This ABC announcing crew was magnificent. The 70s through the 80s ABC was in a league of their own.
@Howrider65 Жыл бұрын
The days when racing was the best along with the best sports network ever ABC. I remember when a longtime friend and i went to the San Francisco auto show near Thanksgiving we walk in and there is Al Unser sitting in a chair. we could not believe it he signed my program could not believe how nice he was. We were the first group into the show, and we were in shock that we were the only ones that noticed it was Al Unser sitting there. It was so sad when I heard he had passed away. A real good guy.
@stilldajoker Жыл бұрын
My seat as always was SW vista row 4. Grew up in Indy, lived in ABQ from 84 till 89. Ran into Al Sr a few times in town and at airports. Always a class act. RIP sir. Still have my matchbox Johnny Lightning Special Indy cars.
@chocolatetownforever75375 ай бұрын
God I used to love this race. Idk maybe its me getting old, but the Indy 500 lost its luster for me after the mid 90s. I think it has for other people as well, which is sad, because the Indy 500 was bigger than auto racing. I remember being a little boy and looking at the starting grid in the front page of the sports section. In Pennsylvania lol. Such a spectacle in those days. I miss them.
@kg01732 ай бұрын
Late 90's were real cool and exciting, my favorite is 1998. Indy lost it in later 2000's, when everybody had the same chassis and engines for years.
@camerongreenwoodcrampakacgc.6 ай бұрын
1987. My favourite Indianapolis 500 of all time apart from many others.
@user-ne6gp4gn6x7 ай бұрын
I was there i loved it i was an al unser fan i turned 21 on june 1st a great birthday present
@williamford9564Ай бұрын
I still remember watching that race. It was the second year that ABC started broadcasting the race live ( prior to 1986 it was shown tape delayed on Sunday night). I actually had to leave my apartment somewhere mid race to rescue a friend who ran out of gas and thought I wasn't missing anything because Mario was miles out front. I got back home literally five minutes before Mario broke down. And then Guerrero stalled in the pits and Big Al went on to win. That has to be the biggest underdog winner in the modern era of the race.
@murrayallinger28305 ай бұрын
Such a great race by Al Unser, hanging back just behind the leaders in what was for him a new car, and just patiently waiting for the faster cars to drop out. So much patience, and such a will to win.
@MDCSWildcats862 жыл бұрын
R. I. P. Al Unser (1939-2021).
@turdferguson41242 жыл бұрын
Interesting that when Guerrero pitted at about 2:20 (under green), he changed all but the outside rear tire, and when Andretti pitted at 2:23, he changed all but the inside front.
@effend446 Жыл бұрын
1987 was Jim McKay's last Indy 500 (sadly). But Paul Page turned out to be a great successor calling the 500 for ABC starting in 1988.
@lbowsk Жыл бұрын
And now we have to listen to the Screaming Idiot from Down Under, Leigh Diffy. His constant faux excitement and screaming make me sick. I watch the race with the volume down very low and hit MUTE when he starts screaming. It Sucks.
@patrickgray5633 Жыл бұрын
Al Unser quote “I got that checkered flag, & they said we can believe you won the race, I said me either.” Lol
@Ultegra10SPD4 ай бұрын
In retrospect, I’m glad Roberto didn’t win not because it would’ve denied Al Sr.’s fourth or Mario a deserved second, but because it would end up if he did win forever tarnished because the wheel he hit went up in the crowd and killed a man. Look at the replay (on youtube caught by non abc camera iirc) i’m also glad that it didn’t kill him which it could’ve easily done. -U10
@steveaddis54772 жыл бұрын
the 70's and into the late 80's where such a awsome time in history for Indy and nascar racing great group of guys that where in it to win it Alabama gang and so on love it Earnheart RIP never be no one like him. thanks youtube
@ltjjenkins Жыл бұрын
They were men doing dangerous things with no fear. I went from 80-96.
@Dany45UR Жыл бұрын
Big Al . Con esa edad y ganando las 500 . Un grande 👍
@CaptainRon9565 жыл бұрын
I was there! Sandi patty, awesome singer! I sat in the first row in turn 1 SW vista, Most took off their hats and many bowed their heads during the prayer/invocation. This was the most perfect race day!
@Eric_B1983 Жыл бұрын
I know her and the family. Her son was in my youth group in Anderson.
@soylentteal3 ай бұрын
Loved the story about how Al initially had no sponsor for the race and then entered with the yellow #25 car, which had been on display in a casino before being called into service. Had Danny Ongais not been injured, he might well have sat it out.
