I think the cars were at the peak of their beauty in this era.

Nigel Mansell: after finishing third in his very first ever oval race(this one), he then proceeded to dominate _every_ other oval race in 1993: class is real and permanent.

Loved the "Starting Field" music they used in 1993. Truly wish the personalized starting field intros would come back rather than just showing the live intros from the track. These got you so much more story to each of the 33 brave pilots.

Fittipaldi was a great driver! If he hadn't joined his brother's F1 team, he may have won many more F1 championships. His late success in AOWR shows that.

Wonderful times!!!! What a field of drivers. Mansell, Fittpaldi, Piquet, Johansson . The mighty Penske Team!!! What a race! Thanks for uploading!!!!

I cannot believe you shared this for free on KZfaq! You have no idea how thankful I am right now!

This generation of cars were the best

Wow those pre-1996 Indy 500s were absolutely packed with world class drivers including Americans like Little Al and Sullivan along with multiple F1 World Driving Champions. IndyCar is slowly getting back to where it was back then. Young Americans Newgarden and Rossi along with global drivers Power and Dixon are fantastic and if McLaren and Alonso return full time next year with up and comers like the youngster Herta, IndyCar's future may finally be back on track.

Man, I miss Paul Page

One of the few starting lineup themes we don't have yet.

Best sounding Indy cars for sure. I was on turn 4. Thanks for the upload.

I am in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on a ship right now and CAN. NOT. WAIT. for Sunday. #youjustdontknowwhatindymeans

EMO was a my word absolutely brilliant driver. Winning the Formula 1 world championship in 1972 and 1974. Two Indianapolis 500's in 1989 then 1993. Plus also winning the CART Championship in 1989.

**Update on this comment: Mansell was just interviewed June '24 with both his '92 F1 winning Williams and '93 Indy Car title winning Newman-Haas Lola sitting behind him (the IMS museum lent it during their renovation) which was just an awesome sight of a man and the cars that achieved something that will never be duplicated (and Nigel still looks like he's in his mid 50's!) He revealed a couple things about the '93 500: that he felt both the yellow for Lyn St James' dead car right at the top of the pit lane when he was leading with only 15 laps to go was ridiculous (it was) and that both Fittipaldi and Luyendyk jumped him on the restart in a very 'unsporting' way (welcome to Indy Car!) It's a great interview remembering an incredible achievement in auto racing** 2:37:15 the driving by Mansell after the restart here is some of the best you will ever see at Indy. And it was the guy's first race on an oval of any type, let alone a superspeedway. Passed cars at 200+ inside, outside, with inch-perfect precision as if for fun. Truly phenomenal. Unfortunate he got jumped at the last restart while leading at he was still a bit naive about IndyCar restarts and that jumping the the leader before green is fair game, if he'd known that he'd have won. Still one of the great 500 drives of all time. Especially when you add the injury element from his Phoenix crash which left a gaping cavity in his lower back that required surgery.

Wow, I'm uncomfortable with how long ago the 90s where. Haha. Thanks for uploading. Fun to watch.

Half 80’s until 90’s, the most beautiful and powerful cars of Indy era

Co-worker: "What are you watching? Why are you crying?" Me: "I'm not crying...I'm cleaning my eyes with my tears..."

Thank you so much for posting the full build up to the race as well as the race. So few people ever think of doing that. I am indebted to you. From Ireland.

I was at the race between turns 3 and 4. I had travelled from the UK to Toronto and travelled with some friends 'on a fishing trip'. One of our group was arrested on Saturday night and did not get out of jail until the Monday afternoon. There were some interesting stories. One guy met someone and they invited them to sleep on the sofa. He woke up with an Alsation with it's jaws around his neck. The guy had broken into the house and left the guy on the sofa.

Just found this, thanks for posting it! I was there! Two rows off the track at turn four. Amazing time! Great memories, gorgeous cars.

Formation laps start: 37:15 Race start: 44:00

Paul Page will always be the voice of the Indy 500 for me.

I sat in that z28 Pace car at work today. It only has 22,000 miles on it and is still mint. 👍🏼

I would LOVE to see this race entirely from Nigel Mansell’s onboard camera. The full race, uncut from the start of the formation/sighting laps to the final pull in the pit lane after the finish. Just Nigel’s end of the radio if possible, otherwise just the onboard microphone.

Great racing, great drivers. 53 years old Mario Andretti and 54 years old Al Unser leading the race...incredibile.

This was it, the peak. Even had Burnie and the f1 boys scared

Thank You IndyCar.... Thank You Thank You Thank You 🏁🏁🏁

My God the sound

Best looking cars. I miss that Cosworth engine.

This was my first 500. I was standing at the bottom of the inside grandstands (right behind Emo's pit stall) when he took the checkers. Everyone is a Hoosier on Race Day.

