1993 NASCAR Test at Indianapolis
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- On August 16-17, 1993, NASCAR tested at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in anticipation of the first Brickyard 400 a year later. A combined crowd of over 100,000 fans attended the two-day test. ESPN had coverage in the form of a half-hour highlight show. Includes a hard crash for Kenny Wallace and a four-car crash involving John Andretti, Mark Martin, PJ Jones, and Jimmy Spencer. Also included is a feature on PJ Jones and an interview with Richard Petty and David Pearson.
For video from the first test in June 1992, watch this:
• 1992 NASCAR Test at In...
RIP Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, and John Andretti.
Dale Sr Eanhardt
R.i.p the brickyard 400 I hate the roadcourses
This is when NASCAR could do no wrong, and was just about firing on all cylinders. Love seeing these old videos.
It’s because bill jr was in charge and Brian France was sent out to the west coast to stay out of the way and out of sight and out of mind.
I remember my dad and I went to the second test day when King Richard took his laps. I remember my parents put in a ticket order but they allocated by lottery for the first year and we didn’t win. I was so disappointed. My dad and I ended up getting tickets for the 95 Brickyard and that was very memorable because it rained all day. We waited at the shuttle area near the Hoosier Dome for a few hours before we decided to head home. We were on 65 in downtown Indy listening to the race show on the radio when Mike Helton made the announcement to start engines. We turned around on N Emerson and got to our seats by lap 25.
fazntastique story i am happy for you really it's cool !! good memories !!!
Dang Kenny hit HARD. never knew about that crash/injury.
Kenny ended up getting relief help from Dick Trickle the next week at Bristol
I think Kenny spoke about this crash bringing him closer to Jesus
Those were good times. Hard to believe it’s nearly 30 years ago.
To me 92-2000 is my golden Era of Nascar. It is crazy its 30 years!!!
@@tacob69 the same , me i say instead 87/2000
That Benny bit lol miss him
I never knew a stock car hit the pit entrance wall until now. Damn.
I remember watching this back in the day, I was in the 10th grade in high school. Seeing how much the cars have changed and how they race from then to now is mind boggling
didn't know they covered the testing, glad to see it on YT
RIP Benny Parsons and Bob Jenkins
Shows the impact of Indianapolis in that all team and drivers relished driving there
I’ve always wondered why Dick Trickle relieved Kenny Wallace in 1993 at the Bristol night race and The Southern 500 in which he scored two top 10 finishes… never seen this crash until now
i want to see these new cars on Oval Nascar need to give us back the oval i miss it
everytime i watch the old races or a documentary on the nascar of epoch i have the balls, I miss that time when the cars were oldsmobil cutlass, lumina, monte carlo, buick thunderbirds (even if buick stopped in 93) and above all the paints were real paint schemes, beautifully painted and recognizable, not schemes that changed every 4 mornings.
I have was always loved the circuit of Brickyeards , it's a beautiful monument with his historical story
I wish NASCAR would give the oval another shot. With the Next Gen, it could be much better, please NASCAR bring it back, we have enough road courses.
Kick ass man! I love this
Love IMS and NASCAR... Thanks for posting this...
I was 9 - we drove over from Illinois the 4 hours and camped at a family friend's house in Greenwood...it was a really cool two days...watched in turn 3 and watched on the front straightaway above the pit entrance
Thank you for this gem. Love it!
I want NASCAR to bring back the Brickyard 400. The NextGen car has made racing on intermediate tracks better than the Gen 6 so hopefully NASCAR considers it. The road course is boring and chaotic like what we saw last season and it's time for a change.
14:28 The original NASCAR Testing Big One
Benny was such a treasure!
I miss the brickyard 400, no matter what haters might say.
I miss the Brickyard 400 too
Yall miss it so much yet the racing was as terrible as the attendance was lmao
@@copsarepigs8269 The disaster of the 2008 Brickyard 400 is the reason why the fans lost interest. I think the fans want it back especially after the shitshow that was last season's race on the road course.
