Back in the days when Villeneuve was one of the best racecar pilot in the world. Finished 2nd in the F1 world championship the following year and took the first place as the F1 world champion in 1997... As a French Canadian, let me say those were proud moments...

@maxmulsanne7054

2 күн бұрын

As an American motorsports fan I find it fitting that Jacques won the 500 - especially after Gilles Villeneuve expressed interest in competing at Indianapolis during an interview with the American magazine _'On Track'_ conducted sometime before Imola 1982.... ... For me & other Gilles Villeneuve fans, this 500 (and the WDC) Jacques claimed, answered those questions _"What if...."_ (had Gilles lived longer...

Every year there are drivers who show up without a ride and cars without drivers and magic happens. This is a special place and a special race that still, no matter what, creates a warm feeling in the hearts of young race fans. The IMS is the greatest track in the world and the 500 is still the one of the most prestigious races in the world.

Wooow those were the glorious years for Jacques. Winning IndyCar Series in 95, and the Indy 500 too, then in 96 a fantastic 2nd place as a rookie in the F1, and the next year he won the world championship. He's as talented as his father was.He is still one of my favourite drivers.

These cars were beautiful.

@marcelloribeiro2750

9 жыл бұрын

You re absolutely right. The Reinards was simply gorgeus.

@Sargebri

7 жыл бұрын

I wish they could go back to the old days when you could build your own cars and not buy what essentially is a kit.

@terryjohnson8994

5 жыл бұрын

Yes those cars were very beautiful and that was the last race before the IRL split

@FormulaPunRacer

Жыл бұрын

@@marcelloribeiro2750 so were the Lolas

@JB-dy2sq

10 ай бұрын

Proper Indycar racing, compared to today's Indycar. These cars were fantastic

I think this was the last truly huge Indy 500, but perhaps the first one just past the peak of the series' strength. Nigel Mansell had just left - whiner or not, his skills and credibility as incoming F1 World champion were undeniable - and the senior Andretti/Fittipaldi were finally beginning to show the signs of father time - in fact, Mario had already retired by this point. Losing Villenueve was a biggie. From '96-2000, CART was still very exciting, but by then the 500 was off the schedule.

This gave Jacques The second seat at williams beside Damon Hill, nearly won the F1 championship in his rookie year (and almost won the season opener in Melbourne)

As harsh a call as it is, the rules are rules, Scott Goodyear knew that you weren't allowed to overtake the pace car until it has pulled off the track to pit road. On the other hand. out of the two Canadians, i'm glad Jacques won it. 1. because he came back from two laps down and deserved it, and 2. he came over to the F1 scene and stuck to Michael Schumacher, again within two years of appearing on scene :D :D

Great race and great day for Jacques! Coming back from 2 laps down was awsome!

my first 500!! So glad this is on here..

When racing was great and the crowds were amazing

amazing, awesome, historic race. thank you for posting.

What memories....Villeneuve was incredible this year. I miss the superchargers.

The masses of people round the course... WoW 🏁

Not the first time a pace car screwup affected the race. In the early 60s, numerous drivers damaged their clutches by having to run slow on the pace lap before the race because the pace car was going too slow. After several complaints, the pace car's speed was increased.

@maxmulsanne7054

2 жыл бұрын

Then in 1971 came the attempted assassination of Tony Hulman, ABC broadcaster Chris Schenkel, and John Glenn, along members of the press.

Jacques Villeneuve's win in 1995 was also the first win to the best of my knowledge for Ford at the Indy 500 since 1971.

It's pretty interesting... Goodyear ran all 500 miles and was the first to finish, but only got scored for 487.5 miles. Villenueve officially won, running all 500 miles, but actually ran 505 miles. Man, USAC scoring is always a mess. Thank god for updates in computer scoring.

@cbrunnem6102

2 жыл бұрын

He got scored for 487.5 miles cause he passed the pass car at speed while the pass car was in turn 4... got black flagged.

@DCTib

Жыл бұрын

No one ran over 500 miles. Villeneuve was 2 laps down earlier in the race, meaning he was 5 miles back from the leader. He would have done 495 miles if he stayed 2 laps down. He made up those 5 miles (2 laps) and was the first to finish 500 miles officially.

After coming so close in 1992, Goodyear probably just got over anxious when the pace car came in and jumped it. Sad that he lost the 500 on such a silly mistake. But Jacques drove an amazing race that day nonetheless, winning from two laps down.

Jacques Dad and Uncle were legends in auto and snowmobile racing.

I was a huge indy 500 spectator for 10 years BEFORE they changed the apron. I never saw a wreck cause by a car exiting the pits in those 10 years. I just LOOKED scary but the stats show it was perfectly safe and it made for more interesting racing since you used to be able to pass on the outside sometimes.