I was 8 years old and yet I still remember the orange juice.

RIP Bobby and Al.

Emmo and Mansell 💙

A big THANK YOU to Indycar for posting and allowing others to post past races. F1 claims copyright almost immediately, perhaps for financial reasons but maybe they don't want people seeing how it used to look and sound.

Man I miss these cars, they looked and sounded the best out of any generation in my opinion.

cool. thanks for having this available to us!

God I miss this. This 500 was a great example of what made the race so great. The speed, the noise and the fact that there were a lot of GREAT drivers. It was where young up and comers could challenge all time Indy greats and even former F1 champions. How many former F1 world champions were in this race? I think I count 4? Piquet, Mansell (reigning champ at that point), Andretti and Fittipaldi. I think 94 might have been the last time a former F1 champ raced at the brickyard until Alonso showed up. Piquet didn't return. Mansell, Andretti and Fittipaldi did, but Andretti would retire after 94 and Mansell would return to F1. Fittipaldi, driving for Penske, didn't even qualify for the 500 in 95 thanks to the controversial Mercedes pushrod motor that suddenly became uncompetitive thanks to rules changes. Fittipaldi would retire after a crash a day before the 96 Indy 500 at the rival Michigan 500 race run by CART... The early 90s were peak Indy 500 for speed and prestige for sure. I hope to see them claw it back.

Rick Mears: no regrets at all AJ Foyt: it's like a nightmare. 😂

Bring back the Delta Force theme for the intro for 2022! And Paul Page.

The Orange Juice Victory

Luyendyk really nailed that rockstar look :D

This entire early 90's era is the pinnacle of IndyCar... The old and the new ... Andretti, Foyt, Unser, Mears, Fittipaldi, Paul Tracy ... '91 front row; Mears, Foyt, Andretti All this in modern cars essentially indistinguishable from the cars of today.

44:07 race start 53:10 first yellow flag 56:52 second green flag 1:05:09 second yellow flag 1:09:10 third green flag 1:38:32 third yellow flag 1:43:13 fourth green flag 1:44:49 fourth yellow flag 1:47:41 fifth green flag 2:03:33 fifth yellow flag 2:13:47 sixth green flag 2:32:55 sixth yellow flag 2:37:19 seventh green flag 2:43:59 seventh yellow flag 2:47:20 eighth green flag 2:52:54 eighth yellow flag 2:56:24 ninth green flag 3:00:00 end of the race

Fittipaldi's popularity took a nose dive after he refused the milk. In the grand scheme of things he is just the latest in a list of over 30 drivers who did not drink milk in victory lane after winning the Indianapolis 500. That list includes Bobby Unser, Bill Vukovich, Sam Hanks and Mauri Rose. I also find it interesting that they no longer offer buttermilk...which is what Louis Meyer originally requested.

Those cars 😍

The 2:37:28 mark - The big move that blipped everybody live! I remember watching it live saying "Mansell took the lead!" when they came out of Turn 2 and both ABC and IMS Radio thinking for a lap that Mario and Emmo were both dueling for the lead.

Those 1993 Camaro Pace Cars are really nice, I've seen one myself, they have a bigger interior in them than the traditional Camaros, and They are faster #BestCamaroPaceCar!

Thought the thumbnail was a McLaren F1 car from the late 80s at first glance. Clicked anyway, watched the start and the last 20 laps or so (not much time), TIL Mansell did the Indy 500! Good job too seeing him perform quite well. Hopefully Alonso can do well this year!

@23:49 Nice segment on changes to the track including the 'rumble strips'.

When Indy was really INDY. The machines were beautiful and powerful. (and unique). Pity now its slowed down and the race is a 220mph parade lap

2:37;32 Paul Page, the best racing announcer ever IMHO, makes a rare but huge and inexplicable error: he totally misses Mansell's amazing front straight dice through the field to P1, incorrectly calling Emo in first for almost two laps! Every time I watch that I cannot believe he did it.

lovely to watch the motor speedway thanks for sharing i went there for the museum all nice cars

1989: drinks milk 1993: drinks orange juice Unfathomable

Man I love that Delta Force theme song, ha!

Listening to Emmo speak I couldn't help but hear a similarity to Ayrton in his voice. This is how he probably would have sounded as he got older. If only......

Roberto Guerrero’s day ended after he collided with the same car (literally the same chassis) he had driven to the pole (and then crashed before the start) a year prior, which he would also end up driving again in ‘94.

The only time a driver won the Indy 500 after starting ninth.

That Delta Force intro just so Epic!

1993. My favourite Indianapolis 500 of all time apart from many others.

Few years later CART and IRL battle were start and times had never being the same again

4 f1 world champions in this one. Mario, Emerson, Nelson and Nigel

The cameras weren't as steady as todays, but it looks so much faster this way.

