The most fearless racing series there ever was

And people wonder why people miss this series so much

I was at the track that day... it was my first open wheel race I attended in person. I come back here to relive it now and then and to show people how awesome and insane the racing was in those years in CART.

One of the greatest races of all time.

Those cars were beautiful!

Absolute travesty that we never saw these chassis' race at Indy. Would have been a spectacle to behold, and possibly a "neeeeewww traaaaaacckk reeecccoooorrrd"

A great race and empty stands. Thank you Tony George.

I attended the 2001 CART race at Michigan. It was unbelievable... 60 lead changes! This track, designed by the same engineer who designed Daytona (Charles Moneypenny) is MADE for speed and side-by-side competition.

What Amazing race!! So Incredibleee close Dangerous Finish!!! Fast & furious Montoyaa winning the battle!!

The sounds of these cars makes me rock hard. God damn I miss this.

@TheZadak the current indycars are normally aspirated and make around 630 hp with a maximum rpm of 10,500 rpm. the amazing turbocharged champ cars in this video were running at 16,000 rpm and making around 900 hp depending on the amount of boost they were allowed at each track. in 2003 (i think, it may have been 2004) champ car switched over to cosworth engines that were limited to 12,000 rpm, and made around 750 hp depending on the allowed amount of boost.

Indycar needs Michigan and Chicagoland back ASAP

JPM is the man

4:38 Wait, Mad Max goes off the course with a problem *AND THERE WAS NO CAUTION???? THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!!!!*

No wonder that Montoya was so bloody quick in F1. Jesus, CART drivers are brave boys.

Fabulous driving by Mike & juan.now that's racing!

I'd love to see open wheel racing coming back to MIS. I went to to IRL races there, and each one was far better than any stock car race. Now, they race downtown, still a good race, but nothing like draft packs at MIS.

Holy shit.. there is not one racing class today that give us so intense driving.. awesome!

fantastic race!

A pure audible experience!

If Murray Walker commentated this epic finish, he gonna be NUTS!!!!!!

great memories, best race

Awesome finish with Marques directly in the path.Do you crash into the back of him while beating the other guy? Montoya said he would have had he needed to.It was impossible to tell who had won from further down the track where we were sitting.

Esse é o Montoya... Bravo piloto.

Ahh, what a great battle, and a great finish. I remember catching the tail end of this race on tv, and it was a blast to watch. Great stuff! Does anyone know what that song/theme is at the end of the video?

Paul Paige and screaming V8 turbos, the sounds of an era…

I was there for that unbelievably thrilling finish. That sound was like music. Sad for Max Papis as he had a great Team Rahal car, led a ton of laps and the Ford motor let go...

Michael knew that Montoya would winn ,if he gets behind Marques, that`s why Michael tried to bump Montoya. A very nice race with alot of action!

Those were the days...wish they can come back!!

Those people got their friggin' money's worth!

Now thats proper racing right there. F1 take note!

Jonathan Williams said that Frank was in the box, chanting "Michael Schumacher, look out! Michael Schumacher, look out!" as Juan Pablo took the checkered flag.

JUST FANTASTIC!!! montoya en la cary era sencillamente fabulosos. sorprendentemente espectacular. lo mejor de lo mejor. VIVA JP MONTOYA!!!

I went yr little al and bobby rahal battled and is or was the fastest race speed in history. I loved the wide sidewalk along the fence and the cars going by you right below!! - at least at that time it was that way. That was one all out speed and racing 2 mile track - loved it!

Paul Page is a great commentator. The IRL would do well to get him back in the booth! Great vid BTW!

NO abrá nunca una mejor carrera !!!

1995 was absolutely packed crowds, 2000 and whole sections are empty.

I wish the brought Cart back, it was so good, cool, hot, sexy, gorgeous, etc, etc, etc

@Grayqboufan thank you!

This was intense!!

Something better than indycar??? Come on.... Pure racing

@rantanamo how much power do / did they have? I don't watch indycar or champ car that much

I've got the 2001 race uploaded in it's entirety. I thought the final 500 mile race at Michigan was pretty special.

So glad to see JPM back in IndyCars *WHERE HE FUCKING BELONGS.* Too bad the car he drives now is a fucking dog compared to the one he drove here.