Unser has no room to talk about "the rules". He used to take advantage of the "Electro-Pacer" system that was used during caution periods. He would come into the pits, take a splash of fuel, and then leave. He would gain spots because he could go as fast as he wanted going into and out of the pits. The "Electro-Pacer" system was used in the 70s. It consisted of electronic signs around the track at pre-determined points. The signs would flash numbers on the signs at a set rate (I think its went to from 0 to 4). When a yellow flag came out, the signs would light up and the drivers would need to note what number was on the sign. They then needed to make sure they saw the same number on each sign after that as they passed. If the number was smaller, it meant they were going to fast. Unser took advantage of this (and admitted as much during an interview) by making pit stops since he could go fast into and out of the pits. It was basically a 1970s version of F1 Virtual Safety Car.

@maxmulsanne7054

2 жыл бұрын

Well explained. Thank you.

@mikulitsi1819

Ай бұрын

Except much worse considering nowadays there are at least pit lane speed limits unlike back in Unser's era

That's another aspect of Indy that has been discussed is the retiring of the heros. As the new one's began to develop, the split happened. Didn't really allow the new stars to identify themselves at the Brickyard.

What an amazing day, Jacques was my favorite driver at the time and I had the pleasure of getting his autograph on a drawing I composed of him and Gilles. For him to win the race after I got met him at Pole Day was a terrific thrill! 8-)

This was my first Indy 500, my father took me when I was 9 years old. I still remember the terrible crashed which happened right in front of us (we had inside, turn 2 seats.) I have went to like 4 other 500s but have since stopped going, my dad has still off and on though.

@johnjones5354

2 жыл бұрын

This was the first year that I took my nephew. We were also seated in turn 2, and the opening lap accident disturbed him so much (he was 11 at the time) that he told me after the race that he never wanted to come back. He changed his mind, and other than the years that he was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, he hasn't missed a race (2020 excepted of course) and now has an IMS logo tattoo.

By 2005, yearly rumors of reunification were of a constant. In 2006 hopes were at their highest, but with the announcement of ChampCar's DP01 for the 2007 season, the hopes for unification were at a hault. In 2007, neither series managed to average 20 cars on the grid and finally in February in 2008, the unification was announced. This is the story in the short version. Yes, this is the short version.

Scott didn't need to do that, that Honda engine was too much for Villeneuve's Ford.

Dammit Goodyear I wish you would have won the race!

CART continued to see success with it's series until about 1998 when television ratings began to decline with NASCAR's rise, and the IRL continued to expand but with lack lusture crowds and the same problem as CART with mediocre ratings. In 2001, both sides were in their prime as both put an average of 25 cars on the grid for each of their races. As the IRL continued to grow, CART's flagship owners, Penske, Ganassi, and Andretti bolted for the IRL in 2003.

In 1978, Dan Gurney and several others formed Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART). CART was formed after several owners were upset at the way the United States Auto Club had been running IndyCar racing. CART went on to create a great series with a mix of ovals, road courses, and street courses. Their marque event was the Indianapolis 500, which was recognized still as a USAC event. There was always an uneasy truse between CART and USAC and in 1994...

Thanks for the seats, 96 was a great race.

CART didn't split from Indy Car. TG made his own series thus splitting what was Indycar into two seperate series and took Indianapolis Motor Speedway with him. So the blame does fall on TFG

Thats right the last TRUE indy 500 was back in 95. Wow. Those Champcars sound great! Damn thats what a car is suppose to sound like that.

Goodyear jogou a vitória nas mãos do Villeneuve literalmente ao cometer esse erro grosseiro no final da corrida

Also in 2003, CART began seeing financial trouble and filed for bankrupcy and went to bankrupcy court. Tony George in the first attempt to unify the sport, tried to buy CART's assets. However, the assets were awarded to Kevin Kalhoven, Paul Gentilozzi and Gerry Forsite. These three renamed CART, ChampCar in 2004 and changed the sports focus from a diverse schedule, to a series full of road and street courses resembling that of a festival atmosphere.

Anyone know what kind of laptimes Villeneuve and Goodyear were running? It looked like Villeneuve was catching Good year in clean air. That would have been a good battle.

This was a crazy year. None of Penske's cars qualified after they dominated the previous year and the officials playing a role in the race.

I had a great seat in turn 4 to see this last real Indy 500 in person. Congrats to Jacques for coming back from 2 laps down and being in the right place at the right time to win it.

@Noonecanknow879

9 жыл бұрын

Jen Savage This year's 500 sucked. Passing for the lead every lap, the race going down to the last lap, so not like CART where the same thing happened!

