Zanardi's laps at Lausitz have to be one of the most underrated events in motorsports history. Every time I see it I shake my head at how amazing it is that he not only lived, but was motivated to "finish" the race. And his "exhibition" laps would have put him 6th on the grid that day!

Man, I remember being a kid turning on the Speed channel and cheering for that McDonald's car driven by Sebastian Bourdais. I wish Speed was still around

Man, CART/ChampCar still provided a very good racing product until the year it folded, as well as some great drivers (Sebastian Bourdais and Will Power chief among them). Such a shame that it went under due to mismanagement by officials at the top around the year 2002. Also, FTG.

The Katherine Legge crash at Road America is something I'll always remember. I was at the track that day and I remember hearing about the wreck and everyone worrying about how serious it could be. To say Legge is a badass is an understatement with how she came out of that smiling.

If I was an adult 20 years ago Paul Tracy would've been my favorite driver. Dude is hilarious lol

Some of the best sounding cars ever. CART at Fontana and Michigan was amazing and nothing like that will ever happen again.

16,000 RPM at 900HP!!!! It's a shame that will never happen again. The skill to handle these beasts were off the charts.

Paul Tracy was the bad boy of Champ Car! He’s still the bad boy of American Racing, but man he is so entertaining, I don’t like or hate him. He's a legend!

About the only thing you missed was Montoya and Michael Andretti having a last lap shootout at Michigan in 2000 where Montoya blocked in Michael using a lapped car and took the win. Other than that, great job and I will always be a sucker for a Robin Miller night…

Despite the loss of Greg Moore in 1999, the Canadian drivers were still a huge part of Champ Car during the 2000's. Still though, I would've loved to have seen Moore race during that fun time in motorsports.

listening to Paul Page commentate Indycar with metal in the background gets the blood pumping lol

Sometimes I forget just how much of a legend Paul Tracy was lmao

It’s Funny how people say Sebastian Bourdais 4 Championships are not that significant since the Era he won them in champ Car. But there was some Great competition In Champ car: Paul Tracy A.j Allmendinger Mario Dominguez Nelson Phillipe Justin Wilson Will Power Ryan Hunter Reay Bruno Junqueria Patrick Carpentier Robert Doombas And More To me bourdais will be one of the top 5 Drivers In INDYCAR Ever.

Paul Tracy was literally the Devon Butler of Champcar

6:13 F1 drivers: “The porpoising is hurting my back.” Champ Car drivers: “Hold my beer.”

CART/Champ Car along with F1, NASCAR & the WRC are what defined my childhood as a young racing fan. Thanks for sharing.

I remember Paul Tracy laying down doughnuts over the same doughnuts he laid down the year before in Vancouver back in 03. Sweet.

I "watched" some formula E this weekend only because Bob Varsha was on the mic. Miss him, Matchett and Hobbs doing F1 here.

That driver facing camera that CART used to run is something to behold. It looks almost video game like.

I still remember watching the cars going over the railroad tracks for the first time and thinking how is the suspension going to hold up?

I'll always be a fan of Paul Tracy!

We need Cleveland back. The CART pack in AMS2 with Cleveland in it has only made me more sure it has to come back...

Champcar was pretty awesome. I still remember the split from Indycar all those years ago.

God, those cars were amazing. I miss them so much.

Who here used to play CART Fury on the PS2 and the arcade?

2006, maybe the craziest season of Champcar

I enjoyed hearing the voice of Bob Varsha calling the action in some of those clips, man he was one of the best! Paul Tracy, ever the villain, but I grew to respect him as a commentator in Indycar these past few years. Didn't realize Dinger won 4 Champ Car races, always did like him. And closing these random thoughts, it was nice to see the late Robin Miller again, doing what he did best, which was tell it like it was!

I'm a NHR alum from that era. That was so enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing.

We have been blessed with great racing and personalities through the decades and my beloved Indycar is still just as good as ever

Carpantier might be the most underrated driver of the 2000s

Always enjoyed Cart and Champcar immensely. Loved it when they had many chassis and engine manufacturers which madecfor great competition.

Damn, I miss airhorns at races! My compatriots provided for a great atmosphere in 2003. Too bad the Lausitz oval is rotting away...

That freaking McDonalds clown is terrifying

Greatest racing machines ever created 90s and earliest 2000s. Without them split CART would be bigger then F1

I went to the cleveland Grand Prix a couple of times as a kid. I really miss it.

Both Champcar and the IRL put on nice on track products

Glad you didn't put "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun as a backing song. Mate, 2000s Champ Car what a time in motorsport we'll never see again. loved being a teen at the Surfers Paradise race (Billed as "Indy") my eyes and nostrils stung from the methanol exhaust, I could barely breath or hear but I loved every second of it.

I was also watching during Kathrine Legg's accident, and years ago when Jeff Krosnoff had his fatal crash. I was a huge open wheel racing fan, as well as my favorite sport, motocross and Supercross

Those DP01s were the best cars of this era. Hands down.

