No kidding. That 95 Reynard to this day IMHO remains the peak of an IndyCar chassis. It was just so beautifully designed on top of being so technologically advanced. Even Arie Luyendyk said that chassis was so good when he was using it at the speedway in 96 that his team considered taking the rear wing off because they kept trimming it out and trimming it out and it only got faster. But yea, what I'll miss most are those Turbo V8's. I wish there was some way for Indycar today to replicate that sound in their engines today because it was just so freakin good to listen to. It was for a lack of a better word orgasmic to my ears.
Without a doubt, this was the biggest Bump Day upset ever. But 2011 may have been the most dramatic Bump Day in history. Marco, Briscoe, Conway, Hunter-Reay, Danica, Graham, and Paul Tracy (all of whom could be expected to hunt for a Top 10 if not contend for the win) all had to fight their way into the field, and not all of them made it. Not the same caliber as Al Jr & Emmo, but more noteworthy drivers were involved.
McLaren and Alonso getting bumped was pretty big too. Or Will Power almost getting bumped this year. The 90s were definitely the height of modern IndyCar though.
Al Jr would say that he quite liked the Lola, despite its propensity for vapour lock. He said it was a very driveable car that was quite easy to set up. He just didn’t have the time he needed in it.
It was one of the most shocking upsets in motorsports history and at Indianapolis. Everyone thought after 1994 that Team Penske would easily breeze through qualifying at Indianapolis the following year and be near the top of the field, but some of the time, even the best prepared and well-funded teams can run into problems.
I'm an Indiana native and have been going to the speedway since I was a lad... I have been to 35 Indy 500s and myriads of qualifications....you watch them on TV and it looks fast but when your at the speedway and sitting in turn one you really get a sense of how fast they are going....my wife and I were at the speedway this may for qualifying and got to see those guys going into turn three at 243 ... when they come out of turn 4 heading down towards the yard of bricks they look like a dart....there isn't any place like the Indianapolis motor speedway...you can just feel the history when you walk thru the gates...I admonished any race fan to put Indy on there bucket list...the speedway won't disappoint...🏎️🏎️🏎️
This was a sad day at Indy indeed, I remember watching this play out & feeling so bad for Emmo & Al but it's Indy & the name of the game was either be fast enough to make the show or pack up & go home. No one or team was immune from it, not even mighty Team Penske a year after their biggest victory ever. We'll never know how that race would've gone had Unser Jr & Emmo been in the field...
I remember that year and when the Penske drivers failed to qualify I felt certain that Michael Andretti driving for Newman Haas had his best chance ever at winning the 500. But he touched the wall on lap 77 and bent a rod on the right front. :(
I would like to know what Tony George and USAC were Smoking when they created the 25/8 rule in 1996 and creating the IRL with those horrible NA engines in 1997.
I guess they just got tired of worrying about things like turbochargers “pop-off” valves, etc. Bobby Rahal probably said it best at the time... “With a “spec“ normally aspirated motor, “spec” car, and “spec” tire, I guess they’re trying to make it, a “no brainer“. “
5:49 Emmo had never run a Lola at Indy before (and as it happened, never did start the race in one), but he did finish the '88 season in a Lola for Pat Patrick after they gave up on the March 88c they had started the season with.
If you consider a bunch of C-grade short-track dirt racers from the Midwest in ugly, subpar cars to be an improvement, then yes, the IRL was an improvement
The series had an international presence both in driver lineup and racing avenues like Surfers Paradise (Australia), Rio (Brazil) at the time. Tony George created IRL (Indy Racing League) so that it can be cheaper for teams and drivers. It ignited the end of CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) the most brilliant and the only name that can describe IndyCar as a whole series. IRL literally had no colour/color.
@PhilipTheBigOne Brayton did win the Pole that year. His quickest lap came on the first day of Time Trials. Luyendyk's sizzling 237.498 mph lap came on day-2. He was placed on the grid BEHIND the first day qualifiers. They can only make a run at the Pole on the first day.
Michael Andretti should've followed the example of Penske, "Little Al", and "Emmo". Did Penske try to pimp a ride for "Little Al" or Emmo"? NO!! Penske wheeled & dealed..but when the 6 o'clock gun went off, it all stopped. The Penske Team simply went back to the garage, locked the doors, cut their losses, and took it like the men and champions they are. I applaud them for that.Why? Simple.They respect the sacredness of qualifying at Indy and what it means. This is INDY. Go FAST...or go HOME.