The couple years leading up to the CART / IRL disaster were awesome!! Mercedes and the “Pop-Off” valve.

I wad born 2 months before this 🤨 idk it’s weird to think my whole life hadn’t really happened at this point in time. Kinda a cool thought 💭

KZfaq. The only place you can see real racing anymore. Except maybe the 24 Hourres du Monde.

1:01:15 Typical poor communication and judgment by USAC: 1) Boesel passed Mario after the blend line at pit exit. USAC assessed a penalty for passing on the pitlane 2) The proper response by race control is to communicate the proper running order, which apparently was done as Raúl dropped behind Mario before the restart; no further action needed. USAC assessed a stop and go penalty, which was overkill. However, this wouldn't be the worst call by USAC, and it wouldn't be the last bad call they made.

33:36 Back Home Again in Indiana 🎶 Jim Nabors(1930~2017)

Arguably the last great Indy 500, certainly the last between Ford, Chevy and Buick as we knew it. What a great 2-year battle it was between the three nameplates, though. If I recall, Chevy and Buick withdrew their factory support after the end of the ‘93 season. In the case of Chevy, there was really nothing left to prove in CART and at Indy at that point. So Ilmor was just that in ‘94 - the Ilmor Indy V8, which still gave Ford/Cosworth a run for its money. And that’s not even counting Penske’s Ilmor 500i, which Mercedes-Benz began factory support. Still, whatever form of motorsport, Ford vs Chevy will always be the best rivalry. I’d love to see Ford make a comeback in IndyCar once again and duke it out with Chevrolet.

I’m usually one for tradition, but I honestly don’t mind that Emerson drank orange juice, mainly for three reasons: 1: In case you’re lactose-intolerant, there’s no reason to limit your options. 2: Maybe you don’t like milk. Maybe you just like oranges. 3: He already drank milk after his first victory.

I was there in '93. I was drunk but I was there. Lol Had a blast! 🏎🏁

2:26:00 Fittipaldi brought a full Concorde from France. Roughly $1M in the day.

When Indy cars sounded like Indy Cars!!!

that camera shots at 35:40 are like a film. Bring back this on starts

Emmo.. What a driver, my all time favorite

The Seventy Seventh May 30 1993. 30 Years ago this May. World Champions in the Starting Field. Only 500 to be won from the 9th starting position outside Row 3.

The Chevrolet Camaro Pace Car found its way to Germany. Its getting sold for roughly $20000 with about 40000miles on it

Wow, Nelson Piquet was devastated. I don't remember his interview being so gut-wrenching. 1h 15m

Paul Page, Sam Posey, Bobby Unser. Best booth ever.

Despite not winning, Mansell drove a superb race for a rookie. Had he been a little more experienced he'd have won but this was his first time out on an oval other than his wreck at Phoenix...

1911 - 2020: INDY? ALL BEAUTIES! Thanks, Roger Penske...Keeping Hulman's Rickenbacker's...George's! OUR DREAMS! ALIVE! ;-)

They sure don't make race intro's like this anymore.

...and I remember those 100mph speed limits back then too.

What are the odds that the front row would all finish in the top five but none would win the race? Not likely at Indy but it happened on this day

1:12:10 Emerson Fittipaldi commenting he would like to see the 'cockpit fully enclosed with a big plastic bubble'. Almost. 17 years later...

1:12:17 It only took 25 years for Emmo to get his wish with the Aeroscreen...

Hmm Emerson in 1993 talking about an enclosed cockpit...interesting

The camera angles were weird in 1993 - I assume it had to do with the tracks reconfiguration but they were back to normal by the next year.

That SOUND!!!!

I never watched the indycars until this race as it had Nigel mansell in the field, living in England it was our Nige going for glory lol

Sunday is gonna be a stormer. I think Marco will finally win the 500 this year or a Honda will win it for sure

How Arie did NOT hit Nigel on the final restart into Turn 1 is NUTS!

Thank you IndyCar❤

One of the best races of XX century

This was the series at its zenith.

My favorite indycar season!!

Just saw the pace car in the wild in Portland Oregon

I wish I could have gone and heard that engine noise in person.

For everyone who complains about strung-out starts, just watch what this start looked like.

Thank you Indycar, Emerson is my favorite driver.

I'm European and i can say that Tony George has killed the open wheels race in your country. In 1993, F1's directors were anxious about the popularity of CART. But the seperation in 1996 and the creation of the IRL have killed open-wheels competition in US. Today, most popular motorsport in your country is NASCAR, and seriously, i don't think NASCAR is very exciting like CART. To finish a question, what are the engines in CART in 1993? Sorry for.my English😑