good drivers,good cars,good engines and great sponsors. a golden era sorely missed.
@CoastfogАй бұрын
Nothing beats mid 90s CART.
@therealpeterburke5 жыл бұрын
Those were the days... 85k spectators and half the track wasn't even accessible to them I was there but had totally forgotten what all went down that day. Typical champcar race of the era when 10 drivers could have won the thing at any given weekend.
@robminmonaca5 жыл бұрын
Peter Burke some one should have told that to Tony George that in 1994. That 25/8 rule at the 96 Indy 500 almost killed the sport.
@TheUsmc08025 жыл бұрын
@@robminmonaca It did, EVERY fan agrees this was the best. I still enjoy Imdycar but now it's alot more casual. No way near as interesting now. Those cars featured multiple chassis, engine manufacturers, AND tire manufacturers. Why? Because manufacturers new it was worth the investment, the series allowed for innovation and was a place for their engineers to stretch their legs and utilize their imagination now it's so spec that it doesn't really matter what badge is on the car.
@27ducatistoner5 жыл бұрын
I agree with that one of those were the days. The arrogance of Tony George killed CART, which was way better than the IRL he founded, he just sabotaged CART.
@marisgertans24383 жыл бұрын
@@27ducatistoner I think there were more powerful guys behing T.George, like B.Ecclestone who really feared the IndyCars - they were threat to F1. F1 appearance in Indianapolis shows, some king of "reward". And at the end we see that all IRL ideas failed - ovals only schedule was abandonded. Foreign drivers were a lot... it was totally unnecessary, and seeing official champions of 1996 "B.Calkins\S.Sharp", just sad...
@jacekatalakis8316 Жыл бұрын
@@marisgertans2438 I have, somewhere, an Autosport magazine that has an article in that in 92-93, Bernie/Max feared with Mansell going to Indycar, he'd take a lot of F1 fans with him. Which did happen, essentially, Bernie and Max, the way the article was written, were afraid of Indycar being more popular than F1, which in 93 alone you could argue it was. 93-96 you could make that argument too, F1 didn't run ovals at all, hadn't since 1960 when the Indy 500 stopped being counted as part o the F1 championship
@TheUsmc08025 жыл бұрын
One of my FAVORITE races of all time. Michael Andrertti doing his thing, Gordon being a maniac and blowing his engine on purpose, Greg Moore's comments, and all of those manufactures on that glorious track. The new cars might be close to the speed of these (20 years!!) Old cars but they can't beat the way the old v8 Turbos launched them selves off the corners.
@TheUsmc08025 жыл бұрын
No power steering, 900hp, tons of aero, steering with one hand and shifting with the other! Please make these guys shift again, get rid of the steering wheel paddles.
@thebanhammer15 жыл бұрын
These ESPN 2 graphics are so 90's it hurts lol
@das112701105 жыл бұрын
Yeah it takes me back to teenage years watching racing
@Nxtl685 жыл бұрын
@@das11270110 I was six when I saw these and thought they were the greatest...man they did not age well.
@senorsoupe Жыл бұрын
@@Nxtl68People often forget just how much purple and teal was around in the 90's
@DrColoso5 жыл бұрын
That's why I love IndyCar, they shows races from usac CART and IRL, and without problem, not like "the pinnacle" predictable series, keep doing that great job guys, kudos to ims and indycar👍👍👍👍
@robminmonaca5 жыл бұрын
Dr coloso However do u notice they upload more from the CART era than USAC and IRL eras. What was Tony George smoking in 1994 when he came up with the IRL and using the 25/8 rule at the 1996 Indy 500.
@DrColoso5 жыл бұрын
@@robminmonaca well there is some races from the IRL, but if we still looking what's happen more of 20 years ago then we can't look forward, the future of the series is so bright, now with the announcement than Mclaren and Alonso will return to the 500 next year like an independent team, new venues fantastic drivers, the interest of the people in Queensland for the comeback of the indycars to surfers paradise, so I'm in the position to say than indy will take the place who belongs, the best racing series in the world.
@MikeHernandezjett5 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live. I had gotten out of work and was looking for a restaurant around me showing the race. I ended up at a Marie Calenders and watched the race. It was awesome, always been a Michael Andretti fan.