Unification at last! Tony George and Kevin Kalkhoven have finally agreed to put their egos aside and race in a unified series. This will place the Indy 500 back on the map in terms of legitimacy. I can't wait until May!!

My first Indy was 1961 when Sir Jack Brabham ran the first rear engined car. Having grown up in Indy and been to the track many times, open wheeled racing is done. Even with the consolidation of Cart and IRL, open wheeled racing has lost it's momentum and will never recover. Stock car racing stepped into the void...and so it goes.

3:00 And you know how that went!

Seriously powerful whips 😳

Those old Indy 500 starts and restarts were crazy. None of this keeping up with the pace car stuff back then...

200,000ish for Daytona - 350,000 for Indy... You were close. :)

Goodyear lost two 500s in unimaginable fashion.

@RedneckBart all i watched was indy cars when i was a kid...now...well...you nailed it....

I love how you say this is the last real Indy 500 because it is true. Also I am glad a full-time driver was able to win this race as well. I grew up on this racing and loved CART all the way until my favorite driver Michael Andretti retired. So sad how George ruined this sport.

Nice!!!

@RedneckBart 100% right....i LOVED open wheel racing when i was a kid....

JV is the Man. And for that matter you are too, Champcar4ever. Best Regs, openwheelmanic A Canadian Open Wheel / JV Fan

I know it will no longer be a spec series in 2012, but I still like to coin the term "IndyCzar" because Tony George.

after the 2013 race, would you change your response?

What is amazing is how many fans were there! What has happened over the last 25 years?

@josephsleight2634

3 жыл бұрын

Well covid this year. But they sell a ton of tickets still in a normal year.

I know, it's just that how he kinda took over a legendary race kinda really made the split, not only of the series, but of the fans take place (being the fact that there was US 500 and Indy 500 Dividing the fans). Before they re-merged I payed more attention to ChampCar/CART rather than IRL. But since IZOD I beleive things are a bit better again. I might be going to Edmonton in the next couple of weeks here.

IMS reviews the scoring after every Indy 500, and doesn't post the offical results until 8AM the next day. Arie made that move on the long shot chance that he wasn't really 1 lap down, and that it was actually for 1st. Alas, is wasn't.

Jacques Villeneuve, the only ever winner of the Indianapolis 505.

@BlueSkyCrystals

Ай бұрын

How? Wasn’t he technically 5 miles behind then closed the gap to win the race?

@effend446

Ай бұрын

People still say that USAC reversed Villeneuve’s 2-lap penalty. But they did not. Jacques earned that victory by driving the wheels off his Reynard/Ford. The very moment I saw Scott Goodyear passed the pace car before the drop of the green flag, I knew right then and there that he was going to get penalized. The light might have flipped to green. But anybody with some sense knows that the pace car must also be off the track before you can go full throttle. If I remember right, CART tried to adopt NASCAR’s way the next season - you can’t start racing until you actually cross the start/finish line to take the green flag.

Poor Goodyear started at the front, and almost kept it.. would've been a nice finish if that car wasn't a lap down

@Jimaybob

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know right what an asshole? Passes just to ruin the winners picture

By nature, Indianapolis is not meant to have cars running side-by-side through the turns. Drivers coming from the pits used the apron and that could cause a crash if an on-track driver dove down to it.

Every other drivers slowed down, including Villeneuve, to stay behind the security car so I'd say that's his problem... You gotta be aware of what's happening on the track...

He'd make his father proud

Almost....almost.

Another fuked up Indy 500......1973,1981,1995 and 1997!

Poor Goodyear... Close in 1992, screwed in 1995, and then USAC fucked up the end of the race in 1997 which gave him no chance at it. Scott Goodyear is the Lloyd Ruby of the 90s.

omfg that sound!!!!!

@steveoppy9216

4 жыл бұрын

I am GEX the sound is even louder when you are at the race

@RedneckBart I completely agree. Tony George is the root cause of IndyCar/CART/IRL taking a dive. It WAS my favorite sport on earth.

I remember watching this race on TV, and boy was I pissed when Scoot Goodyear made a douchebag of himself that day. I was rooting for him all the way especially because I wanted Honda power to win that race. Even now, I still don't forgive him for this. It's too bad we had to wait 9 years later for Honda to win Indy.

The pace car might have been slow on the restart, but only one driver had a problem adjusting.

Bobby Unser is no stranger to winning by cheating! 1981 against Andretti comes to mind.

I was in the north end of the pits, and I remember clearly Goodyear going past the pace car, and knowing that Villeneuve had just won the race - because Goodyear pulled one of the bonehead moves in history.

I believe that for 2012, the new race director will try to bring back the starting point to the front-straightaway.

I'm waiting 2012. Will be the return of "great Indy"!!!!