I rooted for Tracy back then BUT Dinger was a badass, would have loved to have seen him win a season title...

It was pulling an awesome show, but was also incredibly mismanaged. Between the death and injuries, the lack of marketing, the races cancel (Hawaii and Texas), the conflict between management and engine manufacturers, racing on 9/11, relations issues with ESPN and ABC, and sponsor issues (that FedEx contract should have been longer), and I still don't know who was in charge of marketing... They didn't help themselves at times.

from the 1990s and on, champ car *was* dominating open-wheel racing.

I watched it and i loved it. Best Racing series ❤

All legends Champcar was just at another level.

I'm Old School NASCAR And IndyCar From The 70s 80s And Early 90s ☺

Thank you for this 🙂🏁

I was one of those 174 viewers! Shoutout Neilsen ratings!

Loved the ChampCar era of IndyCar ❤🎉

Over the tracks at San Jose was great! Surfers Paradise was the best!

Fantastic stuff! This makes me wish I watched more after Penske, Ganassi, and Andretti-Green left for the IRL. If possible, I would love to see a 1990s CART version please. Thank you!

I miss Champ Car so much!!! It was the best open wheel racing series in the world, imo!!!😊

Anyone that didn't experience this I feel so so sad for them! Was incredible!

Paul Tracy was the greatest troll teaser ever! In Australia, we had Paul Morris (The Dude) do the same thing to the complaining trolls. It made for great entertainment.

"PT is for shizzle my nizzle"- Paul Tracy Never change bud

when the first thing you hear is Bob Varsha you know it's gonna be a banger

Three Videos in One Day. I'M READY

Cómo extrañar el mejor sonido

Its a shame that Indycar barely races on ovals anymore. Its still better racing than F1 (I'm saying that as a British fan) but I miss the big oval races.

If you are showing Paul Tracy clips, how could you have left out team mates Paul and Dario taking each other out. Classic.

Paul Tracy was certifiable man. I don’t know how anyone ever let that basket case drive a race car, but I’m sure glad they did!

I hated and I mean hated Alex Zenardi. But I cried seeing him complete those laps. And you know what, I feel could have competed in that race because his speed was actually not that far off from the leaders

CART up to 2003 was just brilliant. I still love Champ Car as in 2005 was my 1st exposure to us racing (plus still dislike pt from this). Also i live up the road from the lola factory

There's nothing nostalgic about ChampCar racing after 2002 even though I loved ChampCar over IRL anytime. 😂

That was real American auto racing

we miss you Gil de Ferran

Love Paul Tracy pulling out the hockey code. Take your helmet off French guy.

Paul Tracy rules

They could be at the back of a F1 grid... Great cars...

I will say if your a true racer you should have a test comeback like Alex did 💪🏁🙏

I misread the title as “2006 ChampCar was awesome”

AJ Allmendinger, he finds success I. The Xfinity series

FTG!

What song did you use for 3:39-4:54?

Without Tracy, it would be only half of awesome

What track had the rail road track?

The best time in motorsports

did john drop a f bomb

Paul Tracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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As a long time IndyCar fan, back to my childhood in the 70's, I pretty much stopped watching CART/Champ Cars by this time for the simple reason that they basically excluded American drivers from their line up. As an American myself, I didn't see why I should support a series that didn't give opportunities to other Americans. I said to myself, "if I had a kid who was a talented race car driver, these people would not even think of hiring him, so why should I support them?" It would be like black baseball fans supporting the Major Leagues before Jackie Robinson. I did follow the IRL, though it was a pretty unsatisfactory series itself. Not a good time for open wheel fans, though I tried to watch as much USAC or World of Outlaws as was available on TV.

Use this comment as a Tony George hate button

CART was great throughout the 90's. However, in 2001 they slowed down the cars and the implementation of the Hanford device in the late 90's bunched up the cars and made the races a crap shoot and frankly silly. It's no surprise that attendance dwindled after they slowed down the cars and bunched them up. Nascar did the same thing and keeps doubling and tripling down and their fanbase is basically all gone. These guys never learn. Fans don't want to see parity and "progressive" measures. The fans want to see the cream rise to the top...like Alex Zanardi in 1997 and 1998 and Jeff Gordon throughout the 90's. Their historic accomplishments brought attention to the sports and created fans...like me. Now the racing organizations do everything in their power to prevent future Dale Earnhardt's, Jimmie Johnson's, and Roger Penske's. Such a shame.

No, there were NOT two great racing series in the US during the 2000's. You can thank one man, Tony George - the man that killed open wheel racing in the US for over a decade. Champ cars began their decline, in 1996 when Tony (the idiot) George pulled IMS from the CART/Champ car series. IRL was NEVER a good series, just look at their pitiful attendance numbers and the TV ratings. Now that Penske has purchased Indy, the series might just become relevant. Maybe...

Champ Car was a total bullshit: no overtakes, no ovals, no normal racing teams, no qualified pilots.

Best era in racing hands down!