@the8jrfan5 жыл бұрын
Those Supra pace cars though 😃
@davedavidson99963 жыл бұрын
One if them is an NSX. I was able to get a ride in it around the Nazareth track which was a few months after this race. We hit about 115 mph which was pretty quick on that tight track.
@DavidLand915 жыл бұрын
Marty Reid busting David Letterman's balls was all I needed in my life.
@MathRaven19105 жыл бұрын
That's the True,So DL who win the F1 Brazilian GP on Sunday ???
@minegocio54055 жыл бұрын
An extraordinary era of open wheel racing!!!!!! thanks for this!!!
@BocaRetroGames5 жыл бұрын
Those were the days
@rockydesign33033 жыл бұрын
Best race I've ever seen at Road America, and I've been going there for 50 years. You can't imaging the electric atmosphere that weekend. Indycar was a huge battle every weekend, with a bunch of talented drivers all trying to make their mark. Roger, Carl, Jim, Mario, Carl Hogan and Dan Gurney were all there, just like in the old days. Then you had Walther Payton, PLN, Letterman and Herb Kohler (in the Penske pit at the checkered flag). It was so crowded, I missed most of the action because I couldn't move. I picked my spot by drivers left at T13 and stayed there. I was right above the Gugelmin Blundell crash. When Unser Jr. blew up at the end, the crowd cheered so loudly that I couldn't hear the engines.
@greatestbrand51915 жыл бұрын
The end of this race is insane
@greatestbrand51915 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Love these old uploads
@jeremysinaz35802 жыл бұрын
Geez, poor little Al, such a dramatic finish. Lots of crazy wrecks! TY for another great upload.
@TheUsmc08025 жыл бұрын
This was the Pinnacle of Indycar racing
@zackywacky75 жыл бұрын
they really need to bring back the v8's
@PeterMayer3 жыл бұрын
70 + thousand people! CART ROCKED!
@dionmartin96145 жыл бұрын
(dmetl) #468 - 305th race I've ever watched ... 105 on the net ... 55 with a dip of tobacco ... 24 while drinking alcohol ... 455 races I've ever had glimpses of on radio or t.v. ... didn't even know there was a racetrack in Wisconsin ... Paul Newman is racing in it!
@andyberridge64553 жыл бұрын
Road America, proper racing circuit, entertaining race, plenty of action, controversy, 🇬🇧 fan.
@TheUsmc08024 жыл бұрын
One of my most favorite races of all time!! All the good ones in here: Andretti , Moore, Robby Gordon, Tracy, etc etc etc.
@JJFDNY3 жыл бұрын
Love being there in person!!🏁🏁❤👍
@odkdsjf Жыл бұрын
Truly sad that our beloved is a shadow of what it was in the mid/late 1990s and early 2000s.
@EVENo945 жыл бұрын
Starting field introduction 22:30; Green flag 27:15
@rfratelli5 жыл бұрын
And commercial breaks every 5 minutes :(
@MrMicrolin5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting . Use to watch this on eurosport
@indioloco66003 жыл бұрын
All four of is had pit passes all weekend. A real heart- breaker for Unser Jr. It was a hot one!
@HisBortness Жыл бұрын
Incredible. One of the best races of all time. Extremely satisfying - especially that last lap in Canada Corner.
@OoNVGoO5 жыл бұрын
Great upload indycar
@oliviersourie2805 жыл бұрын
Still thinking of Greg Moore...
@maliklowry12364 ай бұрын
Back when Indy cars were decently fast
@33skoalbandit5 жыл бұрын
A classic.
@adrienbernay39575 жыл бұрын
Thx from France, very good quality. Americans, you are lucky to have Indycar 👍. But what were the engines? Twin Turbo V8's?
@royalstygian83445 жыл бұрын
2.65L Single turbo V8
@adrienbernay39575 жыл бұрын
@@royalstygian8344 like the last year of Champcar ?
@royalstygian83445 жыл бұрын
@@adrienbernay3957 yeah Indy ran that engine formula for a long time
@adrienbernay39575 жыл бұрын
@@royalstygian8344 love this sound 😎
@astinus45 жыл бұрын
Adrien BERNAY same engine formula as champcar in 2008, but these engines were revving over 14000 rpm, whereas in champcar they were restricted to 12000 rpm
@jaredhochstetler97493 жыл бұрын
What if cart and Tony George didn't split? This field is so deep.
