I was at this race in the pits helping with the #55 bob sobey pontiac entry...our biggest thrill was the seamingly amount of cheers bob got at driver introductions for being sponsored by Harley-Davidson. Way more than even paul newman recieved! Those were great days to be involved in trans-am racing!
I remember this weekend distinctly. I was working as an pit lane official for CART and when Dan crashed, they called "all hands" out on the track to clean up the mess (there was fluid and body parts everywhere). When we got to Dan's car. I thought it was an RX7 or a Nissan -- there just wasn't much of a car left. Without seeing the SCCA accident investigation results, my thought is something broke while he was running flat out and the car just turned into the wall and hit a TON! I didn't hear that it was a fatal accident until after the Indy Car race, when I was at the airport waiting for my flight home. Even if you don't know the driver, a fatal when you're working on track ALWAYS hits like a kick in the gut!
Great video! You forgot about how Stuck would load the engine by riding the brakes in the corners with the throttle still down to keep the car on boost, which would give the car much greater mid range out of the corners
SCCA should've kept the spirit of "modified-stock" in mind when it rebooted the Trans-Am series. Many of the cars fielded were the equivalent of today's NASCAR entries: a composite body loosely resembling the make's chosen model hung over a fully custom, race-bred tube frame chassis and mechanicals.
a 5 cylinder ? adid not knw they existed 4,6,8,&10 are the only I have heard much of But when I only knew of single cylinder 2 stroke dirt bikes . I foud a 3 cylinder 750cc 2stroke 750 street bike and I bought it. The HI&H2 Kauwisaki 750cc triples were fast as could be at the time at 55-65 mph just drop into 3rd and no clutch in the powerband would wheelie away! 3 heads 3pistons 3 carbs and 3 pipes. like an RD 4oo that was known as Radical death the 750cc tripple is known as The Widowmaker. The audi having allwheel drive is a big plus for fast cornering . In a fullsize Bronco I built for a off road vehicle I could build alot of myself saving some money. With the Ford TTB I plated and gusseted for more strength and rebuilt my Radius arms to beams atronger up and lower atatchement on the arjms to the beamsand a vertical piece that is welded to the top & bottom of tjose plates making them like one piece . I drilled a hole in it and tapped the beam to run a big grade 8 bolt into the beam making another conection to to each beam to help It is able to do very well in rocks and sand and fast over the whoops very smoot in controll. With gears and lockers front and back I often only use 2wheel drive on slippery terrain fast in 4wheel drive on flat roads I can gas it hard through the whole corner and out it pulls me around the corner insted of drifting it! It ads some safe control and faster speed for sure.
@@m4tthew1 Stop spreading fake news, audi 200 raced with 5cylinder engines (same as audi sport quattro), NOT 4 cylinder. Do your research before spreading fake information
@@brianbirc there's also 3 cylinder cars, Daihatsu made a Charade Gtti 1.0 12valve dohc back in the 90's n it was a nippy little thing, nowadays 3 cylinder cars r more common jus look at the GR Yaris n Corrolla, Fiesta ST, Volvo n Ford also used a 5 cylinder in the legendary Focus ST n Volvo T5/T5R's hey Fiat av also got a 2 cylinder engine. Jus a heads up to help u with car knowledge if u aint aware of em
I was there, exciting as I remember just watching this replay. To date the accident at the beginning is the only fatality ( pronounced off track) @ LBGP🏁RIP D. CROFT
What a pity the other American teams all threw tantrums over the whole 1988 season, which resulted in more engine restrictions and weight penalties for the Audi. Which was the only car in the whole field to be constructed from a factory shell, had only 5 cylinders & less horsepower than every other competitor. It’s advantage was not just quattro, but good old fashioned GERMAN engineering which made the Americans look like idiots. No surprises the following year the Audis were banned.
It's interesting that the Merkur XR4i's won every race barring one, in the previous season. No real tantrum there. I think Merkur's were European Ford's, that were sold on the American market. Was it that two European cars, that were looked down upon by their American competitors. Rinsed the competition two years in a row. Or was it simply superior German technology, that caused them to ban the Audi's?
WTF is Scott Pruett going on about at the end, "I ran out of fuel, so I reversed into pit lane, I didnt know you cant refuel" (with half a lapto go) but then he does make it to the end. I dunno if he was heat stroke or dehydrated, or doesnt even know the rules of the race.
fuel slosh. when hard braking and turning with low fuel, the fuel will slosh away from the pickup tube in the tank. think of the last sip from fast food cup with a straw . car almost stopped after the turns (fuel slosh) when the car straightened out after the turn it took off again. he was running on fumes.
