When it burns invisible you don't want to take any chances.

Zoomer30 you do understand that the fuel they were using actually burnt clear and was therefore banned

James Thompson it's called methanol I think

Invisible fire would make me do that too

Benjamin Ruth HAHA 4:54 - That extra human onboard decreased drag by 20% and gave the car 66 lb-ft more torque!

mud chicks

These cars sound like multiple airphorns continuously going of

Wtf why has no one replied

At first I didn't think that was Bestwick because of how broken that voice sounded. I had to listen to it again to be sure

+Grant Stouder I thought is was allergies because at one point during the race he said something along the lines of "spring is something else when you allergic to pollen."

Bestwick finally hitting puberty

@@michael575538 yeah being allergic to pollen sucks ballz

@ can confirm. Your voice can go a lot easier, it sucks.

I didnt know Kenny Breck led a lot at Phoenix

+Kevin Clarke It would certainly be more interesting if it had stayed that way...

They couldn't see them either, but they could feel them.

+Nathan de Rover hell yes, looking for a diecast of one

You're not on fire Ricky Bobby

Can do.

listen to his voice

+KyleBuschPackFan commentators aren't immune to being sick and having scratchy throats...

David Daniel Watch the first clip. It wasn't a scratchy throat. He just jumped two octaves. It was weird af.

I watched the race live...during prerace he was constantly clearing his throat and sounded pretty sick

+KyleBuschPackFan I had that happen a couple of times when I was working in radio and just starting to get sick. You get a bunch of crap on your vocal chords, and suddenly you sound like you're going through puberty again. It's more likely to happen if you have to do a bunch of talking.

Who the hell did Willy kill?

+Josias Rivera Jean-Patrick Hein. The video is on KZfaq. Ribbs ignored the flagger's orders to avoid a chicane and went through. Marshalls were attending to another car, saw Ribbs coming, and tried to get out of the way. Ribbs hit three of them, killing one. All four made mistakes.

+Nathan de Rover damn!!! I didn't know that

A NASCAR owner made a one-off Indycar entry.

I mean yeah I didn't know Childress ever ran IndyCars, but I couldn't tell if I missed something haha

*MONtoya*

When ChampCar stopped being their own series, it stopped being a priority, but both IC and F1 have timers, they're just invisible

yeah it was the time when NASCAR was on CBS where the commentators for NASCAR races could be up in the booth for whatever racing event they want

Doug Pierce nope

Doug Pierce no that was CART racing was , hopefully we're IndyCar racing is going

It's a NASCAR thing.

can you elaborate please?

Childress has been a NASCAR owner for decades. It was bizarre learning that he helped fund an Indy team for a one-off race. Never knew he was interested in open wheel racing.

Richard Childress + IndyCar = my mind blown

Stéfano Assi their petrol has a high alcohol content. Any fire fueled by that kind of fuel doesnt have color, and seems invisible. Looks pretty silly, but the pit crew and car were actually engulfed in flame.

Putting the fire out

friskynixon that was a really fast reply

Alcohol burns clear unlike gasoline.

Alcohol fuel burns invisible, and much hotter than petrol.

not even funny mate

Methanoal is invisible flames you dumass doodle

They were just practicing their mime routine for the show later that night

Oh god, please don't let the invisible fire burn my friend! Now we know where Talladega Nights got it lol

It's a Methanol fire, so the flame is invisible. Nasty stuff!

jacoja06 scary stuff

HerowyattM I think it started fire

HerowyattM Methanol Fire, when methanol burns the flames are almost invisible

The race was over.

grlmgor the race being over doesn't make it unsafe

TheRomanRuler put food die in it, colored flame, problem solved.

Just like your mom

That WhiteGuy the only appropriate response 😂😂

Cherry Noble open wheel

Open wheel races at Indianapolis have been held since 1908, almost 109 years ago. Although Grands Prix have run since 1901(which was actually Le Mans), Formula One was not officially recognized until 1946 and the first FIA Formula One Drivers' World Championship wasn't held until 1950. Though, American Open Wheel Racing had been held consistently to the same series since 1911 (except during World War II), and this class of cars bared the name of the famous Indianapolis 500, or Indy Cars. But throughout the years, both series have adopted certain concepts of one another, and IndyCar has changed governing bodies and regulations many times since. The most famous split was CART (Champ Car) and Indy Racing League (who split from CART in 1994 and formed), though IRL is now the only IndyCar series now, after CART folded in 2008 and later rejoined with IRL. When Indy Racing League started racing in 1996, the idea was to create a series like CART, BUT, at a low price. The idea was to create the fastest race cars, for the cost. IndyCar's average top team budget is $15,000,000 per team while Mercedes-AMG and Red Bull both had a budget of nearly $500,000,000 in 2016. So in the end, IndyCar is sort of it's own thing, American Open Wheel Racing, but in some aspects, it's obvious that it does take some things from F1. One of the biggest things about IndyCar now is that they mostly run Road Courses and street circuits now, where at some point was almost exclusively Oval racing. IndyCar also runs multiple aero kits for road courses, short ovals, speed ways and superspeedways.

A big thank you to you sir!!!! You just made things clear!! In Europe we don't know much 'bout Indy except that it's open wheel and it's in America. The idea behind indy, which is as you said having the faster car for the cost is actually a pretty good thing.

butcher bill One thing to also note is that a few F1 drivers and constructors have also competed in Indy, such as Lola, Cosworth (engines) also, current chassis in IRL are made by Dallara (Who also build Chassis for Haas F1 team and Formula Renault 3.5). And as far as competitors go to name a few, there were: Mario Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya and Nigel Mansell (Who raced in 1993 in CART after leaving F1 due to a contract problem with Williams after his 1992 championship). Max Chilton also just switched to IndyCar after driving for Manor F1.

Not really.

DanielPlayGaming yes

That is unfair. I prefer to think it as something where little kids can go to practice how to drive before they advance into Formula 1, and place where drivers who are too old or not good enough to do anything in Formula 1 go to have fun.

IndyCar: 1/250th the budget of F1, still gets compared to it. Now THAT is racing done right... The Indy Racing League started in '94 to compete against CART (Champ Car or Original IndyCar) and their goal was to build fast, reliable race cars and produce excellent racing for low costs. Mercedes' team budget alone would be enough to pay for every IndyCar team's yearly budget...

Yes but you need to remember that entire purpose of Formula 1 is to be most advanced and expensive sport. Formula 1 does not try to be cheap and affordable. It has to reduce costs becouse they are already so massive, but it does not try to be as cheap as indycar. Indycar cost is excellent. But it is not world championship #1 sport with most advanced technology and best drivers. It is great #2 (or other number) sport, just not #1. And i am not talking about personal preferences, you can like #999 sport the most if you want.

Actually, the title for most advanced racing technology belongs to LMP1. Also, Mansell went on to IndyCar, and he wasn't even as old as Schumacher when he retired. He was at the top of his game having just won the F1 title the previous year. "To old" "not good enough" lmao. F1 drivers are not the best drivers in the world. Maybe the best drivers in F1, but that's about it, stick them in anything else and they are likely to have a hard time adapting. Nigel Mansell was a great exception, although he was an excellent driver all around.

AlexAdvancedCodGameplay no its basically F1 mixed with NASCAR

It's not gasoline

lookat formula 1 and see what they use to extinguish fire

johnny aquila It's alcohol fuel, not petrol.

they even explained in the clip why they are using water it doesn't matter that F1 use powder this was alcohol which is why they used water

johnny aquila did you not watch the clip

Are you an idiot?