I missed the days when they had Marlboro in their cars. I started watching racing when I was 8 1/2 in 2003, I was 9 that year. I like the old stuff. Also the nitro turbo noise.
Afterthought: I DO like the idea of Indy Car trying to open things up a little bit, getting away from the "Spec Car and Spec Motors" we've seen in recent years. The new cars are just about the same speed, and the monocoque (or tub) is a little wider and safer. But, they still need to do something with those damn catch-fences (or as I call them....."Cheese Graters"
Think about this, had Al qualified, he could've been the Indycar champion that year. Never a miss more costly to one's championship hopes like Al's failure that season.
@PhilipTheBigOne Brayton did win the Pole that year. His quickest lap came on the first day of Time Trials. Luyendyk's sizzling 237.498 mph lap came on day-2. He was placed on the grid BEHIND the first day qualifiers.
With the lack of National TV coverage with the balance of the series (excluding Indy), I would never sign a major sponsorship contract like that for an entire year, unless I KNEW that I was going to be able to run fast at Indy. The entire series is centered around Indy. That's why they're called "Indy Cars", and that's also why they call the sanctioning body "Indy Car" (granted that's a Tony George creation)
@PhilipTheBigOne Roberto Guerrero was the first to break the 230 mph barrier but it is Arie Luyendyk that hold the one lap (239) and four lap records (236?) from 1996. He did it on the 2nd day of qualifying so he did not earn the pole.
Lap traffic is going to play a big role in this race, as it has in the past. I'm sure the spotters are going to have their hands full. The only reason why the Lotus Powered cars made the field is because there were only 34 cars on the entry list.
They could have with 8 teams at the 1996 Indy 500. But CART wanted to go with a moral victory race due to the 25/8 rule. Also it’s quite ironic that Roger and AJ were talking like friends at the beginning but hated each other in CART and AJ led the charge for the split and Tony George was happy to oblige. Also roger knew the next time not to run black and gold at Indy. That car looks horrible don’t know what roger was thinking at that time not having the classic red and white liverly.
I totally agree, while i couldn't exactly say that and figure that out for myself, i don't doubt it. I could easily see that happening as lots of things these days have come to company based funding rather than driver skill.
Those cars sound so awesome ... I hope the new turbo engines will bring back at least a little of that amazing sound. Oh, and bringing back 900hp would be great too ... but I'm not holding my breath!
There'll be engine and chassis competition next year. If the chasis and engine availability is up compared to this year's, we could easily have 40 cars trying to qualify for the 97th Indy 500.
Ahh the end of the USAC era and the end of Indy's great legacy. I hope to see this style of car come back and see Indy get back to where it was before the split.
It is de facto spec as Chevrolet and Toyota left while Panoz left to work on the Panoz DP01 Cosworth for Champ Car and the Panoz Esperante GTLM for the American Le Mans Series. New indycars are to return for 2012.
I do as well. Many of the privateer teams couldn't afford to buy all new cars. The swoopy new cars and new engine packages at $300,000.00 plus just too rich for their blood.
I support the principles that INDY stands for. I'm talking about EARNING your way into the field, by being one the 33 fastest car & drivers,not BUYING IT. Atfer the 6:00pm gun in '95 ,Did Penske try to pimp a ride for "Little Al"? NO! How about Emmo? NO! The team went back to G/Alley, locked the doors, & took it like men. I respect him for that. Piss away your "dollars" I'll stick to the true idealism of what Indy is intended to be. Integrity is not something you BUY...don't you know that?
He meant paying a qualified driver to sit out and put his drivers in. And yes, Penske did make a deal with Rahal. That was Bobby paying the favor back for 1994,when he had to lease two of Roger's backups to make the field.
Panoz didn't actually LEAVE, they just fell so far behind nobody wanted to use the chassis. It was still legal for series use in 2007 but due to lack of development is now only allowed in the 500. But of course, it's so far behind that nobody in their right mind would use it.
@TheCarlsonsRaiders I agree IRL racing lost a lot of quality but your statement is wrong: Castroneves took the 2010 pole with a 227.970; the three bumped cars in 1995 ran in the 224's. In fact the 1996 field (without CART teams) still has the record for the fastest single lap, the fastest four laps, and the 2nd fastest field ever. In 1997 when they went to the non-turbos the field average dropped from nearly 228 down to 212! The fastest average qualifying field was at 228.654 in 2002.
