Not only the best looking, fastest cars in open wheel racing but listening to Paul Page doing the broadcast just tops it off.

@barath4545

3 жыл бұрын

And to think Paul Page nearly died in an air crash in 1977 before he got started in commentating, is just as crazy! Miss him in NHRA too!

@Silverline2572

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely miss Paul Page! Best announcer ever for Cart/Champ/IndyCar! Marty Reid was great too..

@Yoshik379

3 жыл бұрын

@@Silverline2572 And Bob Jenkins?

@Silverline2572

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yoshik379 He was great too, but I enjoyed Page much more.

@Yoshik379

3 жыл бұрын

@Hugh Masakela What do you mean?

look at these cars, simply beautiful ! CART and old PPG IndyCar World Series had the most beautiful open wheel cars ever made.

@Chris-jo4yo

4 жыл бұрын

Yess i agree

@nettoflorestal

3 жыл бұрын

Aesthetic AF

It's funny how I always think of Blundell as an F1 driver yet his IndyCar career was much better.

@vinrusso821

7 жыл бұрын

Did he ever win a race?

@Raffini

7 жыл бұрын

In CART, yes. F1, no

@krzie18

6 жыл бұрын

You could make that case for a number of drivers

@AlistairMaxwell77

6 жыл бұрын

and won le mans . underrated driver

@christianvallejo8262

5 жыл бұрын

A mediocre driver. Nothing to show for.

Best looking Formula cars ever! the look more modern than the ones today.

Thank you very much TONY flocking GEORGE for your oh so wonderful legacy... you will definitely go down in history as the greatest screw-up that ever had the privilege of inheriting something valuable and totally devaluing it.

That's nuts! So many engines blowing up from different manufacturers in the same race..Engine technology was still damn good back then..I bet it was a specific part, like something in the valve train..

I was there and it was bone chilling cold. Many experts thought it was too cold for these fragile engines.

@paulvest3157

3 жыл бұрын

@Hugh Masakela I'm referring to an article in the LA Times back then. The writer, whoever he was had suggested that the cold air was hard on the engines. True or not, I was present at that race and engines were constantly blowing.

@paulvest3157

3 жыл бұрын

@Hugh Masakela Interesting that you have an engineering background. My RX 7 R1 engine blew because of its turbos. I learned that it was a problem in these cars. A interested party that wanted to buy it for racing told me that he takes the turbos out for track racing because you'll blow the engine. Anyway, wish that reporter talked to you.

@jameskidd4767

8 ай бұрын

Cold air would actually make the engine work better. The engineers probably retarded the ignition more anticipating the cooler air to help revent detination and get more fuel and air in the cylinders but probably once the blocks were heat soaked it was too much block pressure.

The 2000 California 500 (Marlboro 500) infamous for engine and mechanical expendability. Meanwhile Newman-Haas and Christian go home with a million bucks. Montoya's chance to win all three 500 since Big-Al back 1978 goes up in smoke.

@StyrofoamKup

9 жыл бұрын

+indyfan2 Wasn't that last Montoya's race before he left for F1? Somehow he managed to get into a big series to great fanfare and leave through the back door not one but three times.

@xtlm

7 жыл бұрын

Heck, he is kind of doing it a 4th

@MatthewDaSmitdog

7 жыл бұрын

It was his last race before F1 indeed. The jump was announced around the Indy 500 that year. Not the way he would've liked to end a brief but very successful tenure in CART.

Only 6 cars finished this race, good grief.

@MatthewDaSmitdog

7 жыл бұрын

And Casey Mears was one of those survivors, of all people, and in his first start too!

@zaymclovin4178

7 жыл бұрын

Balto Racing reminds me of the 2005 United States Grand Prix. Only Six Cars Started the race

@obscurereference6298

3 жыл бұрын

@@zaymclovin4178 reminds me a lot more of the early 90's indy 500 with like 10 restart crashes.

