240 mph laps, a concrete wall, ultra low downforce, no margin for error, these drivers were absolutely fearless.

@AlonsoRules

6 жыл бұрын

but you have pay drivers making it less safe

@AlonsoRules

6 жыл бұрын

Kevin Conway was a joke lol

@samuelheddle

6 жыл бұрын

virtually anyone who gets into racing these days has financial backing.

@villy27

5 жыл бұрын

@sticklift I tell you what. Racing is expensive. Since the early days of this sport there always have been pay drivers or "gentlemen drivers"... IndyCar racing still is one of the most dangerous forms of racing all over the world.

@jordanadkins2427

5 жыл бұрын

Stupid, too.

Auto Club and Gil may both be gone, but this record will stand forever in history

Rest in Peace Mr Gil. You re one of the best racers I ever watched my respect and my prays for you forever. Descanse em Paz Gil e obrigado pelos momentos alegres e emocionantes tanto na CART como na IRL.

"Everyone always asks Why Always Say 'Until We Meet Again' instead of Goodbye. To me, Goodbye Is always so final" Marty Reid Goodbye Gil de Ferran. Thank you for all the greatness you shared with us. We will always hold a place for you in our hearts. And you will always be the fastest driver in history.

RIP Gil...one of the greatest...I'll always remember witnessing this achievement in person at the track

I'll never forget this line from an ad for a CART game from a Game Pro magazine: "At 248mph not even FEAR can catch you."

21 years later, it still stands as the fastest lap in racing history

Just here after he passed away. Absolutely terrible news, he was a fantastic driver who reached the peak of CART and Indianapolis, and set records such as this along the way. This iconic lap will forever live on as a mark of just who Gil de Ferran was.

@treyblaze22

6 ай бұрын

What?!! He died?!!!

@podjun80

6 ай бұрын

​@treyblaze22 yes. Heart attack at 56 years old..

@treyblaze22

6 ай бұрын

@@podjun80 man, that's is devastating.

2000 CART Pole: Gil de Ferran, 241MPH 2012 IndyCar Pole: Marco Andretti, 216MPH

@jameskidd4767

7 ай бұрын

Pato Oward trapped 241 entering turn 3 this year.

@danielhenderson8316

6 ай бұрын

​@@jameskidd4767 And still ended up around a 232 avg, and since the hybrids are delayed again, we're not breaking Arye's 236mph average.

@kg0173

2 ай бұрын

CART messured the track the way that it shows higher speeds.

That's no joke. That qualifying was literally a matter of life or death. Absolutely no room for error.

RIP Gil. Such a great ambassador to the sport. Such a loss.

Beautiful car...... i really miss CART.

@alex98b76

7 жыл бұрын

Marcello Ribeiro the engines rev up to 16350rpm!

That engine is screaming! I miss this.

Rest in peace, legend!

the fastest man in open wheel history. RIP

RIP Gil. You'll always have a place in motorsport history with this record.

He did this with the Handford Device on the rear wing, which probably slowed the car at least 10 mph.

@gavinvalentino6002

Жыл бұрын

And if a frog had wings it wouldn't bump its ass when it hopped.

Dude, if he cut a tire on that straight he’d end up in Saturn.

@AlonsoRules

3 жыл бұрын

Firestone tyres - they don't fail, ever

@danielhenderson8316

Жыл бұрын

@@AlonsoRules It wouldn't happen in a Goodyear. They'd never have enough grip to get up to that speed.

Man, Roger already looked pretty old 20 years ago. This man seems to be immortal

@cgt1373

Жыл бұрын

He is immortal

@AlistairMaxwell77

7 ай бұрын

@@cgt1373 billions of dollars always helps

This era of CART was the closest we have ever been to actual F-Zero.

RIP Gil you are running faster in the afterworld than any of us could ever on earth. Couldn't have had a better driver and team combo at my beloved home track.

RIP legend. 💔 You will be missed. Thank you for the memories. You had an incredible career. This lap will live forever.

Total legend. We woke up this morning the Gil de Ferran passed away yesterday. Total shock. Rest in Peace.

A rocket of a car in the hands of one of the finest drivers ever. Grande Gil de Ferran. RIP.

The absolute heart of a lion you have to have to even attempt such a feat like this, rest in peace to Gil de Ferran 🙏

In memory of Gil de Ferran (11 November 1967 - 29 December 2023)

🕊RIP Gil de Ferran 🇧🇷 (1967- 2023) thanks for everything.