I was watching the 1992 CART race at Phoenix... Sam Posey said that with the rate the Indy speeds were increasing at the time, that the 300 MPH barrier would be broken in 2015. Um, oops?
@@Secretarian - the USAC ones could The driver had to come off the throttle, reset the boost, or turn it down, and then get back on the throttle. But once the valve was lifted, that was an attempt thrown away
Don't get me wrong....AJ has done some wonderful things for people at Indy. Given rides in back-up cars......drivers like Jim McElreath (Winner of the Calif 500 in 1970) in a Foyt B/U car, Donnie Allison, "Ziggy" Snider, Al Unser Sr. (1965). But I have nothing but contempt for what he did to Bruno.
The one thing I care about is to see the codes and principles of what this great race has stood for since 1911 be preserved at ALL COST. For the last time...... This is INDY.......Go FAST....or GO HOME.
Only one engine has been allowed in the IndyCar Series since 2006 as Toyota and Chevrolet left at the end of 2005. Panoz left after the 2006 season. Today's Dallara Honda just has to be driven flat-out to keep up the speed, but the old CART machines had a great balance of power and downforce.
Only because they let them run plenty of different styles. Nothing wrong with IndyCar sanctioning it, as their own series: so long as the options remain open, and they let them go after track records. It's a dangerous sport (Godspeed, Dan)...and they have to be allowed to be badasses.
Other teams used that engine & made the race. It was a combination of the chassis not being as good as it should've been & the 1995 Mercedes Engine not having the power to compensate for it like the 1994 Engine did, that's why they failed to make the show. Roger shoulda swallowed his pride & borrowed a Reynard Chassis earlier than he did, one of Emmo's speeds was actually fast enough to make the show but Roger waived off the attempt. Crazy thing is that Unser Jr would finish 2nd at Michigan later that year in the same engine & chassis combo...
AH-HAH! I KNEW IT!! You're a marketer for RHR Sponsors! You don't give a CRAP about the the rich, sacred traditions, as well as of code of performance, integrity and pure sport, that makes the Indy 500 the Greatest Race in the World. You can take your RC, your Sun Drop, and your clearly AA bias views, and use it as a suppository! Give your tickets to someone who appreciates what it really means to qualify and race at Indianapolis.
You obviously have no respect for the long-standing tradition and code of performance that this race demands and deserves. This code goes far beyond the realms of what you loosely call "business". This race itself means MORE than that....this race is GREATER than that. This code of integrity and respect for the traditions of this race need to be observed by everyone involved....no matter what it may cost.
USAC screwed Penske in 1995. Roger sunk so much money in the engine from 1994 that they didn't have as much money to develop the chassis. Watch the '94 500. Penskes were slow in the turns but extremely fast down the straights. So fast that Emmo lapped the entire field except for Little Al, who lapped the entire field except for Villenueve. Emmo had the race easy but crashed trying to lap Little Al. The engine had so much more speed that USAC banned it in 1995. All the rest of the races the Penske Car was fast with Little Al winning 4 races and only finished 2nd in the points because of a few breakdowns and getting caught up in someone else's crash. USAC was famous for mismanaging the 500. Goodyear won the race but passed the pace car because USAC thought it would be cool to put a celebrity in it for the entire race. They always let the cars pick up speed in the short chute between 3 and 4 so the turbo could get lit up and restarts wouldn't be at a dangerous crawl going into turn 1. When Goodyear came out of 4 the pace car was going about 55 mph when it should have been going 95 mph. That's why they black flagged him. They should have black flagged the pace car driver. In all reality they should have waved off the restart and instructed the pace car driver what he should be doing and that he just about caused a pile up in turn 4. Complete f-bomb up by USAC race officials and really stupid to put a celebrity in the pace car instead of the regular IndyCar pace car driver. I forget the celebrity's name because I was at the race and only heard about it later on and never watched the race on tv until TH-cam came out. I remember thinking why isn't the pace car flying by like it normally does. I was sitting in that short chute where I could see down the straight a little ways and saw all the cars about running into the back of each other.
@ChampCarforlife Awesome! Both days were full of drama and surprises. Much better now that the best talent from the two split leagues has been reunited. No ugly ducklings in the back of the field anymore. Now let's get the turbos back, get some variety of chassis and engines, and get those speeds up! With better safety features I'd like to see these cars over 240mph at IMS.