@skyhigh335

Жыл бұрын

2013 Indycar race at Fontana, only 9 cars finished

CART was a great organization... dominating North America (US/Canada) and going overseas (europe, brazil, japan).. it´s a shame that this is over.... if they kept going and added some non-oval racetracks they would threat F1 for sure

@alexfitzpatrick2509

5 жыл бұрын

Championship Cars were traditionally oval and road course mixed they were supposed to be the most versatile race cars on the planet that was indycar (indy meaning CART IRL and all cars 1911-2018)

@kennethkilleen8758

3 жыл бұрын

I don't agree. F1 is technically driven so it would have adapted. There no power steering still in cart. The speeds on oval were unreal but it was not technical challenges.

@Spyker8921

3 жыл бұрын

In 1993 it was threatening F1 according to Bernie

@precesionnoreaster1507

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spyker8921 bernie was terrified also kval facing is a technical and driver challenge take care of your equipment. To finish first you must first finish

More HP, less downforce. These cars were the best! CART was a truly great series back then. Same goes for F1 with the v10 engines. Makes me sad motorsport is now on a downslope of something awesome.

Used to love this series. Had the PlayStation Cart Racing game. Always liked to use Greg Moore and liked the California track. Decrease all the downforce and do 240 down the back stretch and wreck into turn 3.

I remember watching this race. It rained out on Sunday and they finished the race on Monday, that's why the stands were so empty. Back then California used to sell out, when they were still fan friendly. I remember being "sick" that day and I stayed home from school to watch the race. Only 6 out of 25 drivers ended up finishing this race. Alex Tagliani was the last to guy to retire and finished 6th ahead of Tarso Marques who was still running.

@Ironarmhoss

9 ай бұрын

Probably the most caution we ever had there I was at that race it seemed to last forever

This race was like the DJ Kalied special... Another one, another one another one

@Chris-jo4yo

4 жыл бұрын

😂 man

Man... I miss CART so much, it was so awesome. All types of courses, ovals, tracks, street, high speed ones, tricky ones, drivers all around the globe... overtaking... pure racing... sigh...

@KyleKyle-yu8ny

4 ай бұрын

It's truly sad that in today's world, we'll never see this type of stuff again

What a season that was, I think ten drivers still had a shot at the title with three rounds to go.

Back in the late 90's it was Ford Cosworth, Honda, Toyota and of course Penske Mercedes. Indy cars today are just as fast or faster on slow tracks, but take Road America, the fastest road course in the world. Team Green with Franchetti ran a 1.28 1n 1998 while 2016 race the pole time was 1.34. Four seconds is huge.

@37nezy

5 жыл бұрын

You're roughly 10 seconds fast for both times. Think they were in the high 1:43's.

@Chris-jo4yo

4 жыл бұрын

Dont worry penske buy today indycar is the beginning of new cart series in the USA in the next few years

I at least wish Ganassi would run that livery with the yellow streaks, it was incredible!

I wonder if I'm the only one that longs for the days when engines blew up this much, because they were actually pushing the envelope all the time, rather than riding around with this modern g**damned rev-limiter and restrictor-wing crap. Also: HOLY EFFING CRAP, CHASSIS BUILT BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

@hcrun

8 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. Modern car designs and regulations have strangled motor-racing across the board....and I've been watching since 1965!

@Jonathan83X

7 жыл бұрын

You're not. I too miss the days of engines blowing during a race. Granted, I don't know if I want them to blow up this frequently, but I wouldn't mind a couple per race. They were a great X factor during a race. Just because you had the fastest car didn't mean you were going to win.

@incubrian

7 жыл бұрын

agreed! i love in these old vids you see the engine list and its honda, merc, ford, toyota.... i had to do a double-take! plus that sound......... so good

@xtlm

7 жыл бұрын

Hondas be blowin' up all year long this year

@Billhatestheinternet

3 жыл бұрын

Hell, engine failure during the 24 HOURS of LeMans, Daytona, or the 12 HOURS of Sebring is rare now. Car failure in general. Look at the number of cars that DNF due to mechanical failure, it is very few (Sebring this year I think only had 2, one being a brake failure resulting in crash).

Lol, Chip Gannasi kickin' off the barrels.

I love the comment when he kicks the waterbarrel, "Aw, he's a happy puppy..."

