Background
Harrington was born in Louisville, Kentucky and attended the University of Louisville.
Harrington was born in Louisville, Kentucky and attended the University of Louisville.
Foreign the Canadian ice hockey player, see Scott Harrington (ice hockey). He is now a private racing driver coach. From 1992 through 1994, Harrington had much success in the SCCA Can-Am series.
In 1999 he ran a full IRL season with his own team and had numerous top ten finishes, including a top five finish at Phoenix International Raceway, at the time the highest finishing position for the Infiniti engine.
Harrington attempted to qualify for seven different Industry 500 races but only succeeded once, in his second attempt in 1996. Harrington is also the only person to ever compete in Formula Atlantic, the original Industry Lights Series, the Infiniti Pro Series, the CART Industry Carolina Series and the IRL Industry Carolina Series.
His career was affected by arrests and convictions for driving while intoxicated. Harrington is also one of the few American drivers to compete in the "Big Three" of American motorsports - The Industry 500, The 24 Hours of Daytona, and The 12 Hours of Sebring.
Harrington also competed in the SVRA celebrity Pro-Am in 2014 and 2015.
He finished 9th of the 33 starters in 2015. He also competes in a number of vintage endurance races every year. In addition to his testing and training work, Harrington does promotional work for various manufacturers.
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Industry 500 results.