Reynard chassis's and 2.65L Turbo V8's. We were spoiled in the 90's.
We were lucky to be alive in the 90's and witness it, thanks for "fixing it" Tony George.
@@mazatleco17 Good Tony is out!
No kidding. That 95 Reynard to this day IMHO remains the peak of an IndyCar chassis. It was just so beautifully designed on top of being so technologically advanced. Even Arie Luyendyk said that chassis was so good when he was using it at the speedway in 96 that his team considered taking the rear wing off because they kept trimming it out and trimming it out and it only got faster.
But yea, what I'll miss most are those Turbo V8's. I wish there was some way for Indycar today to replicate that sound in their engines today because it was just so freakin good to listen to. It was for a lack of a better word orgasmic to my ears.
@@Jonathan83X today’s engines are thankfully turbocharged, just sounds flat like something is just missing.
This was one of the saddest days for me as a Little Al and Team Penske fan. :( No doubt this was part of what made the Indianapolis 500 so special.
This sealed the split
That was a great graphic overlay they put on the video to show trap speeds around the track. Derek Daly was a good colour commentator.
How did they have this back then, but not now?!!
Agreed. Derek Daly could read the phone book and make it sound interesting 😊
the engine sound is amazing
The crowd cheering loud enough to be heard over Davey Hamilton’s car at the announcement the pacers beat the knicks was fantastic
The rivalry was high back in the day
I was out there this day they were
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26 years ago. The difference between then and now. I got chills as if I was watching this live.
Me to I grew up going to IMS
Oh how I miss that beautiful sound.
Without a doubt, this was the biggest Bump Day upset ever. But 2011 may have been the most dramatic Bump Day in history. Marco, Briscoe, Conway, Hunter-Reay, Danica, Graham, and Paul Tracy (all of whom could be expected to hunt for a Top 10 if not contend for the win) all had to fight their way into the field, and not all of them made it. Not the same caliber as Al Jr & Emmo, but more noteworthy drivers were involved.
It nor even close we are talking about best indycar team ever and this was only a year after most dominant car ever
McLaren and Alonso getting bumped was pretty big too. Or Will Power almost getting bumped this year. The 90s were definitely the height of modern IndyCar though.
Alonso and Rahal this year were pretty big too
The Rahal crew later said they gave Penske some perfectly good Lola's and they went and turned them into Penske's.
Penske blows.
Penske waived off a run that would have easily put Fittipaldi in
Al Jr would say that he quite liked the Lola, despite its propensity for vapour lock. He said it was a very driveable car that was quite easy to set up. He just didn’t have the time he needed in it.
Rahal owed him because of the help that Penske gave him in '94 even though Rahal couldn't get up to speed with it.
It was one of the most shocking upsets in motorsports history and at Indianapolis. Everyone thought after 1994 that Team Penske would easily breeze through qualifying at Indianapolis the following year and be near the top of the field, but some of the time, even the best prepared and well-funded teams can run into problems.
Ahhh, the good ol' days, before TG fucked things up. Series hasn't recovered since...
it took them to this year to get RA back on the schedule, yep a long way to go
No oensle and csrt fucked thing's up
@@AlonsoRulesneed more ovals
Boy do I miss the sound of these cars.
I'm an Indiana native and have been going to the speedway since I was a lad... I have been to 35 Indy 500s and myriads of qualifications....you watch them on TV and it looks fast but when your at the speedway and sitting in turn one you really get a sense of how fast they are going....my wife and I were at the speedway this may for qualifying and got to see those guys going into turn three at 243 ... when they come out of turn 4 heading down towards the yard of bricks they look like a dart....there isn't any place like the Indianapolis motor speedway...you can just feel the history when you walk thru the gates...I admonished any race fan to put Indy on there bucket list...the speedway won't disappoint...🏎️🏎️🏎️
This was a sad day at Indy indeed, I remember watching this play out & feeling so bad for Emmo & Al but it's Indy & the name of the game was either be fast enough to make the show or pack up & go home. No one or team was immune from it, not even mighty Team Penske a year after their biggest victory ever. We'll never know how that race would've gone had Unser Jr & Emmo been in the field...
true but, in a way, that is what made this era so interesting
I was so happy. I hated the Penske dominance the year before
I remember that year and when the Penske drivers failed to qualify I felt certain that Michael Andretti driving for Newman Haas had his best chance ever at winning the 500. But he touched the wall on lap 77 and bent a rod on the right front. :(
CART: The best series ever.
thank you for the personal throwback. I love it!