They recently did. Check the indycar page. Actually the CART went on downhill just when ESPN decided not to broadcast champcar any longer in 2001. And it kept going that way when Ford remained as the only engine provider for the teams, so they became Champ Car at the end of 2002 when Barry Green, Chip Ganassi and others leaved CART to join IndyCar. Toyota and Honda went together with them.

the Hanford device is like a parachute

Watched the full race not long ago and it almost seemed like the last car running would be the winner. Made me wonder if it had of come down to only one car running before they got in the full 500 miles would they have called it and thrown the checkers.

I miss the good old days of Champ Car, well, when it was called CART!! =(

I was at this epic race! Rain delayed too. Only 6 cars finished. Christian Fittipaldi won this race

Wow, I'm surprised in 1999 they sold out Fontana and here it is the next year later and no one showed up! I've been to the IndyCar finale the past 3 seasons and they had between 30 to 40,000 there as well, but this was a shocker to see here....and I just realized, this was the year de Ferran did the 241+ qualifying run. That the eff' is wrong with people?!?!?!

@romanval69

7 жыл бұрын

This race was on a Monday since Sunday was rained out; hence most spectators didn't return. That also explains why so many engines blew; after the Sunday rain delay, all cars had to be "sealed up" (no engine/maintenance work allowed) and then put to race the next day as-is.

@jennith

6 жыл бұрын

Probably because of the loss of Greg Moore at Fontana the year prior

@vincejimenez4987

5 жыл бұрын

Actually like the person above said it was rained out on Sunday the race was actually sold out but because it was moved to Monday and people had to work that day they only had 20,000 people show up for the race that was also the year that the deFerron set the fastest lap ever run at 241 and change in qualifying

@sdsmt99

5 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised you didn't know this was a Monday make-up race.

There was just one race. It started on Sunday but it rained and they stopped it and picked it up again on Monday. I know because I was too sick to go into work (cough, cough) but somehow mustered up enough strength to get out to the speedway.

good video champcar4ever

Chunks of engine slamming into that PacWest car during the in-car camera. Lucky nothing hit the driver's visor.

I think I was at this race. I remember all those engines grenading, and only 6 cars finished the race. Still a fun day for a 6th grader.

Proper open wheel over racing.

I recently watched the entire race via another upload. I couldn't believe it! If Gil had blown at the end, he still might have won the championship. Fernandez wouldn't have been able to gain much on him because so many cars were out of the race.

@HollywoodSheen agreed, but the vs. cast does have comradery, yes i know i spelled that wrong :P but still

Wow did they have those cars tuned to the max for that race. The L.A. Times tge day before were spot on, be lucky if 5 cars would finish

I miss CART...

Were there two races at Fontana in 2000? I was at a CART race in the Fall of 2000 at Fontana but I don't remember all that engine carnage.

Wow, a Coyne car was running third before the engine blew...

I thought Chip was going to turn into Shazam when he kicked that water barrel!!

And this isn't even an exhaustive account (pardon the pun) of engine failures in this race, there were at least 3 more engine/engine-related failures besides this. Kenny Brack's turbo went pop, Franchitti had an engine go bang, Tagliani and Castroneves crashed on their own oil when their engines went boom, and Tracy's plenum chamber took to the skies, and the pop-off valve claimed da Matta's suspension...

Last race for the Mercedes engine

Servia's car had the appropriate facial expression

couldnt agree more!!!!!

One of the details i liked best was the character generator ESPN had between 1999 and 2001 just like this one who ilustrates the standings, hehe

There were like 5 more too.

there were some blown engines missing. Helio Castroneves ended up the same way, as well as Alex Tagliani who was doing its best race since Rio de Janeiro, and that was just that accident who gave Christian Fitipaldi the victory and the million dollars price since the track was on caution as well as finished under yellow flag with only 7 cars remaining...

I was at that race, Sunday was rained out and they raced on Monday, I think that might of had something to do with it.

I made a grammar mistake i can't afford, i meant: "so they became Champcar at the end of 2002 when Barry Green, Chip Gannassi and others LEFT cart to join IndyCar.