I love all of these! I watch them whenever I can. Even in the shower, lol. I did not know Bruce Jenner raced Mustangs. Or anything. That was an awesome surprise. The Audi's are rad. They look fast through Long Beach! Actual cars built to race. I love the Celicas in these series too. So many great names; Bobby Rahal, Steve Saleen, Jack Roush, Paul Newman, Scott Pruitt, Derek Bell. FAST cars. BIG engines. BIG turbos. Awesome tracks. Thank you so much!
not to mention they banned the audi. they had a problem with AWD but when porsche came with rear displacement nobdoy cared that they kept winning. i think somebodys palms were getting greased.
oldsmobile "i think we have a bit of an advantage out of the corners" does he not understand that the Audi has AWD and like 600hp which means that is literally impossible. also i love how audi doesn't even care to warm up the tires at the beginning of the tire warming lap
Less rules and restrictions in gto. The roush 4 cyl 2.5 merkur here had around 650 hp, an then in gto, 1300 hp in qualifying, in the thunderbird body. Here in that race, they restricted the audi and merkur (added weight, limited boost, smaller width tires...) because they were too fast.
@@toddthezondalover645not trying to be rude but for Trans am, the car Audi used was called the Audi 200 Trans am and the car Audi used for IMSA was called Audi 90 IMSA GTO. Just to let you know. I know they kinda look similar, so it can be abit confusing
The Audis were never fast, they just hounded you until you wore out your tires, and then they pounced. The were fast at the end a race, but not in the beginning of a race
I’m guessing they only had an hour window on ESPN for the tape delay broadcast of the race, so the commentary was added afterward. That’s probably why it sounds so stilted and matter of fact.
awd is cheating, thats why they banned it. even the r32s success was only successful due to awd. awd makes car setup braindead and double the tire life. one of the main reasons awd have their own class away from REAL racing now.
@@MetalheadAndNerd if not the case then why is every awd classed by themselves in racing now? for the same reason i just said. go back and look the r32 that won, won because it no pits vs other teams for tires. the only ones coping is people that think the skyline is anything but a gimmick that raced in a class it shouldnt have been in. when the skylines were rwd it got shit on.
I was at this race in the pits helping with the #55 bob sobey pontiac entry...our biggest thrill was the seamingly amount of cheers bob got at driver introductions for being sponsored by Harley-Davidson. Way more than even paul newman recieved! Those were great days to be involved in trans-am racing!
Hans is legendary with his Audi. Love those old Turbo AWD.
Amazing how humble Stuckie really is. One of the best peddlers ever.
Love hearing the huge v8s and then just some cheeky turbo flutter from the Audis haha
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same, i wanted to see some audi action
I remember this weekend distinctly. I was working as an pit lane official for CART and when Dan crashed, they called "all hands" out on the track to clean up the mess (there was fluid and body parts everywhere). When we got to Dan's car. I thought it was an RX7 or a Nissan -- there just wasn't much of a car left. Without seeing the SCCA accident investigation results, my thought is something broke while he was running flat out and the car just turned into the wall and hit a TON! I didn't hear that it was a fatal accident until after the Indy Car race, when I was at the airport waiting for my flight home. Even if you don't know the driver, a fatal when you're working on track ALWAYS hits like a kick in the gut!
Sir. You must have an Amazing picture collection in your head. ❤
I did not know that Dan died from that wreck, it certainly didnt look good :(
RIP Dan Croft
Great video! You forgot about how Stuck would load the engine by riding the brakes in the corners with the throttle still down to keep the car on boost, which would give the car much greater mid range out of the corners
trail braking is a hell of a drug.
Hans Joachim Stuck is such a legend!
I saw that interview in a different race probably a gto race in 89
SCCA should've kept the spirit of "modified-stock" in mind when it rebooted the Trans-Am series. Many of the cars fielded were the equivalent of today's NASCAR entries: a composite body loosely resembling the make's chosen model hung over a fully custom, race-bred tube frame chassis and mechanicals.
That ESPN Speedworld opening still gets me going... 👍
Love this for several reasons. Audi quattro fanatic but also a long term (37 yrs) Merkur owner until recently.