I remember hearing them from my front yard 15 miles from California Speedway

@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT

4 жыл бұрын

Nick Smyth woahhhh that is amazing!!

@junRowdy

4 жыл бұрын

Nick Smyth I could hear them from 10miles away out here in Jurupa valley They were truly something special

@DiegoRuiz1991

3 жыл бұрын

@@TeganCantEven - Nick Smyth is NOT exaggerating. I live 10 miles in a straight line from the Circuit de Cataluña, a racetrack that is used annually by MotoGp, F1 and many other championship. Back in the early-mid 2000s, during pre-season testing, you could hear the F1 cars from my house. It wasn't a constant sound but, whenever they were at the end of the frontstraight and going up the very long right-hander (closest 2 points to my house), you'd hear the cars. Oddly enough, during race weekends, the crowds on the grandstands or maybe people just being more active between the racetrack and my house stopped the noise, you wouldn't be able to hear them even though there were usually SEVERAL cars on track! I can guarantee you that there's a chance Nick Smyth could be hearing those cars.

@almitydave

2 жыл бұрын

I went to the 2002 CART race at Fontana, and the sound was amazing. I remember while driving to the race, there was a single car warming up on track, and although I was still a mile away, I could hear it from inside my car with the windows up and the radio on. Once I was in the seats, it was even more incredible. The TV broadcasts just did not convey (nor could they) what these cars were like in person. I'm so grateful for that experience (and for earplugs!).

@kg0173

Жыл бұрын

IRL NA cars were louder.

Obrigado Gil 🏁🇧🇷🏎

Rest in Peace legend. We're gonna miss you Gil.

it's a crime against history to tear the track down after this. so sad.

Came to watch this lap after hearing the sad news 😥. I remember watching this lap in 2000, absolutely stunning. Think this will stand for many more decades. RIP Gil, thank you for the memories 🕊️🙏

I love the sound of the engine. I watch the video just to listen to the car moreso than see the historic lap.

This needs a "LOVE" button!

@Alcochaser

5 жыл бұрын

jonnyspa27 z%

The best sound in the world when CART was at it's heyday. IRL is enjoyable, but never what CART was.

@TrainWreck444

3 жыл бұрын

I remember going to the Molson Indy Toronto (now Honda Indy) as little kid back then... they would give out earplugs.... I remember saying to my Dad, "What are these for? the sound is the best part!"

@MrJuggernautishere

3 жыл бұрын

modern Turbocharged era pretty good though

@LichaelMewis

3 жыл бұрын

💯💯💯

@encinobalboa

2 жыл бұрын

CART was stable for the longest time and was beginning to attract multiple international engine manufacturers and multiple chassis makers. Tony George ruined all that and went on to lose millions of his family's money.

@mrterp04

2 жыл бұрын

@@encinobalboa on the flip side, CART would’ve avoided all of that by humoring TG by putting him on the board as a voting member

Racing was at its peak with the cigarette money sponsorship.

Without going below 241... that car must have hit 250 flat out.

@neogenmatrix6162

2 жыл бұрын

Backstretch and front stretch 250mph plus, in turns about ~230

@mkay1957

9 ай бұрын

I cant remember if it was Fontana in 2000, but some of the drivers were running the rear wing flat in practice and were hitting well over 250MPH trap speeds, topped by Paul Tracy at 263+MPH!

@nolancain8792

7 ай бұрын

WITH a Hanford device too. Without it, probably could’ve been 243-245.

@charlesanzalone5846

6 ай бұрын

260 going Into turn 3

This track being demolished is a shame. RIP the fastest track in the world

@joelopez7459

Жыл бұрын

huh

@thelonghairedsucka

Жыл бұрын

@@joelopez7459 they are tearing down Fontana as we know it to build a half mile short track in it's place

@kinger41

Жыл бұрын

@@thelonghairedsucka Yeah, what a shame. I really love the old Fontana, and I'm really disappointed it's being turned into a short track.

@AlonsoRules

Жыл бұрын

@@thelonghairedsucka that short track layout is a mess too

@danielhenderson8316

Жыл бұрын

@@AlonsoRules And too short for IndyCar.

That that engine is SCREAMING

R.i.p. gladiador !!! Gracias sigue girando en el cielo x siempre !!!

Rest in Peace, CART legend!