é um festival de quebra de motores

Fundido como nuestro país 🇦🇷

@juanmanuelbonzano

3 жыл бұрын

Amén.😪

Its a shame the seats are empty. 240mph. Seeing and hearing this would be an experience

@DonOctavioFlores "How many foreneigners (= not used to ovals) won in Indy/ChampCar in the last 30 years?" As far as I can tell, 3: Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti. BTW, Andretti started racing professionaly in America...does he count? I guess not. "And how many of them were in the same level as Hamilton (F1 champs)?" Perhaps Mario and Nigel. Emerson is 2x F1 champion, so he's a level above Hamilton, I guess?

I still wonder if they would consider reviving racing at CART speeds with all of the safety features of today. It seems like the G forces were too much for these drivers, so maybe they wouldn’t bring back these speeds.

@izzdin6228

3 жыл бұрын

I think they can come close to CART speeds again, but will of course limit the speed when going to high bank ovals like TMS.

How did Gary Gerould know that it was Memo that blew up. He was going 240mph+

@DonOctavioFlores Read my comment again. I wrote "1 year ago, I'd say(...)", not "now". Lewis was definately improving, as far as I can tell. But he was still taking some risks no driver can take on an oval. Massa, on the other hand, knows(?last year...) how to be conservative, when needed; while keeping his pace, when possible. BTW, fortunately, Alonso didn't win this season...now, as a friend of mine analyzed: "team Ferrari wouldn't stand a chance in this season, under normal conditions".

@ATDOINFERNO If you actually READ my comment, you would find that it wasn't the series, cars or anything like that i was unhappy about. It was just the fact that if it rains during a raceweekend in CART on an oval, people who have payed to see a race will get really dissapointed that the race is canceled. And yes, i know A LOT about motorsports, im a mechanic myself, and i spend a lot of my time following the motorsports they actually air in Denmark: F1, GP2, Rallycross, DTC, Formula Renault...

Only 5 Cars finished that race. About 5 cars out from an Accident, and about 14 with Engine or other Mechanical Problems.

@55Superfly55 it was just as much CART's fault as Tony's. They did some really stupid things that buried their series

@skynet091287 OK, it's not the series or cars. Now it's the crowd, which has paid to see a race...I'd want my money back if I were in Bahrain this year, watching that...car exhibition, because, honestly, there was nothing I could dare calling "race" at all there. Like I wrote before..."good'ol days..."

well i know that but there was a time where indy cars where really fast and ttheu had to lower the speed becuase it was a danger haz. but yeah ur right but wats good about IRL and Champ car is that there are drivers from all over the world racing but its a U.S. sport same thing with the LeMans series. but thats like F1

these are how indycars SHOULD look like

@Talladega93 different type of racing, of course these are faster, they're running on ovals

Meemo Giggity?

yep, and tht as the end of CART

@alexfitzpatrick2509

5 жыл бұрын

well not really 2008 Long Beach was it was still the same series just different name

@ATDOINFERNO You are underestimating Hamilton. How many foreneigners (= not used to ovals) won in Indy/ChampCar in the last 30 years? And how many of them were in the same level as Hamilton (F1 champs)? Massa is "conservative" simple because he´s off the pace. And btw he always had an "agressive" reputation.

The problem of race at 400 km/h of top speed.

fuk man this was the tight years what did u expect the engines were pumping close to 1000 hp lol

btw i thinnk they both BLOW F1 out the water

@ATDOINFERNO Don't get me wrong, i find F1 pretty boring sometimes too! I mean, just look at the 2000-2004 seasons. at that time it wasn't a question of who came first (Michael Schumacher), but who would take second place! From 2002-2005 i only watched the first 5 races, just to confirm "Oh... Schumacher again...!" That said, they do try their best to make the races fun, but in the top formula of racing, there is only so much that can be done...

How this didn't become a motorsport scandal like Crashgate or the US GP 2005 or the Brickyard 400 2008?

@robminmonaca

4 жыл бұрын

ReprogrammedToHate because CART was in a death spiral by then.