@johnclark83602 жыл бұрын
Al Unser May 29,1939-December 9, 2021 🏁🏎🥛🏆🥛🏆🥛🏆🥛🏆🥺😢🙏Rest In Peace
@kleberribeiro6140 Жыл бұрын
02:16:48 Saudoso Luciano do Valle 🇧🇷
@kg01732 ай бұрын
Best Indy 500 ever!
@billenright27883 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff. I remember Sullivan's 'spin cycle' win in '85. Love those old turbo panzers.
@scotttufts4 жыл бұрын
The race starts at 51:30
@JKEG1664 жыл бұрын
05:44 Error!!! At that time, also Graham Hill and Jim Clark. Emerson Fittipaldi and Jacques Villeneuve will be added in the future.
@latematcha5 ай бұрын
Just came from reading Adrian Newey page 122
@johnhenryclark9115 ай бұрын
My Store Manager Wanted Me To Come Into Work This Day. 🌞 Sunday May 24, 1987. I Had Not 🚫 Got Hired Yet. So I 🤔 Being An Al Unser Fan Stayed Home 🏡 Watching This On My Father's TV 📺🏁🏎️🥛🏆 I Am Happy 😁 That I Did! My Grocery Store Manager Asked Me Where I Was. I Felt Like Telling Him I Was Home 🏡 Watching The Indianapolis 500. But I Really Wanted To Get Hired. So I Shrugged My Shoulders And Said "I Don't Know!"🤷 I Am Glad 😊 That I Got Hired. I Am Typing This On Monday Night 🌉🌃 At 7:58 p.m. , February 26, 2024.
@javiergarrido60882 ай бұрын
Roberto Guerrero, great driver that he deserved more in F1 and Indy. Sorry about his near fatal accident testing at IMS in that year.
@pctshooter Жыл бұрын
Sam Posey during a modern Formula One pitstop: "In the first four sec...Oh Damn!"
@mikejohnson5900 Жыл бұрын
LOL!!!
@petertoft702 жыл бұрын
The errant tire that Guerrero hit killed a spectator. Guerrero himself was injured by a loose tire during testing not long after this race.
@ltjjenkins Жыл бұрын
I don't know what Pedro did to indy but damn she laid it on heavy.
@fretmajik7772 жыл бұрын
Isn't this the race where a tire come off one of the Indy cars and then another car struck it, the tire went flying into the stands and killed a man?
@joba2872 Жыл бұрын
Lyle Kurtenbach
@LouiseDenmar2 жыл бұрын
The last Indianapolis 500 without the "Delta Force Theme" in 80s
@remcovanengeland949411 ай бұрын
The content with Blane Chassey and Steve is so ❤
@bryonkidder61992 жыл бұрын
What a race!
@hmdwgf Жыл бұрын
As great as a driver as Mario was, he had a very distinct way of driving that was too hard on the car to finish 500 mile races. Mario only knew one way to drive- flat out. The 500 mile races- particularly Indianapolis were also endurance races somewhat, and you had to be kinder to the car than on the shorter distance races. A number of retirements Mario had at Indianapolis and the other 500 mile races were often in the later parts of the races. Mario won in ‘69 he knew the car he was driving was fragile- because he had crashed his original race car- a brand new Lotus- and had to revert to a year-old Brauner Hawk. He knew if he wasn’t kind to the Hawk, and he didn’t think he was going to win, so he just took it fairly easy, some other people fell out, and he won.
@ltjjenkins Жыл бұрын
Be a Rick with your car. It's a long race.
@hmdwgf Жыл бұрын
@@ltjjenkins Exactly. Mears didn't win 4 times by driving the piss out of the car.
@ltjjenkins Жыл бұрын
It used to be a thinking driver's race. With these spec cars today Mario would win 10 Indys. I'm not saying Mario wasn't a thinking driver- he's one of the greatest ever. Easily. But he ran the first lap like the finishing lap and that's hard for 500 miles and with a new engine.
@chocolatetownforever75375 ай бұрын
Saving your car and finishing a race is absolutely a talent.
@Ultegra10SPD4 ай бұрын
Sadly, the engine failed because Mario reduced the pace. They didn’t know it at the time, but that ilmor engine then in a certain rev range lower than peak power had harmonic issues and that’s what killed the motor had he kept pushing he might’ve gone the whole way. But then again it is Mario. -U10 -U10
@almattei884 жыл бұрын
A couple of interesting sidenotes: 1. Adrian Newey (yep, THAT Adrian Newey) was in the Indy Cars back then before winning 10 constructors' titles in Formula One. 2. ABC's Monday Sportsnite, a show which preceded ESPN2's Sports Night by seven years and the ABC comedy Sports Night by 11 years. Go figure! 3. The pit-stop competition appears to be the only time (except for flat-spotting tires) that pit crews would change all four tires. These days, four-tire stops are routine. 4. This race and the 1989 race were ones in which you could measure the intervals between Top 5 cars in laps rather than seconds. Today? Not so much.
