Colton Herta's Amazing Birthday Gift For His Father, hosted by RACER's Marshall Pruett
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- Second-generation IndyCar star Colton Herta surprises his father Bryan with the ultimate birthday present.
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Rarely do birthdays make people feel younger. Props to Colton for turning his dad into a kid again.
No "kidding"!!
"did you do this?" Man that got me emotional. this has to be the coolest present ever. Great job Colton
'90s era CART cars are still the nicest looking and best sounding machines in the history of AOWR.
Bryan's face was priceless. Colton, you did good
Would like to see Colton drive it as well & give his honest assessment of a 1998 car vs. the current car.
Agreed
Interesting re; his comments on relative size, being much tighter than the current Dallara.
98/99 champ cars Are probably a little Faster. 1998. 1.08.146. vs 2022 - 1.11.612
@@darwinLee81283 Comparing at Laguna isn't fair because the last few races with the current cars were held on a very old asphalt. In a track like Long Beach, the current cars are faster, but in a track like Road America the CART cars have the upper hand
@@paulo143PE My Local Midohio track in 1998 Yielded a 1.05.6 Pole lap
2022 Yielded a 1.06.7 Pole lap
Over 1 Second Faster after 25 yrs ??
1999 was 1.05.3
Over 83 laps 200 Miles. The Current Car Would be a Lap Down over the Champ Car
Yea, we need to see this car run under Colton's hands. That would be so cool! Probably sounds better than the current car.
The CART cars were beasts I would always love watching the on-boards on just how explosive the acceleration were on these car.
I've never grew up watching 90s CART, i know they run big power turbo v8s, but were they turbo laggy beasts? Or do they just pull and pull from down low till redline?
They were like any other 90s beasts. No power until 5kish and than ungodly.
I can’t find proof but I recall either it was Ford or Honda that had one small turbo and one large turbo to minimize lag.
@Izz Din the boost was already pretty low by then. Regs were in inMg rather than PSI, but by 99-2000, they were 40 inMg absolute, meaning it included atmospheric pressure.
So, at sea level that means just under about 5 PSI boost pressure on a gauge. Really not much, so the lag shouldn't have been all that terrible, just bear in mind redline by the year 2000 was approaching 15,000 RPM. So, sure, maybe you don't get boost until closer to 5,000, but 5,000 isn't all that much higher than idle speed for one of these engines! Normal operation would be between 8,000 and 15,000 anyway.
It's their ability to achieve such lofty revs that contributed a good bit to the horsepower output despite the big reductions in turbocharger boost pressure as made by the regulations.
Boost was last completely unregulated in the early 1970s. Then they regulated with pop off valves near enough to 100 inMg absolute (once again, meaning subtract ambient air pressure to get what it reads on a boost gauge, which is ~14.7 PSI at sea level) kept going down from there incrementally over the years. To 37 inMg by 2001.
@@dzelpwr excellent fact based reply.
I love that era of Cart Indy Cars.
Can we just take a second to appreciate how this video was uploaded without any unnecessary cuts and how we can experience the moment with these guys? Awesome job, Marshall!
What a fantastic moment captured on video - one thing is to have a photograph to remember the moment it raced, but another is to have the actual car - and still able to run it on a track is the icing on the cake. Congrats to Colton on the find and keeping it secret for so long until now.
That man is stunned and overwhelmed.
So rad.
He outdrove Zanardi to win and he kept Zanardi from making another impossible pass. Great race, great driver, great car. Fix it and drive the heck out of it!!
Actually, i took a 20 year break from indycar between Fontana 1999 and Indy 2020, so Bryan's victory at Laguna Seca 1998 still feels like yesterday for me ...
Yeah, it got kind of hard for me after Greg Moore died that day, too...
1999 was an amazing season with two tragic race weekends to end it. It never quite seemed the same after... then the big name teams and drivers began migrating to IRL not long thereafter.
I still sort-of followed it, but followed F1 more closely and followed ALMS for a time, too. Went to a bunch of ALMS races in the mid to late 2000s.
IndyCar is really getting good again, though. The cars still aren't as wild as late 90s CART, but they're decent enough. The competition and story lines are as good as ever.
I've always known Colton Herta to be such A class act this just goes to prove my initial thoughts of Colton , he truly is a great son to Brian Herta , how many son's would do this for their father .
that was wholesome as hell!
I was there at Laguna when Bryan won that race. If he's able to get the thing up and running and makes to Laguna for the historics, I'll be there.