I would like to know what Tony George and USAC were Smoking when they created the 25/8 rule in 1996 and creating the IRL with those horrible NA engines in 1997.
He was just being the spoiled brat he was because no one at CART wanted to hear any of his ideas.
I've purged that from my memory. 2018 was 1996 as far as I'm concerned.
I guess they just got tired of worrying about things like turbochargers “pop-off” valves, etc.
Bobby Rahal probably said it best at the time...
“With a “spec“ normally aspirated motor, “spec” car, and “spec” tire, I guess they’re trying to make it, a “no brainer“. “
Penske and other were ruibing indy car racing. Indy 500 is and indycar was supposed to be all american and ovals
Roger Penske hasnt aged a day...
JV drank the milk after 505 miles. Go Canada!!
And Penske, Andretti, Gannasi, and Rahal want to eliminate this in favor of the 25/8 rule SMH
I'm pretty sure Rahal spoke out against guaranteed spots.
@Mark Grudt Glad Penske bought the Track
They probably only agreed with it for their benefit.
to watch this video for a few minutes is more valuable than all FIRL did between 1996 until nowadays
Just listen to these beautiful machines
5:49 Emmo had never run a Lola at Indy before (and as it happened, never did start the race in one), but he did finish the '88 season in a Lola for Pat Patrick after they gave up on the March 88c they had started the season with.
The track graphic with the speeds being updated during the lap was a great idea.
i hope the new cars of 2018 like this cars in engine. Epic!!!
Well they don't sound as good but they still sound great and unique.
They don't :(
This race probably cost Al Unser Jr. the 1995 Championship.
It most certainly did.
Some say it also triggered his alcoholism that caused his career to decline afterwards
Both, unfortunately are true.
@@TimmyTickle I heard he lost a daughter (or son IDK) around that time too
i'd just like to thank tony george for ruining this great event. look at beautiful and fast looking cars. was the irl an improvement over this?
Joey Kowailw well they found out in 12 years that it wasn’t and his sisters fired him and he resigned as being IMS president.
If you consider a bunch of C-grade short-track dirt racers from the Midwest in ugly, subpar cars to be an improvement, then yes, the IRL was an improvement
@@TimmyTickle USAC still had a pull because they officiated the race. USAC should have been kicked out of indy long before in the 80s.
his creation costed him the speedway.
yes. a giant improvement
you got that right. And wow, they are actually showing and acknowledging CART?
I find something strange, I’ve watch this twice in the past year or so but haven’t managed to watch a IndyCar race, live or otherwise in that time!
The series had an international presence both in driver lineup and racing avenues like Surfers Paradise (Australia), Rio (Brazil) at the time. Tony George created IRL (Indy Racing League) so that it can be cheaper for teams and drivers. It ignited the end of CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) the most brilliant and the only name that can describe IndyCar as a whole series. IRL literally had no colour/color.
JohnOffroader1999 what were Tony George and USAC smoking when they started that bush league organization called the IRL ?
The IRL was created because TG thought that there weren't enough Americans in the Indy 500
Anthony Kernich he never should have gotten the power to even create that league with the Hulman family fortune and the brickyard 400 revenue.
The Brickyard 400 bankrolled the IRL
Anthony Kernich TG was probably triggered when Fittipaldi drank orange juice instead of milk after winning in '93
Love those turbos.
@PhilipTheBigOne Brayton did win the Pole that year. His quickest lap came on the first day of Time Trials. Luyendyk's sizzling 237.498 mph lap came on day-2. He was placed on the grid BEHIND the first day qualifiers. They can only make a run at the Pole on the first day.
It always amazes me to see how IMS was and what upgrades they have made. No place like it one earth
Michael Andretti should've followed the example of Penske, "Little Al", and "Emmo". Did Penske try to pimp a ride for "Little Al" or Emmo"? NO!!
Penske wheeled & dealed..but when the 6 o'clock gun went off, it all stopped. The Penske Team simply went back to the garage, locked the doors, cut their losses, and took it like the men and champions they are. I applaud them for that.Why? Simple.They respect the sacredness of qualifying at Indy and what it means.
