Love the old CART races

Whoever is running the channel nailed it by posting this race. Old CART races from the 80s and 90s are what these Classic Rewind videos should be all about!

80s and 90s were best years of Indycar. The Molson Indy was a huge event compared to today.

MAN!! let's go!! We need a lot more of this!! How about the Sportsworld races and the CBS races from the early and late 70's. THANK you for these.

That was cool CART racing series!

What an absolute classic livery fest.

Excellent surprise on a Thursday night! I found something puzzling about when Al Jr came to a stop on the track. One of the announcers referenced that if the car was out of fuel they could just tow it back to the pits and put more in. I didn't realize that was allowed. I've been watching racing my whole life. I thought if you ran out of fuel, thats it. That's the way it seems to go on the video games. Michael also got a little lucky there at the end, his move on Emmo could have easily backfired. Not the cleanest of wins. Im sure Emmo was furious and had every right to be.

This is great..i missed these 80's races...God bless.🏁

These were the glory days of Indy Car racing. You don’t know what you have till it’s gone. Go Little Al -

This should be fun I had driven from m o n c t o n New Brunswick to Toronto to see the race live and I have never seen the TV coverage

These old races give me an appreciation for the current announcers, cause it was like these guys had never seen a race before.

@bloqk16

10 ай бұрын

I was surprised with this being a 1989 race, where was Paul Page? Or, was this a Canadian production telecast of the race?

@KevinQuinn81

10 ай бұрын

@@bloqk16 I actually got the sense that these were the PA announcers. I could be wrong.

Love the no-ad full-race coverage (assume this was Canadian TV...broadcasters were a hot mess...almost funny, like a Christopher Guest movie...) Watching this circuit is always a bit haunting as it's so clear what a dangerous position the track workers are in on that straightaway--eventually a car was coming over that 3' wall, as one of course did in '96 with such tragic results.

@spencera3075

4 ай бұрын

The audio isn’t from TV, it was from the Indy Racing Network, and was the group of announcers heard at the track itself. They are stationed at different parts of the track and as the action gets to them they take over from the previous announcer.

Super Mario, lucky boy, thanks for the view indycar. F1, wish you could watch the old races, surely if indycar can, f1 should follow suit.

My first race.Loved it.

CART Champcars FTW!!!

I cant believe Mario's crash. Not yellow flag. To warn drivers of a stopped car.

Absolutely crazy

Watch out for abandoned cars on Lake Shore Boulevard...

@Shootout_23

10 ай бұрын

😂

18:03 scary scary one

Could we one day please see Meadowlands 1989? That is the one race from that era that I've yet to see. Thanks!

@MickyElemans

5 ай бұрын

It's on here somewhere I think

The crowd along Lakeshore puts today's attendance to shame.

Talk about an underrated and forgettable exciting final laps at Toronto! Hate it for Emmo. Just hard racing between Michael and Emerson!

I don't know if they mention it, but what is that cool looking pace vehicle that is dark blue in color? Looks like a prototype vehicle with a truck bed. EDIT: Never mind, I found it. It is the Chevrolet XT-2.

@alaurenzana

10 ай бұрын

Glad you caught that. I went searching for it. Interesting concept vehicle for sure.

A completely chaotic start.. the ones at the back of the grid, doesn't really have a fair chance

Ah yes. When racing was policed like modern day NASCAR. 😂

Where’s the 1996 edition of the race

Please allow us to upload the full race video in Japanese commentary　90s～2000

Michael throws a terrible block and the commentary team sees nothing wrong with it lol not even Tom Sneva protested that

Man I wish we could get booze and more importantly tobacco money back in indycar

Laughable commentary.

@ronzigato

10 ай бұрын

I have this on VHS with CBC commentary, featuring Brian Williams. My recollection from being there in 1990 is that these guys were the on-premise public address commentators. You're right, this commentary feed is less than great!

All this talk about dropping Texas next year is unacceptable. If NASCAR wants the spring date, then figure something out. I cannot believe Penske corporation is so successful but cannot figure out how to reschedule a race. Here’s an idea, how about the first week of May? How about early September? Any solution is better than dropping it. I cannot believe one of the few ovals you have is likely gone, but you add a race for elitists. It’s great to know what Indycar thinks of their fanbase.

I remember being there live with my brother