@mikejohnson5900 Жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff! Especially regarding Adrien Newey - I did not know he work with Indycar racing!
@artdionisiusg.tolentino41652 жыл бұрын
Winner is Al Unser Sr. 1939-2021
@roxstrongo8961 Жыл бұрын
Someone actually said, "You suck AJ?" Seriously??? Foyt is a LEGEND
@goldcoastslim5258 Жыл бұрын
he was my fav
@timford3599Ай бұрын
There's an A$$ HAT in every crowd. I guarantee that person would NEVER say that to AJ's face. Not in less he wanted to take an emergency trip to the dentist's office. I know, I've been around AJ Foyt in the past and he does NOT take crap from anyone at any time for any reason!
@thalleshoward39623 жыл бұрын
My first Indy 500,
@Derek-tk4wf9 күн бұрын
5:43- I guess they forgot about Graham Hill who did the same.
@johnclark83602 жыл бұрын
Al Unser May 29, 1939-December 9, 2021🏁🏎🥛🏆🥛🏆🥛🏆🥛🏆🥺😢🙏
@johncalla21512 жыл бұрын
Nice formation on the start. Things fell apart in that regard in the years that followed.
@VampireYoshi Жыл бұрын
Actually they were doing great all the way to about 1995 or so, then it's like the entire field suddenly changed. Can't imagine what might have happened to suddenly raze everything to the ground like that.
@TomsterMusic Жыл бұрын
3:25:05 Spectator death announcement, caused from a loose wheel going into the crowd. 🏁🏁
@ricardobdl30113 жыл бұрын
Amazing Brazilian Band TV team, great Luciano do Valle.
@alanluscombe8a5533 ай бұрын
I watch and love all motor sports and there are some very very amazing races around the world but Indy has its own special magic. Just the entire atmosphere is incredible. I get a similar feeling from Le Mans and 24 hours of Daytona. Nascar has special races but it is far to gimmicky now days
@husscarracing83825 жыл бұрын
Can Al Unser win his 4th today?
@mohamedalkaboom5 ай бұрын
Yes
@floridapmi5 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, at 2:23:00 the nose cone of Guerrero's that struck the loose tire, the tire bounced into the crowd killing a spectator.
@BlueOvalHero4 жыл бұрын
@Skip Tiburon He wasn't decapitated. A nurse tended to him and he was taken by medivac to a hospital where he died.
@jackhammer1114 жыл бұрын
@Skip Tiburon How awful for the fans? How about how awful for the guy? how about how awful for you to be such an idiot that you can't take 60 seconds in a google search find out whether something like that's true or not. Facts matter, truth matters. ( or at least it used to) You live in a world where truth is easier to find that at any time in human history and you can't be bothered. you are not decapitated but we can't much tell the difference.
@ILSRWY44 жыл бұрын
"bounced" ?? ..... That tire was SHOT over the catch fence and ended up in the top row of the north vista stands.. thats how hard it was hit and how high it went.
@MattBurosh Жыл бұрын
2:23:55
@chocolatetownforever75375 ай бұрын
One of those crazy and impossible deaths where you get up to the pearly gates, and say to God, "I seriously died that way?"
@gtrdriver272 жыл бұрын
51:36 Race Start
@mrfish3961 Жыл бұрын
RAN OUT FUEL !!!!! sTp
@michaelhogg3242 жыл бұрын
I have to also say that they forgot about Al Unser leading all but 10 laps in the 1970 Indianapolis 500!
@rjg71125 жыл бұрын
2:56:05. 3:12:55. Bobby Unser, 1981 Indianapolis 500 WIINNER! First 500 I ever attended. Sat in the Paddock not far down the track from where Mario's car slowed down on him. With the exception perhaps of Michael in 1992, nobody deserves to win it More than Mario in '87.
@chocolatetownforever75375 ай бұрын
He was so dominant that month in 87. Mario was always my favorite driver, and it was brutal to see him have so many good cars, with his talent, and never win it in my lifetime. This years car was probably his best. I dont think anyone touches him had it not broken down.
@linguatonica978211 ай бұрын
1:05:35 And now inside Andretti's 200 mph go kart.