@Stug9680 Жыл бұрын
CRAZY RACE ! 😀👍
@g8Words5 жыл бұрын
47:47 Christian Fittipaldi passed the pace car before it left the track. Seems like that was a big no, no the year before at Indy.
@PapiChulo-xk5tx5 жыл бұрын
That was good racing. Real knights.
@matthewmcsweeney59965 жыл бұрын
Bob Varsha covered this race since Paul Page was covering the True Value 200 which took place on the same day.
@hallkbrdz5 жыл бұрын
Is it me or does Roger always look the same in any year...
@activex-co6ls5 жыл бұрын
Yeah he still Looks the same today.
@gavkiwi5 жыл бұрын
awesome, thank you !!!
@TheUsmc08025 жыл бұрын
Was it slick out there? "It was slick out there where I was in the fence, Greg Moore. 22 years later that still makes me laugh, and I really miss Greg Moore.
@MattCav152 жыл бұрын
The biggest mystery of this race was how Davey Jones flipped upside down. There was never a replay that caught his incident. Always wondered what it would've looked like.
@seanomatopoeia5 жыл бұрын
The first 45 minutes is basically a rallycross race with all the offtracks.
@AA-rd4dz5 жыл бұрын
This was the race that they cut to the next broadcast at the end right as al Unser jr.’s engine blew up
@JJFDNY5 жыл бұрын
I remember those days very well.
@hayden45974 жыл бұрын
Why did Alex Zanardi have to lose his legs????????? Hands down Zanardi v Dixon when they were both in their primes would have been incredible.
@robminmonaca5 жыл бұрын
To bad this was the beginning of the 12 year decline of INDYCAR due to the split with Tony George . Those drivers should have been at Indy in 1996. The CART owners get the blame as well
@AustinG291525 жыл бұрын
rob mush CART was amazing, INDYCAR had the issues.
@xesle27745 жыл бұрын
Is there a high resolution version of the video's thumbnail pic? I need it for my desktop backround.
@staggerlee49792 ай бұрын
27:00 If you don't want to 😴 to the pre-show
@budmiller38235 жыл бұрын
What a great grid. A fantastic time for open wheel racing in the US. I'm a big Zanardi fan but he deserved a black flag. The stewards did a poor job that day.
@acemacneill3 жыл бұрын
Back during a time where cautions were considered sacrilege.
@asianoramaagain22692 жыл бұрын
I had heard that Robby Gordon had cut his ties with Ford permanently because of calling one of their engines a 'pig' on national televison.I think his outburst that begins at the 1:48:27 mark is almost certainly the statement in question.
@RedCard944 жыл бұрын
1:57:46 OH NO!!! OH NO!!!
@michaelflaherty32022 жыл бұрын
I remember being very bored with all the cautions, and switching to the IRL race. These races are much better on youtube, with all the commercials taken out. 11:45 Walter Payton and Paul Newman 18:30 David Letterman. This is the interview of the year 27:20 Green 47:45 Christian Fittipaldi passes the pace car while it's still on the track. No call 54:00 Two spectacular incidents right in a row 1:01:43 Crucial replay 1:07:20 Three cars out all at once 1:12:45 Zanardi's penalty for entering closed pits is that he'll have to do a stop and go under green 1:15:45 Wait, no, actually Zanardi can just go to the back of the line. They're making the rules up as they go along. 1:22:10 Another new rule for 1996: drive through penalties. I always thought this was a good idea. Who's to say whether you came to a complete stop or not during a stop and go. 1:25:40 When your car breaks down, get off the track! 1:27:45 Greg Moore interview 1:31:25 A really wild pit stop sequence with an unsafe release and some near misses. The crew members nearby don't have helmets. 1:36:10 Heavy equipment in the sand trap during green. These races are terrifying in retrospect 1:41:10 Jon Beekhuis says Robby Gordon is trying to blow up his engine 1:48:00 Robby Gordon directly insults Ford. Also gives the most accurate take on a prior incident. And then another Ford breaks down. To be fair, this race also featured engine failures from Mercedes and Toyota 1:56:55 Wild finish
@samgogo90674 жыл бұрын
Cart should have done what Nascar has done, have stages and play off points. That would have saved them for sure. 🙄. Truly miss this area of open wheel. I grew up on the 90s Cart champ
@AlistairMaxwell775 жыл бұрын
little al! nooooooooo!!!! :-(
@alexcouri_arquiteto5 жыл бұрын
good times ;)
@PeterMayer3 жыл бұрын
I remember this grill
@malikdigger45445 жыл бұрын
The year IndyCar lost Scott Bryton qualifying crash good driver may he R.I.P 🏁🚦😞😞
@bucho99795 жыл бұрын
I was At That Race
@Saturn1855 жыл бұрын
man i cant wait for next season, does anyone know of a way to see the next season´s races live? (im portuguese)
@theviolinoob4 жыл бұрын
porra Gil de ferran novinho. apoio TANG haha
@DonaldRecord5 жыл бұрын
Danny Sullivan sounds like Hank HIll. hahaha
@ReprogrammedToHate5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Joey Gladstone from Full House too
@kozawayoshi25822 жыл бұрын
Please allow uploading of CART's Japanese commentary.