The Audi had an 5 cylinder engine, not an four cylinder engine as they said in the video :)
a 5 cylinder ? adid not knw they existed 4,6,8,&10 are the only I have heard much of But when I only knew of single cylinder 2 stroke dirt bikes . I foud a 3 cylinder 750cc 2stroke 750 street bike and I bought it. The HI&H2 Kauwisaki 750cc triples were fast as could be at the time at 55-65 mph just drop into 3rd and no clutch in the powerband would wheelie away! 3 heads 3pistons 3 carbs and 3 pipes. like an RD 4oo that was known as Radical death the 750cc tripple is known as The Widowmaker. The audi having allwheel drive is a big plus for fast cornering . In a fullsize Bronco I built for a off road vehicle I could build alot of myself saving some money. With the Ford TTB I plated and gusseted for more strength and rebuilt my Radius arms to beams atronger up and lower atatchement on the arjms to the beamsand a vertical piece that is welded to the top & bottom of tjose plates making them like one piece . I drilled a hole in it and tapped the beam to run a big grade 8 bolt into the beam making another conection to to each beam to help It is able to do very well in rocks and sand and fast over the whoops very smoot in controll. With gears and lockers front and back I often only use 2wheel drive on slippery terrain fast in 4wheel drive on flat roads I can gas it hard through the whole corner and out it pulls me around the corner insted of drifting it! It ads some safe control and faster speed for sure.
That would be true if it was an IMSA GTO Audi. The Trans-Am version had an inline 4.
@@m4tthew1 Sorry the Trans am Audi also had the 5 cylinder engine, just looked it up
@@m4tthew1 Stop spreading fake news, audi 200 raced with 5cylinder engines (same as audi sport quattro), NOT 4 cylinder. Do your research before spreading fake information
@@brianbirc there's also 3 cylinder cars, Daihatsu made a Charade Gtti 1.0 12valve dohc back in the 90's n it was a nippy little thing, nowadays 3 cylinder cars r more common jus look at the GR Yaris n Corrolla, Fiesta ST, Volvo n Ford also used a 5 cylinder in the legendary Focus ST n Volvo T5/T5R's hey Fiat av also got a 2 cylinder engine. Jus a heads up to help u with car knowledge if u aint aware of em
I was there, exciting as I remember just watching this replay. To date the accident at the beginning is the only fatality ( pronounced off track) @ LBGP🏁RIP D. CROFT
Dammit racing used to be so freaking cool
What a pity the other American teams all threw tantrums over the whole 1988 season, which resulted in more engine restrictions and weight penalties for the Audi. Which was the only car in the whole field to be constructed from a factory shell, had only 5 cylinders & less horsepower than every other competitor. It’s advantage was not just quattro, but good old fashioned GERMAN engineering which made the Americans look like idiots. No surprises the following year the Audis were banned.
It's interesting that the Merkur XR4i's won every race barring one, in the previous season. No real tantrum there. I think Merkur's were European Ford's, that were sold on the American market. Was it that two European cars, that were looked down upon by their American competitors. Rinsed the competition two years in a row. Or was it simply superior German technology, that caused them to ban the Audi's?
Nice race. RIP Dan
Agreed, one of the greatest!
And then God said "turn up the boost" and the rest was history...
also god said "you put your right foot down and you put your left foot down and shake them competitors al around" :)
WTF is Scott Pruett going on about at the end, "I ran out of fuel, so I reversed into pit lane, I didnt know you cant refuel" (with half a lapto go) but then he does make it to the end. I dunno if he was heat stroke or dehydrated, or doesnt even know the rules of the race.
It was odd, could have been heat stroke
fuel slosh. when hard braking and turning with low fuel, the fuel will slosh away from the pickup tube in the tank. think of the last sip from fast food cup with a straw . car almost stopped after the turns (fuel slosh) when the car straightened out after the turn it took off again. he was running on fumes.
I love all of these! I watch them whenever I can. Even in the shower, lol.
I did not know Bruce Jenner raced Mustangs. Or anything. That was an awesome surprise.
The Audi's are rad. They look fast through Long Beach! Actual cars built to race. I love the Celicas in these series too.