"You did this", wauw this mean something to Brian. What a star!
Boys and their toys, so wholesome!
I'm not crying. You're crying! What a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it with us, MP.
Rob Dahm has Richie Hearn's Lola/Cosworth car from '97, it would be interesting to see the two on track together if it was running
I remember watching that Laguna Seca race back in the day on Eurosport here in the UK. I was a huge Brian Herta fan back then and I'm as big a fan of Colton now. Those Reynards were gorgeous bits of kit!!
And with that, Colton wins Son of the Century! But Bryan Herta should be proud, he raised that great kid!
What an amazing present. Top class, Colton.
Man those old Indycars were gorgeous
This is one of the most amazing videos on youtube. I mean it.
Pure love.
I to am speechless.
This is brilliant, only thing I love more than the gesture and the car is the fact Bryan Herta Autosport is playing MF DOOM in the shop!! Thanks for sharing Marshall
The game? When was that said, I missed it.
@@armorgeddon No he was a rapper/producer, you can hear his song Rhymes Like Dimes playing in the background from the 10 minute mark onwards 🤝
That's pretty cool, good lad that Colton. Love to see it run at the WeatherTech International Challenge vintage event at Road America in July!
Class people all the way. this was way fun to see and gave a human dimension to some folks we usually see only under the constraints of competition. Beautiful. Makes me a bigger fan than I was before.
Awesome stuff! Now we gotta get Colton and Bryan on the track together with their respective cars for some demo runs.
Has to be a track day at Laguna with Bryan and Colton in this thing now. We need to see it.
Bryan's two wins in CART were both at Laguna Seca, but 1998 was his first win, not his last. And then if he really ran the same car on all the road courses that year, it would mean he was in it when he got an official life size Alex Barron hat at Road America, and then drove it to win at Laguna Seca just two races later. That's a lot of history for one car.
A lot indeed. If it's a winning car and the Eagle Holder, that's amazing.
Plus podiums at Long Beach and Portland in 98. Car's definitely got some history! A first winner in my opinion is much, much more important than a last winner.
I imagine the seller got a few wires crossed and told Colton and Colton never actually went and looked it up. Only way I think he could have been mislead.
This is simply beautiful 😍 What an amazing present by Colton and that reaction from Bryan told it all. He really really appreciated this
This is awesome!
Also, I love Marshall offering to be mechanic for a day again. Great stuff.
Colton Herta you my friend are a good son, way to go, please make sure we see the video if and when he runs it
OH MY! What a wonderful birthday present! I was a fan of Bryan's & of course, been a fan of Colton's! This brought tears seeing Bryan's reaction! Enjoy your car! Love you both! ❤❤❤
My friend and neighbor Ken worked with Brian as the Ford Cosworth engineer. I remember watching Brian race at Long Beach and Fontana. This was great to watch his reaction way to go.
Unbelievable! Greatest Indy video of the year,
How utterly cool! I met Bryan at Cleveland in 97.
😂😂😂 that definitely made my day.. especially when he got in the car 😭😭😭 that look on his face alone
The son gets to live this day forever..., it is called Eternal Love at these levels.
Those cars were beautiful, powerful and loud. Good times!
Great job Colton!
That's a great looking car, too. I'd pick this one a lot playing CART World Series on Playstation.
It’s surprising that we’ve never seen a throwback livery of this Shell car…
That shell livery was beautiful
I live near laguna seca , I was there when this car won , way to go Colton !!!!!! Way to go marshal and the racer channel , I've got tears 😢 😭 🤣 😂 🤧 ❤️
What a Birthday gift and early Fathers Day gift, your a great son and a great person Colton!
This was so wholesome
Love this family
Wow, well done Colton!
This was a fantastic livery, I wish Team Penske put on something similar on Newgarden's No. 2 Shell Chevy.
Some dude, gave me a great deal, he liked the story so he hooked me up. Like the phone rang and it's Colton Herta, son of the man who drove the chassis you have in your possession. Amazing it's still in original condition WITH the engine as well, a rare find indeed. I was about to shed tears myself cause I whole heartedly remember watching that car race back then, hell I was Laguna Seca the day of The Pass. Was happy for Bryan when he finally won, well overdue...
The relationship between the two of them is so awesome.
Thanks all for sharing, Im a happy racefan when I see this. Nice one Colton, you're alright man.
Awesome, awesome, awesome! Way to go, