Well, let me be the first in review of this old vintage 1964 Indy film. It was good...all scenes except the tragic 2nd lap fourth turn area inferno have never to my decades of being an Indy race fan (since 1963 when I was nearing 13) I have never seen. The narrator was a little too casual in the description of the accidents, but outside of that, good. The only thing he didn't mention literally was A.J. Foyt, Jr. by name. What a shame...one of the all-time favorites in auto racing. These classics - the media doesn't do them like that anymore.

At 11:06, the fueler pours fuel all over the back of the car as he takes the refueling hose out. Even with the protective sleeve over the exhaust, I'm surprised there was no fire there.

beautiful. :D

Rest In Peace Parnelli Jones

im so confused why they're playing the MSU fight song near the end lmao

Car number 98 won the 1963 Indy 500, Parnelli Jones not number 1 A.J..

I'm extremely ambivalent about this film: The film footage is marvelous, but the production of it was appalling! Names of drivers/teams were scarcely mentioned, no captions to ID the drivers in the sound-bites; and the timeline was truncated. I noticed the mixing of 1963 film clips in what was obviously the 1964 event. It makes me wonder if Esso Oil Company was treading lightly with this? Result with a shabby film production. After all, Mobil Oil Company was the official fuel for the Indy 500 at that time.

This includes scenes from 1964 sorry so very very sorry.

This isn't the 1963 film, it's 1964. Try to get your facts straight.

@protalukoriginal4560

4 жыл бұрын

Its a simple error idiot

@cee128d

4 жыл бұрын

@@protalukoriginal4560 I never stated otherwise.

I started watching the Indy 500 in 1973, admittedly a horrible year to start taking an interest in the race. Watching these older "soap box" style racers makes you wonder if any of the drivers could even spell the word "aerodynamics". I've never seen Indy racers this boringly slow. So slow, in fact, the flagman dared to walk out onto the track to wave the checkered flag! lol. Thank God for progress in both performance and safety. Nice video share, though.

@bloqk16

4 жыл бұрын

@Jon Gorrell . . . this reply is arriving late, but an aspect to consider with those race cars of that era: Without the aerodynamic appendages, they were scary cars to drive, as tires and mechanical grip were the only things keeping the cars from crashing into the wall. Driving at Indy required a lot of skill with acceleration, deceleration, and smoothness in the turns. And those needed skills were described by a biography on Indy winner Parnelli Jones, where Jones described his first year at Indy with having issues getting up to a top qualifying speed. During the off-hours, he drove on the track with a veteran driver in a convertible passenger car; where the veteran driver told Jones that he was braking too late when approaching the turns; that Jones needed to back off from the throttle a lot earlier so that he could negotiate the turn smoother. Jones applied that suggestion from the veteran driver, where the improvements in lap times were considerable; making Jones one of the top contenders at Indy during the twilight of the roadster era.

@badgumby9544

4 жыл бұрын

Today's pussy drivers wouldn't be able to drive those 60's cars at speed. Let alone last 500 miles. Took a real race car driver to go fast and survive back then.

@ricklane8342

3 жыл бұрын

190 miles an hour down the straight away in these monsters. 160 in the short shoot ,in a front engine roadster looks fun.

I can't stand the ridiculous background music.... See ya....

@robertwomack1411

3 жыл бұрын

You do understand that it wasn’t ridiculous in 1963 right? It’s jazz