@goldcoastslim2117 Жыл бұрын
good race
@user-zm5ze4ez7s8 ай бұрын
Official Test and Research
@goldcoastslim Жыл бұрын
heartbreaking about Mario
@paulonatanaeldossantossana39092 жыл бұрын
2:16:36 2:16:46 Luciano do valle:estamos aqui transmitido pela rede Bandeirantes um grande abraço a todos você do show do esporte thank you Abc
@fredericoclemente324 Жыл бұрын
O problema de bater no muro é a oscilação do sistema nervoso central dentro do crânio causando problemas aos nervos cranianos.
@revrasheemstewart11 ай бұрын
1987 indy 509 front row maybe the greatest front row indy 500 history
@ltjjenkins5 ай бұрын
91
@revrasheemstewart5 ай бұрын
@@ltjjenkins that's was a really good one as well
@jackhammer1114 жыл бұрын
The race starts with 33 cars on it. The broadcaster's act as though the only car that matters one that's in front. There's passing for position all up and down the field for 500 miles and we don't see it because the producers have leaderitis.
@michaelhogg3242 жыл бұрын
What was the music that ABC used for the intros?
@ianmangham45702 жыл бұрын
The Who
@ammescritordobrasilltda3 жыл бұрын
1987 Al Unser Sr 🇺🇸 Won the 500 miles of Indianapolis and in the same year had the Pan American Games in Indianapolis and Emerson Fittipaldi 🇧🇷 Starting at Last and had the Italians 🇮🇹 Mário Andretti, Fabrizio Barbazza , Derek Daly 🇮🇪 Roberto Guerrero 🇨🇴 Arie Luyendyk 🇳🇱 Geoff Brabham 🇦🇺 Josele Garza 🇲🇽 And Steve Chassey 🇺🇸 was running in the Benetton Colors of Formula 1 ..and I saw a lot of advertisements on American TV and the call for Formula 1 on May 31st for the Monaco GP 🇲🇨 ..e Bobby Rahal 🇺🇸 Abandons Tom Sneva 🇺🇸 Josele Garza 🇲🇽 Emerson Fittipaldi 🇧🇷 Steve Chassey Gordon Johncock Michael Andretti AJ Foyt and Rick Mears Al Unser Jr Pancho Carter Danny Sullivan Ed Pimm 🇺🇸 e Mario Andretti 🇮🇹
@fredericoclemente324 Жыл бұрын
Perder as pernas é o de menos como o Piquet escapou com as pernas trituradas.
@fredericoclemente324 Жыл бұрын
Radiador de óleo?
@ald7248 Жыл бұрын
While I did like the broadcasting team - the *direction* of this Indy 500 broadcast was awful. For example, 2:05:52 - Andretti and Guerrero are running nose-to-tail 1st and 2nd...and they promptly cut away from the on-track action for about 3 minutes. That's just plain stupid.
@jackhammer1114 жыл бұрын
33 years later and the guy who interviews Guerrero face I would still love b**** slap after he says to Guerrero "your son here 20-month Marco. you want him to grow up and be a racecar driver and do you want him to be a racecar someday and go through what you just went through today?" whack! Next question. in defense of Guerrero, I think the key to what happened was hearing him say he had trouble getting it out of gear when he came to a stop. That tells me that the clutch was dragging. A dragging clutch is one that won't completely disengage. while they are working on the car you are sitting with your left foot pressing the clutch pedal all the way down and your right foot on the brake. holding the clutch pedal down should make the countershaft stop spinning but if the clutch is dragging the countershaft won't come all the way to a stop. So when you put it in gear it goes with a crunch because the clutch isn't fully disengaged and the drag killed the engine before he could get his right foot back to the throttle. That could explain the first time. As for the subsequent times, he tried to get it started maybe you can say that's where being a bit of a head case comes in. He panicked. He's not a calm self-confident guy. Take someone like rick mears who was know to be so calm hed dose in the car waiting for the race to start and that kind of thing doesn't happen.
@ianmangham45702 жыл бұрын
Bollocks
@weallfollowmanutd Жыл бұрын
Completely agree with your analysis on the questioning. I laughed at the son covering the mic after! Dumbass question
@goldcoastslim5258 Жыл бұрын
cool
@purplehazen1000Ай бұрын
This is one of the worst tv announcement crews of all time. Especially Sam Posey. Guerrero stalled because his transmission only had top gear. Try taking off in the top gear of your car if it's manual and you'll know how hard it was for Roberto to get out of the pits.