This is INDY. Go FAST...or go HOME.
Thanks for posting.. When racing was racing, and men were men! lol
Who’s here after Penske has another car on the bubble in 2021?
The day that Roger failed....
…So he bought the track AND the series
At those time, engines used to ROAR! Now they whistle...
I missed the days when they had Marlboro in their cars. I started watching racing when I was 8 1/2 in 2003, I was 9 that year. I like the old stuff. Also the nitro turbo noise.
The day when the capitan and his cars were out of the 500, epic.
My gosh that sound!!!!
I do, I was having such a good time going out to the track for the entire month of may.
Afterthought: I DO like the idea of Indy Car trying to open things up a little bit, getting away from the "Spec Car and Spec Motors" we've seen in recent years. The new cars are just about the same speed, and the monocoque (or tub) is a little wider and safer. But, they still need to do something with those damn catch-fences (or as I call them....."Cheese Graters"
Knowing what we know now about the split, this was a dark day for Indy.
MAKE BUMP DAY GREAT AGAIN
Saudades do tempo de Ouro da in indy .
one thing that has not changed is the drama of bump day. this one though, was the best one.
Think about this, had Al qualified, he could've been the Indycar champion that year. Never a miss more costly to one's championship hopes like Al's failure that season.
All other things being equal, Al would have needed a 4th.
do you guys think he would´ve had the car to finish 4th or above?
@PhilipTheBigOne Brayton did win the Pole that year. His quickest lap came on the first day of Time Trials. Luyendyk's sizzling 237.498 mph lap came on day-2. He was placed on the grid BEHIND the first day qualifiers.
With the lack of National TV coverage with the balance of the series (excluding Indy), I would never sign a major sponsorship contract like that for an entire year, unless I KNEW that I was going to be able to run fast at Indy. The entire series is centered around Indy. That's why they're called "Indy Cars", and that's also why they call the sanctioning body "Indy Car" (granted that's a Tony George creation)
My god!!! Just look how fast they used to go! That is impressive. Today's indycars blow.
@PhilipTheBigOne Roberto Guerrero was the first to break the 230 mph barrier but it is Arie Luyendyk that hold the one lap (239) and four lap records (236?) from 1996. He did it on the 2nd day of qualifying so he did not earn the pole.
Lap traffic is going to play a big role in this race, as it has in the past. I'm sure the spotters are going to have their hands full. The only reason why the Lotus Powered cars made the field is because there were only 34 cars on the entry list.
The real Indycar Championship died in 1995.
Congratulations to Jacques Villeneuve - the last Indycar champion.
geds7 Exactly what happened after 1995? They changed the point standings?
in 1996, indycar split into 2 series
There's a video about it somewhere on youtube, just look up IndyCar split. Better than someone on here trying to explain it in a longass comment...
The Last Real Indycar Champion Died In 1978
This may be a dumb question but did the 500 work when irl and cart existed at the same time?
The IRL ran in the Indy 500, CART teams raced in the U.S. 500 at Roger Penske's Michigan Speedway
They could have with 8 teams at the 1996 Indy 500. But CART wanted to go with a moral victory race due to the 25/8 rule. Also it’s quite ironic that Roger and AJ were talking like friends at the beginning but hated each other in CART and AJ led the charge for the split and Tony George was happy to oblige. Also roger knew the next time not to run black and gold at Indy. That car looks horrible don’t know what roger was thinking at that time not having the classic red and white liverly.
I totally agree, while i couldn't exactly say that and figure that out for myself, i don't doubt it. I could easily see that happening as lots of things these days have come to company based funding rather than driver skill.
how i miss those engine sound, and the old PPG Indycar Series. Good times. This IZOD Indycar is a crap.
Those cars sound so awesome ... I hope the new turbo engines will bring back at least a little of that amazing sound.
Oh, and bringing back 900hp would be great too ... but I'm not holding my breath!
Thank God you didn't hold your breath.
The Most Elated Person At Indy That Day Was Pat Patrick.
@thevmanvj
Back in the day you could tell these cars were bad ass faster than the crapwagon cars.
Looks like a beautiful day. Back when sunlight was yellow.
Someone here after Will Power did not manage to quality in qualy day 1 and has to go to bump day?
I miss the old bump day they drama was great
There'll be engine and chassis competition next year. If the chasis and engine availability is up compared to this year's, we could easily have 40 cars trying to qualify for the 97th Indy 500.
Wow. In 1995, the exit speed out of turn two would have gotten pole in 2010.
This was the start of Al jr depression. His life would never be the same.
Ahh the end of the USAC era and the end of Indy's great legacy. I hope to see this style of car come back and see Indy get back to where it was before the split.
If CART kept control of the series, who knows what would happen?
Cart Did Not Know Shirt
fantastic.
@TheCarlsonsRaiders
Those cars were bad ass in 1995! It will be interesting how the V6 engine turbo chargers would perform.
Just goes to show Indy shows no favorites to any driver or team
It is de facto spec as Chevrolet and Toyota left while Panoz left to work on the Panoz DP01 Cosworth for Champ Car and the Panoz Esperante GTLM for the American Le Mans Series. New indycars are to return for 2012.
ペンスキー勢はその前の2レース（ロングビーチ、ナザレス）と連勝していたけど、インディアナポリスに来たら純粋に遅くてレイナード、ローラのシャシーを借りたが仕上げる時間もなく予選落ち。
仕様がハイスピードのオーバルなので違うけど驚き。
5:50 ボビー・レイホールのチームから借りたから、カラーリングがそのままでスポンサーを張り替えている
I do as well. Many of the privateer teams couldn't afford to buy all new cars. The swoopy new cars and new engine packages at $300,000.00 plus just too rich for their blood.
I support the principles that INDY stands for. I'm talking about EARNING your way into the field, by being one the 33 fastest car & drivers,not BUYING IT. Atfer the 6:00pm gun in '95 ,Did Penske try to pimp a ride for "Little Al"? NO! How about Emmo? NO! The team went back to G/Alley, locked the doors, & took it like men. I respect him for that. Piss away your "dollars" I'll stick to the true idealism of what Indy is intended to be. Integrity is not something you BUY...don't you know that?
Interestingly, the next week Penske swept the podium in Milwaukee with Little Al in first, Emmo in second and Paul Tracy in third.
Penske did try to buy his way in the field by buying rahals backup cars trying to get in
He meant paying a qualified driver to sit out and put his drivers in. And yes, Penske did make a deal with Rahal. That was Bobby paying the favor back for 1994,when he had to lease two of Roger's backups to make the field.
Panoz didn't actually LEAVE, they just fell so far behind nobody wanted to use the chassis. It was still legal for series use in 2007 but due to lack of development is now only allowed in the 500. But of course, it's so far behind that nobody in their right mind would use it.
@TheCarlsonsRaiders I agree IRL racing lost a lot of quality but your statement is wrong: Castroneves took the 2010 pole with a 227.970; the three bumped cars in 1995 ran in the 224's. In fact the 1996 field (without CART teams) still has the record for the fastest single lap, the fastest four laps, and the 2nd fastest field ever. In 1997 when they went to the non-turbos the field average dropped from nearly 228 down to 212! The fastest average qualifying field was at 228.654 in 2002.
I miss that lap graphic overlay.
I was watching the 1992 CART race at Phoenix... Sam Posey said that with the rate the Indy speeds were increasing at the time, that the 300 MPH barrier would be broken in 2015.
Um, oops?
How is it Penske were able to use so many different types of chassis?
They leased two Lolas from Rahal, and a Reynard from...someone, can't remember.
Say what you want...I would rather "bite the bullet", and cut my losses.....sink or swim. The sacredness of Indy means THAT much.
Well that was a gutsy final attempt by Unser, he brought his speeds up each lap, but that lap 1 killed his chances.
Didn’t the pop-off valve go on his first lap?
@@nathanwilliams2152 I thought that once a pop off valve let go, it could not be reset from inside the cockpit.
@@Secretarian - the USAC ones could The driver had to come off the throttle, reset the boost, or turn it down, and then get back on the throttle. But once the valve was lifted, that was an attempt thrown away
Don't get me wrong....AJ has done some wonderful things for people at Indy. Given rides in back-up cars......drivers like Jim McElreath (Winner of the Calif 500 in 1970) in a Foyt B/U car, Donnie Allison, "Ziggy" Snider, Al Unser Sr. (1965).
But I have nothing but contempt for what he did to Bruno.
The one thing I care about is to see the codes and principles of what this great race has stood for since 1911 be preserved at ALL COST. For the last time......