Villeneuve's penalty was for overtaking the pace car earlier in the race.... even thou it wasnt a full pass as he slammed his breaks on ..they still penalised him

Racermac, I enjoyed reading your CART/IRL history and I agree. But what I feel really damaged the popularity of Indy racing was the fact that between 1992-'94 it had so many legends retire. It had Rick Mears, Al Unser Sr., A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Tom Sneva and Gordon Johncock, guys that had been there for decades leave. It didn't change MY intensity, but Greg Ray, Billy Boat, etc. couldn't automatically take their place. If NASCAR had 5 Richard Pettys retire the same thing would have occured.

It's now the turning point for open wheel racing. It can only go up from here.

Scott Goodyear had bad luck got screwed twice..like uncle Bobby said he had to get going what was he suppose to do..love watching these old races..

dude that car almost flew away!

Indy 500 Champion, F1 Worldchampion and P2 at Le Mans.. Soo close to the ultimate triple crown.. Hopefully Fernando can get it the next years

Bosses from both series have discussed about using something like taht for some time now but can't be bothered to do anything.

USAC/CART DIDN'T SCREW GOODYEAR, GOODYEAR SCREWED GOODYEAR (and I'm not talking about the horrible tire)! Yeah, that's pretty much the last 11 laps in 8 words.

Luyendyk's engine sounded really different than the others, was it a V6? And the other thing: Amazing how dirty that track was back then!

@mrjasonwhite73

6 жыл бұрын

Ricardo Mondaca Luyendyk’s car was one of three cars in the race powered by a Menard stock block V6, a development of the Buick stock block

@xSoccerxCorex

4 жыл бұрын

that's what happens after 200 laps surrounded by 300,000 people. debris and trash from the stands make their way to the track

Uhh... please? The war is long over. IndyCar is unified again, surely getting back on track, but it'll take time to rebuild itself! No problem can be solved overnight! Cherish what you have, because it'll get much better with time.

That said, I feel that this is the case IN SPITE of TonyG. There is nothing like sitting in the pit road terrace watching practice. The ambiance is worth it to a REAL race fan. As far as the IRL not being able to field a full roster for it's races, true, but at Indy, there's the feeling that the independent racer can come and find a ride and have a shot.

@MrCo2manchris So the winner is a US citizen? Pretty much remember him being a canadian.

The two racing series' chairmans put aside their differences for one last race. A true champion was the result. Indy Car World racing championship died in 1995. then Broke drivers vs. Honda/corporate riders came after, now just Rich company spec racing remains.

@MrCo2manchris Huh? Maybe the 1975 Indy 500 but certainly not the 1995 Indy 500.

They may have, but it is still the largest single day sporting event in the world. You don't get that for nothing. Cars going that fast, being seperated by those small margins, without dumb-ass fenders will be exciting no matter who is in charge.

Lol, Arie got his lap back at the end! The Indy 500s wil get better and better with the merger, hopefully it will gain back to its former greatness

What's funny is that nowadays that start would not mattered, as the pace car pulls off in turn 3 on restarts...and since Brian Barnhart has been chief steward the lead car has been allowed to gun it past a certain point. Goodyear would have won had it been 2000+....I am sorry, but pace car or not, if the green lights around the track are on, then punch it! That said, I am glad the new slower restart speed is in place. I am tired of seeing the leader jump out on the field before the restart

I remember this race as the 1000hp man tantrum by Goodyear refusing to serve his penalty. What a baby.

Its not easy to see, but he does get loose momentarily, and slides right up next to the wall coming out of Turn 2.

?! His name is VILLENEUVE.

You just tell your girl to keep her attitude in check and stop trying to fight everybody.

LOL who's Jack Villnev? i thought it was Jacques Villeneuve

you mean the car that was 1 lap down?

Waiving off the restart would have been the logical thing to do and would have been the case today. And the fact that the pace car now a days pulls off one lap prior solves the problem entirely

@nicolaslevesque5151

3 жыл бұрын

They would waved off the restart only if they were not on the right order or if the leader jumped the restart. The pace car driver was horrible that day but the pace car was way ahead of Goodyear . Pace car driver slowed down too much but still he had to slow down to realign the field nose to tail on turn 4 to be able to move aside on the stretch on pit road for green flag. Goodyear played it like they do it now, with no pacecar on track at the restart lap , they can hit the breaks on turn 4 and accelerate when they want.

This was the year before the split.

That really sucks for Goodyear, especially because it was the pace car that wasn't going fast enough.

#27

They say this is the best radio call ever....? Whhhhhhaaaaaaatt?!?

technically no, he crossed the stripe ahead of villy ;)

Villeneuve jacques ❤❤❤grande

Great ,Salazar from chile!!!!!