@4aj14camracing95 жыл бұрын
Jim Lampley in the booth was bad idea
@cjs831725 жыл бұрын
Frankly, I'd take him over anyone doing racing today, because at least he had passion, something the broadcasters of today don't seem to have. And one reason ABC had him in the booth beginning in 1986 was because when they went to live flag-to-flag broadcasts of 500-mile races, something they didn't do until 1986, they wanted someone younger to do the four-hour plus telecasts that live 500-mile race broadcasts required. Most of the other guys they had were older and ABC wasn't sure they could do the lap-by-lap call of a live 500-mile race, though Keith Jackson did do a live 500-miler in 1988 at Atlanta. And of the younger broadcasters, Lampley had far more experience than the others when it came to racing broadcasts, so he was the natural choice when ABC did it's first live flag-to-flag 500-mile race, the 1986 Motorcraft 500 at Atlanta.
@dlbarney24 жыл бұрын
Lampley is garbage. Glad they canned him.
@mikejohnson5900 Жыл бұрын
That tool could not keep his mouth shut. I'm sorry, he kept interrupting Bobby Unser the moron.
@johnhenryclark9115 ай бұрын
Yes , It Was. 😳🙄😁😅😂 Thankfully ABC Realized That Mistake. And Took Care Of That Situation! But Thankfully Bobby Unser Was In The Television 📺 Booth As Well.🎧🎤 Seeing His Little Brother Get His 4th Victory. 🏁🏎️🥛🏆🎧🎤😁🎧🎤🥺🥲
@chocolatetownforever75375 ай бұрын
@@cjs83172I think Jim was seen by many as the heir to Jim McKay's throne at ABC. Like McKay, Lampley did a lot of different sports coverage for them, which isnt the easiest thing to pull off. While slightly overdramatic at times, I agree with you. I think Lampley was a fine broadcaster. Was he Summerall or Enberg? No, but he was pretty good.
@SwineBrothers5 жыл бұрын
hate to be this guy, but this was already posted on indycar's page a year ago. kind of a waste of a throwback thursday.
@matthewmcsweeney59965 жыл бұрын
Swine Brothers I agree with you! They should’ve uploaded one of the runnings that IndyCar has not uploaded.
@SwineBrothers5 жыл бұрын
@@matthewmcsweeney5996 that's why i subscribed!!
@matthewmcsweeney59965 жыл бұрын
Swine Brothers I think they should’ve instead uploaded the 1997 running.
@SwineBrothers5 жыл бұрын
@asopher1 i hadn't noticed, but that's because i'm fully blind! hahaha.
@unvrknow222 жыл бұрын
46:13 Marco Andretti sighting
@rstyeast73 Жыл бұрын
Yes. That was the first sighting of a very young Marco Andretti. From that clip, I think he was about 4 or 5 months old.
@klk190011 ай бұрын
So racing is strange where the news guys will worship drivers with the least talent. Like the Andretti’s they’ve had some of the best cars on the track but continuously get beat by a car that’s not as good. I’ve seen this my entire life in every series. I raced from 4-25yrs old. Dirt/asphalt both. My strong point was being honest about performance and not getting hung up on a guy just because he’s nice. When it’s performance based business.
@jeffreyprater17153 жыл бұрын
Sam Posey was the dumbest commentaor in the history of the INDY 500. With any chef and a chief mechanic - what a dumb comparison. RIP to Uncle Bobby! 1934-2021
@patrickgray5633 Жыл бұрын
Uncle Bobby is an a-hole blew up at my friend she had a pit pass with her job & in pre race she got to visit with a few drivers. She visited with Bobby Unser he then was next to go out qualifying he hit the wall comes in the pits just screaming at my friend totally disgraceful.
@johnhenryclark9115 ай бұрын
Sam Posey Was Pretty Stupid. But I Think 🤔 That Jim Lamley Was Stupider. Numerous Incredibly Stupid Comments During This TV 📺 Broadcast. Especially Jim Lamley Saying, Not 🚫 Once , But Twice "If Al Unser Wins His 4th Indianapolis 500 Victory, You Can Make A Case Of Al Unser Being The Greatest Indy Car Driver, Ever!" Excuse Me? 😳🙄 I Think 🤔 That A. J. Foyt Fans Might Disagree, Being That A. J. Foyt Did It First. 🏆🏆🏆🏆 I Do Not Know What Happened To Jim Lamley. But I Figured That Jim Lamley Got Reassigned Somewhere Else.
@ivanluizmorello6798Ай бұрын
Diplomata.
@JonDC70 Жыл бұрын
The announcers could not be more annoying
@dennisramers7764 жыл бұрын
How unreliable those cars were
@toddc66822 жыл бұрын
Same power as the cars of today, with old tech & turbos!