Americas races at theRoad Atlanta round. He also competes in a number of vintage endurance races every year. In 2014 his vintage coaching customer Bill Abel won a national championship at the SVRA National Championship at theCircuit of the Americas. In addition to his testing and training work, Harrington does promotional and testing work for various manufacturers.

Harrington currently lives in Indianapolis with his wife Marsie and his young son.

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