Que carreron y obviamente feliz porque gano montoya ese dia...el final estuvo de infarto,,,,

Paul Page also does the announcing for the Coney Island Hot Dog eating contest for ESPN :) LOL

@TheZadak Quicker on a road course, but the Champ Cars of that era were beasts in horsepower and aero. This is the era where the closed course speed record was broken. F1 cars are not "so much faster than these cars"

ABC7?! I think this came from my original VHS tape!

Bien dicho.

Almost like a NASCAR finish. Incredible!!!

Wow.

Bollocks. Montoya just got bored of being out of the spotlight, and went where he felt wanted. He was a great F1 driver, just unfortunate to be on the tail end of the Schumi years.

gosh what Sunday morning these where! fuck CART was awesome!

Wow...

Not to mention he does commentary for the X Games for anything with a motor, and involves racing.

I hope for some ovals in CC's near future as well.

good times....

I'm not familiar with NHRA but isn't Marty Reid used to cover that? Why did they had to switch places with Paul Page?

this was a great finish but i dont think people realize how close it came to maybe one of the biggest wrecks ever. a crash that probably would have ended in the grandstands

Who are the commentators here? I've heard them on a lot of videos from that era.

Musica p/ os ouvidos

Ahh, ChampCar (or CART for me), back when it doesn't suck.

Montoya so brave

Do you know there are NASCAR-heads who actually question whether Juan "Formula One" Montoya can race on ovals?

@bgcatfan Hehe LOL, I must've been quoting someone.

The reason Paul Page doesn't do IRL or Champ Car now is because he does the NHRA on ESPN now

It still makes no sense everytime I see either this or a California race why CART wanted to abandon ovals. The racing was always close!

HAHA NA$CAR. Original. You're correct, though. Indy is it's own deal, and for some reason, drivers seem to think NASCAR is the place to be, when that isn't the case at all.

Chip likes winners! 😆

5 year old trey was heart broken after this one.

This should have been the finish to the Indy 500 in 2000 with CART equipment if it was allowed and TG realized in 1996 splitting was the worst option as a whole for the sport than just over what the Indy 500 homers from USAC thought.

I see this before from IceBudweiser but in EUROSPORT channel and ESPN International. I used to like the old red scoring building sitting aside the start/finish line. Now the newly rennovated blue (I say ridiculous) building ruined the beauty of MIS. JPM nice racing with Andretti...

Dude, you know that always NASCAR forgets about Indy guys. If Wheldon, Allmendiger or Hornish trespass to NASCAR, they will ask "who the hell are these guys?"

Indeed, racing on streets and road-courses only will damage the sport. I had a bad feeling that CCWS will fail the tradition of CART if they keep adding in road-racing like this, when IRL started to diversify their series.

The earl can't hold a candle to Cart even now

This is why Champ Car needs oval racing.

There were thousands upon thousands of empty seats in this video as well when they had the helicopter shot.

Yep and why he isn't doing IRL or ChampCar these days got me beat. Another victim of ESPN narrow-minded calls!

I KNEW that but the reason why he is doing NHRA because ESPN has screwed itself time after time and announcers have been switched just to make whats his name (ESPN CEO) happy!

yeah. IRL is not as good as Champ Car was. absolutely not!... what a shame, I really miss Champ Car or CART. very sad :( ... indeed great victory, well done montoya!

tony "shit" george

It's not about wether or not he can race on ovals. It's about wether or not he can race sedans after spending a career in open wheel.

@47ambrose42jpm Ben Edwards was having an organism on the last lap. he is way better, BBC replace Legard with edwards. Edwards and Brundle

I hate tony george. because of his actions champ car/cart eventually fell under and I now have nothing to look forward to on sundays. irl???? BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! give me a break, what a joke. in the end he won of course and that's a sad deal because cart really was a great thing. i miss the roar of the engines, the sleekness of the cars, the exciting finishes, the amazing tracks.... etc. now i have to relive the glory days through old footage.

But it was only Testing not Racing. So its obvious why he turned it down.. that is if you call IRL racing.. in which its not.

No disrespect to Paul Paul fantastic commentator the Murray Walker of Indycar racing but sorry Ben Edwards is miles better simple as end of

Wish Montoya would go to IRL instead of wasting his time in NASCAR.

cuando Montoya corria por diversión y orgullo y no por plata

Very exciting, but maybe TOO much passing with the hanford device.

Tarso Marques fucked up a good toe to toe finish.

So many empty seats.

@illhnar Chimp Car team owners destroy the ow racing in america not TG :)

F1 should do an oval, they are so much faster than these cars, it would be awesome.

The british comentary was WAY better