@xSoccerxCorex

2 жыл бұрын

@@robminmonaca plus this was always an issue with the big tracks in cart during this era. the engines couldn't keep up for 500 miles at the speeds they were running. it's mainly why the manufacturers insisted in a v-6 when IC went back to turbo engines, shit like this cost the OEM's A LOT of money every time this happened.

Christian Fittipaldi won it, I believe.

A racing series that runs ovals can never take on Formula 1... Think about it, you can't run ovals wen it's wet because of the dangers. If they kicked out all the oval tracks, THEN they might be able to compete. But running tracks where the weather decides if you race or not, thats just not good enough... Formula 1 has of course cut the Malaysian grand prix short this year because of rain, but that was because the drivers couldn't see where the road was!

@crazyful123 I agree, the VS cast is horrible, ABC is even worse

holy fuck, who built these fucking cars? Sweatshop workers ???

@Posirep

9 жыл бұрын

The engine companies were pushing the engines so much to 1-up each other the engines simply couldnt handle it..they were running well over 240...In IndyCar now...they're lucky to get 230 mph laps...Honda and Chevy are very conservative with the engines now

@MrHenreee

8 жыл бұрын

+InvisibleTeeth I have heard that teams had to reduce power at certain tracks because the drivers couldn't handle the g-force.

@Posirep

8 жыл бұрын

That was at Texas cuz it's high banked and 1.5 miles. It wouldnt be an issue at Indy or Fontana. They had to slow the cars down cuz everytime a Chevy spun it started to fly.

@Ironarmhoss

8 жыл бұрын

+InvisibleTeeth I was there as a kid, they were doing a good 260-270 on the backstretch

The IRL races from 2002-2005 were much better and so was last years' IRL race when they came back after a 7 year absence.. :)

@tacklefatkids

5 жыл бұрын

I agree for some reason I also like the 2006 and 2007 season

@scoobyruuuu

5 жыл бұрын

fuck the irl

@ATDOINFERNO if you dont follow F1 anymore why you take this as an argument? And what evidence do you have to say that Massa would be better then Hamilton in a oval? Massa is just a average driver........

3:23 only time i see indycar backfired

@PandaTrueno2 1 year ago, I'd say Lewis Hamilton would not be able to complete a single lap on an oval. Massa? Maybe. But they'd take at least a full 3 years to - who knows - match the likes of Franchitti, Dixon, Briscoe and Castroneves. I, for once, don't follow F1 anymore. F1 sucks; single-file exhibition is NOT racing, nor motorsports. Good'ol days...

All the engines lost because they decided to use the hanford device, creating more load on the entire drivetrain, and the aerodynamic instability of the hanford device and tunnel blockers created some of the most dangerous and not even as close racing. If they wanted to keep the speeds down they should have mandated the road course wings on superspeedways without the winglets at least you wouldn't have seen such boring racing.

@ATDOINFERNO Well... It goes both ways, i agree that Hamilton would probably suck on an oval, on the other hand, Castroneves might be a terrible F1 driver! CART and F1 has their own unique challenges, and it's a matter of opinion which one you like most. The worst thing about F1, is how predictable it can be, just take this years season. Red Bull Racing had a far superior car, and it's only technical difficulties that has kept them from clinching both the constructors and drivers title already!

only good 1-turbochargers r bac. and to others to bad, you didn't like real close, side by side racing, must like chasin the leader racin!

Paul Tracy was robbed.

@skynet091287 You don't know shit about motorsports, do you? Think about it a minute: let's say there's a car, be it F1 or CART, that may safely run on an oval with rain (and there isn't). There would have to be a pit stop every 20 laps or so, IF the tires last that long, which I doubt (wet tires over 230mph? HA). Hell, teams would have to spend "USD 1 million" just in wet tires, only to finish a race, that'd be complete nonsense!

Ils aiment bien tourner en rond les ricains. Et ils appelent sa une course? Aucun interet...

@PandaTrueno2 how is that pandatrueno you jdm noob CART drivers wouldn't even beat F3 drivers

Watched Indycar last weekend. Not only has it still got no soul, but the cars (DW12) looks horrible and the racing was as boring and processional as F1. Man I miss these good old days