This is INDY.......Go FAST....or GO HOME.
Only one engine has been allowed in the IndyCar Series since 2006 as Toyota and Chevrolet left at the end of 2005. Panoz left after the 2006 season.
Today's Dallara Honda just has to be driven flat-out to keep up the speed, but the old CART machines had a great balance of power and downforce.
@iRacerMatt
The rules for 2012 will be at 700 horsepower on road courses and 600 HP on ovals using twin turbo V6 engines.
10:30 Pacers Win! Pacers Win!
Only because they let them run plenty of different styles. Nothing wrong with IndyCar sanctioning it, as their own series: so long as the options remain open, and they let them go after track records. It's a dangerous sport (Godspeed, Dan)...and they have to be allowed to be badasses.
28:42 driving with broken ankle and bruised knees.
Penske was committed to that slow Mercedes engine that year. I think that was their big failure.
Other teams used that engine & made the race. It was a combination of the chassis not being as good as it should've been & the 1995 Mercedes Engine not having the power to compensate for it like the 1994 Engine did, that's why they failed to make the show. Roger shoulda swallowed his pride & borrowed a Reynard Chassis earlier than he did, one of Emmo's speeds was actually fast enough to make the show but Roger waived off the attempt. Crazy thing is that Unser Jr would finish 2nd at Michigan later that year in the same engine & chassis combo...
Good times in CART.
Jon: "Congratulations Tony, did you even think that you'd bump out Emerson?"
Tony: "No, and I hated to see it happen!"
BIG LIAR!...lol
Super relevant now...
StoneXL thank god Tony George is not relevant now.
AH-HAH! I KNEW IT!! You're a marketer for RHR Sponsors! You don't give a CRAP about the the rich, sacred traditions, as well as of code of performance, integrity and pure sport, that makes the Indy 500 the Greatest Race in the World. You can take your RC, your Sun Drop, and your clearly AA bias views, and use it as a suppository! Give your tickets to someone who appreciates what it really means to qualify and race at Indianapolis.
You obviously have no respect for the long-standing tradition and code of performance that this race demands and deserves.
This code goes far beyond the realms of what you loosely call "business".
This race itself means MORE than that....this race is GREATER than that.
This code of integrity and respect for the traditions of this race need to be observed by everyone involved....no matter what it may cost.
@TheCarlsonsRaiders
By the way the cars today are about 20 miles slower than the cars back in 1995.
USAC screwed Penske in 1995. Roger sunk so much money in the engine from 1994 that they didn't have as much money to develop the chassis. Watch the '94 500. Penskes were slow in the turns but extremely fast down the straights. So fast that Emmo lapped the entire field except for Little Al, who lapped the entire field except for Villenueve. Emmo had the race easy but crashed trying to lap Little Al. The engine had so much more speed that USAC banned it in 1995. All the rest of the races the Penske Car was fast with Little Al winning 4 races and only finished 2nd in the points because of a few breakdowns and getting caught up in someone else's crash. USAC was famous for mismanaging the 500. Goodyear won the race but passed the pace car because USAC thought it would be cool to put a celebrity in it for the entire race. They always let the cars pick up speed in the short chute between 3 and 4 so the turbo could get lit up and restarts wouldn't be at a dangerous crawl going into turn 1. When Goodyear came out of 4 the pace car was going about 55 mph when it should have been going 95 mph. That's why they black flagged him. They should have black flagged the pace car driver. In all reality they should have waved off the restart and instructed the pace car driver what he should be doing and that he just about caused a pile up in turn 4. Complete f-bomb up by USAC race officials and really stupid to put a celebrity in the pace car instead of the regular IndyCar pace car driver. I forget the celebrity's name because I was at the race and only heard about it later on and never watched the race on tv until TH-cam came out. I remember thinking why isn't the pace car flying by like it normally does. I was sitting in that short chute where I could see down the straight a little ways and saw all the cars about running into the back of each other.
@PhilipTheBigOne
Wrong! It's held by Arie Luyendyk.
@ChampCarforlife Awesome! Both days were full of drama and surprises. Much better now that the best talent from the two split leagues has been reunited. No ugly ducklings in the back of the field anymore. Now let's get the turbos back, get some variety of chassis and engines, and get those speeds up! With better safety features I'd like to see these cars over 240mph at IMS.