The Classic IndyCar/CART thread

Wayne · PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 9:48 pm

Blink & you'll miss Arie Luyendyk blistering the Brickyard in 1990.

Toto87 · PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 8:12 pm

Best thread ever. :thumbsup:

The Detroit 1997 race had a crazy last lap as well !!! Poor Pacwest team.

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 8:24 pm

New Hampshire 1993 was one of my earliest tastes of Indycar. Somebody bought me a VHS at Christmas that year called 'Nigel Mansell's Indycar Diary', and it followed him around the 1993 season. That one in particularly was a fantastic race. :yes:

Just been watching the 1992 Indy 500. Very well known, but the finish is still exciting to watch.

Which year was the Road America race with the river running across the backstraight? That one came into my head recently.

Dan Belcher · PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 8:44 pm

De Cesaris fan wrote:

Which year was the Road America race with the river running across the backstraight? That one came into my head recently.

2001. That was a wild one. Max Wilson went flying over Bryan Herta on the backstretch, and Memo Gidley had that monster crash under the turn 13 bridge.

SecretAgentHarvick · PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:13 pm

Dan Belcher wrote:

De Cesaris fan wrote:

Which year was the Road America race with the river running across the backstraight? That one came into my head recently.

2001. That was a wild one. Max Wilson went flying over Bryan Herta on the backstretch, and Memo Gidley had that monster crash under the turn 13 bridge.

Full race:

Metzo · PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 9:33 pm

one of my favorite CART races

Whofan · PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2015 11:09 pm

It might be just down to nostalgia and the fact that 2000 was the first year I watched CART religiously, but this is still one of my favourite races of all time in any series

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 11:12 am

Best TV coverage ever IMO:

Economaki, Squier, Rutherford, Hobbs, Joy. Don't get a better TV line-up than that.

SecretAgentHarvick · PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2015 5:10 pm

Watching this right now, longing for a bump day again that actually means something...

kals · PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2015 8:13 pm

Here's a good Youtube channel with lots of old CART stuff - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCqy4d ... oA05q0LP5w

Cartman · PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2015 10:22 pm

I did not realize until recently that Champ Car held a night race at Cleveland.

Wayne · PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 5:35 am

The finish to the 1998 race at Rio (have to post the link because the embedding is disabled): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGX-mdm6ZD4

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 10:01 am

Good article. http://www.racer.com/more/historic/item ... ed-at-indy
Had not seen Rahal in the Marlboro livery before.

Wayne · PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2015 10:12 am

dicksplaash wrote:

Had not seen Rahal in the Marlboro livery before.

It was largely because the then-new Honda engine was awful & underpowered on the speedways.

Boy, did things change for the Honda camp within a year...and after that.