RIP. Forever a legend

Racing in the skies now. 😔 RIP Legend.

He did more than 250 on the straight.

@AMilPorHoracomRodrigoMattar

3 жыл бұрын

252 or 255 mph, I guess.

@armorgeddon

3 жыл бұрын

@@AMilPorHoracomRodrigoMattar Yes, somewhere around those figures could be right. Champcars reached 256 mph AFAIK, though I'm not sure if that was the case here in the year 2000 when the Handford wing already increased the drag significantly So my guess would be that the topspeeds were the highest in 1997 and only for the Penske cars at Indy 1994 though I have no prove at hand.

@Luizao004

3 жыл бұрын

@@AMilPorHoracomRodrigoMattar sim, em classificação. Cristiano da Matta fala numa entrevista ao Boteco F1 que certa vez, num treino livre, ele estava limitado em 250mph, o que dava 408 km/h, e ele bateu limitador numa reta pegando vácuo de 3 carros. Curiosidades bacanas da era de outro do automobilismo brasileiro 🇧🇷🤙

@AMilPorHoracomRodrigoMattar

3 жыл бұрын

@@armorgeddon JPM reaches an unbeliveable top speed at practice. 242.333 mph

@armorgeddon

3 жыл бұрын

@@AMilPorHoracomRodrigoMattar That was actually Gugelmin's practice lap in 1997. Montoya did 242.253 mph in the year 2000 practice. Both are practice laps though and don't count as official records since slipstreaming plays are role in practice.

RIP Gil de Ferran !! Two times CART Champion forever !!

Anyone else agree that Motorsport peaked in the late 90's/early 00's? Drivers, tracks, car aesthetics, sounds, liveries; everything since then has gone on a downward trajectory.

@kg0173

2 ай бұрын

yet there was nobody in the stands.

How a real car sounds. Glad to have witness those cars live.

Fly high, Gil.

The streets will never forget this record. RIP Gil

Rest in Peace, Gil. Great memory from a great driver.

RIP Champ...

RACE IN PEACE GIL!!!!!!

RIP De Ferran. One of the greatest drivers ever.

RIP Gil, fastest man on four wheels.

This is what Indycars should sound like. Always.

These cars are on a whole different level compared to today's Indycars.

@skyhigh6089

11 ай бұрын

Much more successful series, much higher budgets. Thank the Hulman family for ruining IndyCar.

I was there. Sat in turn 4. CART was amazing.

In the good old days, I used to have time to watch these race cars in the Indianapolis 500. Gil de Ferran was quite the Formula 1 race car driver at the young age of 33. Very sad that he died recently. RIP

Oh man, we lost this great driver today 12/29/2023 , Gil de Ferran. RIP 😭🙏🏻

RIP, Gil. You were taken from us too soon. 😥

I miss Fontana so much. Absolutely my favorite oval outside Indianapolis.

@johnniecinco6698

4 жыл бұрын

Remember the foundry scenes from Terminator 2? Fontana was built on that spot after it was demolished.

@BigCheeseIsReal

3 жыл бұрын

F In Chat For Fontana

2:35-2:48 Holy shit what a sound

@DCTib

6 ай бұрын

The beautiful sound of a 2.75L twin turbo V8 at over 15,000 rpm

@mikulitsi1819

6 ай бұрын

@@DCTib To think Gil is now dead... RIP

That noise at 2.38!

@FunkyFresh48

5 жыл бұрын

He had his foot in it. 😁

@jj5546

5 жыл бұрын

Goose bumps!!!!

@PresidentialRobloxCrew

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fighter jet flying from up above

@ryansheehan9462

3 жыл бұрын

Chriswhite23 That’s basically what these cars were! Miss those days.

What I love is how much that Honda SCREAMED! Man Gil was winding that tight. This era of CC still sends chills up my spine...EXCELLENT!

such a shame we never got to see these cars at Indianapolis. Would have been unreal.

@D2Kprime

6 жыл бұрын

Would not have been safe to run cars this fast at Indy. Margin of error is too small. Tracks like this one or Michigan are nice and wide.

@91lemlem

5 жыл бұрын

@@D2Kprime it was just a dream. For me these chassis, 99, 00, 01 were the best looking of any era, they just looked mean and bloody fast even when stationary, and in my eyes Indianapolis is the pinnacle. It's nice to dream, even for just a second.