@JanitorIsBack5 жыл бұрын
holy sit 26 car field. they can barely get that size at indy now
@flopt125 жыл бұрын
Somewhat true in recent years, although firstly, quite frankly I don't think numbers are as important as quality, and secondly most of the "regular" series races now have 22-24 drivers, which will be even more the case next year....oh, and at this point there are going to be between 38-40 cars trying to qualify for Indy next year, no joke.
@jeremeymcdude5 жыл бұрын
Im just internally screaming because of the lack of capitalizations...
@MarkMeadows905 жыл бұрын
15:11 I wonder what "buttons" they couldn't look at?
@marisgertans24383 жыл бұрын
The most ridiculous thing is that current IndyCar series list Buzz Calkins and Scott Sharp as co-champions in 1996. It is atrocious. Because IRL championship in 1996 was "pseudo" championship, with just 3 races... simply wrong. I would understand, for example, IRL 1998, and onwards, but 1996? Jimmy Vasser was IndyCar champion! but overall - until ~ 2002 CART was premier series in USA.
@1greenMitsi5 жыл бұрын
I remember this era of champ car was really entertaining with some quality races..not this one, what a bunch of amateurs
@vectro42845 жыл бұрын
11:41 MMMBOY!
@PeterMayer4 жыл бұрын
I'm not so sure.
@PeterMayer4 жыл бұрын
It looked like he was at least on the racing line I thought back then Alex pinched them, but I don't think it was that much
@dionmartin96145 жыл бұрын
(dmetl) #469 - 2nd race I've ever watched while wearing a helmet ... 2nd race I've ever watched while wearing a helmet n drinking alcohol n dipping tobacco
@PeterMayer3 жыл бұрын
Eeeooo... They mentioned Tony George... Yuck
@johnbaadilla18462 жыл бұрын
1:57:57 The one time Michael was the beneficiary of a late race Mechanical Failure. Usually he was the victim of those type of mechanical failures.
@jacekatalakis8316 Жыл бұрын
Always seemed to happen at Indy, too, or at least those are the ones that stick out the most given the situation
@senorsoupe Жыл бұрын
Ooft, Andre Ribeiro was not a popular man after this race. A lot of salt thrown his way
@michaeln23868 ай бұрын
Christian, what a drama queen. Hack driver to boot.
@wpbarchitect18007 ай бұрын
Shockingly poor driving all around. Almost as bad as today's IndyCar, when we're guaranteed a first-turn wreck on every green on any street or tight road circuit. A total joke. Compare to the period just before this one, the Golden Era of CART '85-'95, where the drivers were aggressive but of the highest caliber and professionalism and could be heading 4 wide into a turn and get through single file. This was amateur hour stuff. And little Al was told not to over-rev his Ilmor by Mario Illien himself (halk owner w Penske and designer of the motor) and did anyway....and exactly as he was told it would, it blew up. Can't blame him he was desperate for a win. And getting rid of Sully as color commentator was the dumberst move ever, he was awesome. TV executives went downhill in the post-split era too, just like drivers and American open wheel racing lol...
@kozawayoshi25828 ай бұрын
Please stop giving only English commentary. Please prepare fullrace Japanese commentary as well. It's okay to stream past races, but if you do, please provide not only English commentary but also Japanese commentary. IndyCar Series is completely licking Japanese fans😡 Also, which country is NTT a company?