So many great names; Bobby Rahal, Steve Saleen, Jack Roush, Paul Newman, Scott Pruitt, Derek Bell. FAST cars. BIG engines. BIG turbos. Awesome tracks. Thank you so much!
listing great names and leaving out Striezel Stuck is blasphemous though.
thats the era before Jenner "un mustang" himself.
not to mention they banned the audi. they had a problem with AWD but when porsche came with rear displacement nobdoy cared that they kept winning.
i think somebodys palms were getting greased.
Caitlin Jenner
Audi turbo chirp, translation= bye bye
That turbo flutter
thanks for the upload, nice look back into the past
oh my the chew chew chew sounds of the audis turbos brings back so many memories.
I probably saw this live on ESPN as a kid
oldsmobile "i think we have a bit of an advantage out of the corners" does he not understand that the Audi has AWD and like 600hp which means that is literally impossible.
also i love how audi doesn't even care to warm up the tires at the beginning of the tire warming lap
They had no idea what was going to hit them!!
@@turnpiketumbler8938 the Audi engineers were probably snickering in the garage while watching this interview
Tutututu😂 love it. Thx for the uplode
I like how she's there not because to prove she's better than men but rather to show the sport is for everyone
Bruce Flanders..Used to talk with him at San Bernardino Speedway (I.M.S.) "The Only Reason For Wednesday Night"..Great Guy..RI.I.P.
lol, they are warming up the tiers....audi driving straight without warming up
Because of quattro, the 200 could take almost any line.
Through marbles and all just amazing
This was only because Stucki knew how to load that Audi in the corners!
He basically paved the road on how to drive this car.
Merkur such a beautiful car ❤👍
Thanx for another great upload!
is this filmed from the time before the audi drivers start to left foot brake?
If I remember correctly Walter Rohrl was already left foot braking in the rally Quattro. So a few years before this.
No Stucki definitely left foot brakes to load up the turbos in the corners!
OH they dont know yet thst they gona face a 5 cyl devil :D
What an odd ending. Pruitt could've easily won if he hadn't pushed too hard during those last several laps.
5 cylinder Audi
“I watched because of the Audi but dam “Oldsmobile” wtf ? There all winners !
free consessions during the "intermission"!
Can someone tell me the difference between trans am and gto. They are very similar but very different
Less rules and restrictions in gto. The roush 4 cyl 2.5 merkur here had around 650 hp, an then in gto, 1300 hp in qualifying, in the thunderbird body. Here in that race, they restricted the audi and merkur (added weight, limited boost, smaller width tires...) because they were too fast.
@@Greenstang02 I noticed the differences purely with the Audi IMSA vs the 90 GTO. One is significantly less wild looking
Those days scca trans-am were 100 mile sprint races. Imsa gto were much longer with pit stops and sometimes i believe endurance races.
@@toddthezondalover645not trying to be rude but for Trans am, the car Audi used was called the Audi 200 Trans am and the car Audi used for IMSA was called Audi 90 IMSA GTO. Just to let you know. I know they kinda look similar, so it can be abit confusing
Una ricurita Lynn St.James 😘
So it’s turbo, but is supercharged …?…
Why does 79 look like a BMW from the front?
sututututuu
The Audis were never fast, they just hounded you until you wore out your tires, and then they pounced. The were fast at the end a race, but not in the beginning of a race
Hans-Joachim Stuck is god!
NO...Jesus Christ is God
If your looking forma German god please pick Walther Röhrl - he truely is a god on four wheels !!
@@964cuplove It was not a question. Thank you and good day
@@charlesleake930 says who?
Who didn't have the courage to drive in the Rally Finland.
Siliuotte cars the best
I'm not a fan of current commentating but damn this was soulless, sounds like a bad commercial for something I definitely don't need hahaha
I’m guessing they only had an hour window on ESPN for the tape delay broadcast of the race, so the commentary was added afterward. That’s probably why it sounds so stilted and matter of fact.
@@jonpsimer5535 they didn't do live commentaries?
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Picture quality is shit. Why bother? 😳
awd is cheating, thats why they banned it. even the r32s success was only successful due to awd. awd makes car setup braindead and double the tire life. one of the main reasons awd have their own class away from REAL racing now.
Coping hard
@@MetalheadAndNerd if not the case then why is every awd classed by themselves in racing now? for the same reason i just said. go back and look the r32 that won, won because it no pits vs other teams for tires. the only ones coping is people that think the skyline is anything but a gimmick that raced in a class it shouldnt have been in. when the skylines were rwd it got shit on.
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