@penskepc2374

5 жыл бұрын

We basically did, these cars weren't such a giant leap from 95.

@nolancain8792

3 жыл бұрын

Jared F127 1996 is the closest they got, 237 average.

@TheBeardedGentleman

3 жыл бұрын

@@nolancain8792 1996 also had a little bit of shenanigans to get that number. Remember 1996 was the first IRL Indy 500 and CART put a race directly against Indy. Tony George needed something BIG to show they were still the fastest, so they repaved the track and fiddled with boost levels. That's where Luyundyk's track record came from.

Was supposed to be two new drivers with Gil de Ferran, and Greg Moore at Penske that year. I lived next to Troy Lee Designs in those days and got to see the Penske helmet Greg never got to wear. Really miss that kid.

@andrewwinslow9315

6 ай бұрын

All I Know now is that Greg Moore Greeted Gil de Ferran at the eternal Racing Circuit in the Sky and said "Hurry Up Teammate, we gotta race to run" We miss you Gil and Greg

RIP Gil

Fuck I wish CART was still around like it was from late 90s to 2001

Man, the golden years of CART. I thank GOD every time I see a modern day "Indy Car" race on television that I was able to travel with my dad from just outside of Toronto to Michigan Speedway once a year from 1991 up until the year they withdrew Michigan from the schedule. I don't think I'll ever see in person the type of racing I used to watch at Michigan and Indianapolis Motor Speedway each year. Those were the good old days. :~

21 years ago today as I type this, one of the most exhilarating moments in Motorsports.

What an incredible sound

What a beautiful sound!

I've seen this now almost 5 times. and every time i see it I'm shocked by how unbelievably fast he's going.

15 years later and it still hasn't been broken. Good times!

@AlonsoRules

9 жыл бұрын

James Shunt I reckon if they took one of these cars to the repaved Michigan, its a chance

@kennethkilleen8758

6 жыл бұрын

James Shunt I thought mansell did 250 mph

@penskepc2374

5 жыл бұрын

@@kennethkilleen8758 Mansells was a trap speed and its wasn't 250, the highest trap speed was paul tracy at 257

@R9naldo

Жыл бұрын

It's 2022. The modern indycars are shit, won't get anywhere near

@carlosroman2905

Жыл бұрын

2022 and still hasn’t been broken 😂

These guys had balls of steel...

2:35 - 2:44 that sound is incredible !! brings back memories of being there !!

how beautiful this penske marlboro was, setting for super speeds.

Team Penske would have been the only team to set a world record. Beautiful car and a great sound from the Honda engine.

@lukmanfirdaus8497

6 жыл бұрын

Michael Bragg is Honda can make engine at F1 like this?

@vultschlange

6 ай бұрын

​@@lukmanfirdaus8497Sekarang bisa.

de Ferran is a nice guy. I saw him in the garages at last years race at Fontana and he is always around the Indy 500 the day before. I can't wait till Saturday next week....Fontana is such a great place to view the race because if your sets are high enough you can just follow the cars completely around the track as opposed to a place like Indy where you just see the portion of the track where you are sitting....plus in Fontana you get this gorgeous backdrop of the mountains.

241Plus, and that's WITH the Handford Device! I'm guessing close to 250mph without it.

Does Roger Penske ever fucking age?

@AlonsoRules

8 жыл бұрын

+Whoopity Doo I met the guy this year, other than a few extra wrinkles, he's the same

RIP, champ

RIP gil

Thats a proper racing car. That was real racing

241.428 is just a dream these days

@kg0173

Жыл бұрын

even 9 years later!

241.428 mph. That's not messing around. No room for error. This is scary.

Just found out that Gil de Ferran passed away. deeply sorry to hear this. may he RIP

Rest in peace legend 🏁🏁🏁

CART looked the most gorgeous back then...

I miss Fontana

please bring back these cars

@ricardodepaiva6195

3 жыл бұрын

Alborghetti

@geds7

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricardodepaiva6195 A lenda

Legend.

RIP KING

Rest in Peace Gil de Ferran! 🇧🇷🕊️

RIP GIL DE FERRAN, fastest man in open wheel racing.

Rest easy Gil.

I miss OLD CART!!!!! great mornings that i watched this, Fernandez, De Feran, Zanadri HElio ANdre all those fucking guys!!!

Rip gil

Descansa en paz Gil de Ferran

RIP Gil de Ferran