@@JustGenius2001 yet it never recovered even over a decade after 08s race lmao
@@copsarepigs8269 Well, maybe someday we'll get to see the Next Gen car taking on the oval sometime soon. I believe that racing will be a whole lot better with this car if NASCAR gets the package right.
absolutely unbelievable what an incredible channel “*I got a problem here Budd!! hahaha”*
Man Kenny Schrader looked so young…
I was at the first race in 94. Was awesome.
By the time of this test mark martin was in the middle of his 4 straight wins during this season.
Man I miss BP.
Benny Parsons getting in Bud Moores car had me rolling 😂
That mock race was a gimmick - the drivers deliberately lifted off to make it look better than it was. Virtually every race there has been single file.
"Ray Macarooni" - gotta love DW!
running average laps in the mid 160s……isn’t it almost 20 mph faster now? . The good ole days. Also hearing bob Jenkins and Benny is great
Yes.
The pole speed was 172 MPH when they came back the next August.
It was 188 MPH in 2014, which is the fastest for NASCAR ever went there, and was the year before the horsepower was cut.
It's crazy how Indy racing has deteriorated with nascar. I wonder if there is any saving this track with nascar or if it's just time to go to IRP/Lucas Oil.
Davey 4ever. He did a tire test, along with Kyle Petty at Indy in 1992.
0:50 what's the music?
We are still waiting for indycar to race at daytona.
Benny Parsons with a Jaguar firesuit!?!
I believe it’s from the Fast Masters series that ran at IRP.
@@ElliottNest41 good call!
Now it's just another roval gimmick race. The first few Brickyard 400 races were awesome and had great storylines between the drivers and teams.
and then the others were shit and we had to move to the roval because of how boring the oval got
@@justpzj Ironic that you have an anime image as your profile picture... 🤔
@@justpzj Spec chassis and artificially reduced horsepower ruined it.
They are going back to the oval from what I've heard
@@jebediahgentry7029 we might get a 2024 Brickyard 400
I was at this test! I was only 9 but I was there. Haha
R.i.p. Real NASCAR it never be like this again I believe this gen of drivers will be the last or next to last when they go electric and street racing that be the death nail it not Formal 1 racing
Darrel Waltrip is hilarious
Bob and Benny at the Circuit of Eternity, looking down:
Benny: "Shame what has happened."
Thank you very much, Brian "Drunk Ass" France for ruining everything. NASCAR was booming in popularity until you destroyed it with the "Chase For The Sprint Cup", the Playoffs, Stages, and last but not least, the yellow line rule. Thank you, Brian, for ruining NASCAR. Rant over😡
I want me an Indy Speedweeks for NASCAR in Cup:
• 1st Saturday of May - IRP (Saturday, 6:30 pm ET) (350 Laps)
• Mother's Day Saturday - Brickyard 300 (Saturday, 12nn ET)
- Yeah The Indy Oval is now 300 miles long not 400
• A Week Later - Indy Road Course (72 Laps) (Saturday, 11:30 am ET)
- Use the F1 Layout
- Ran Backwards
- Instead of using the Flat Out Turn 5 and 6 used by IndyCar, use the Carousel Corner
- Use the Corner used by MotoGP from 2013 - 2015 instead of the 90 Degree Corner (AKA Road Course Turn 1)
This is back when NASCAR was still real.
Probably one of the worst tracks to see a nascar race.
First?
Gordon
@@jcearnhardt393 You are correct. Jeff Gordon won the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994.
@@josephconciatori9824 he wasn't the first "man" to win though
Earnhardt won it in 1995.
Does anybody remember how Exciting this was? Does anybody else remember the first race and the week leading up to it? NASCAR doesn’t care anymore and they proved it year after year since
Yes, I remember. One of the most fun times in my life.
Yes, a huge deal back then!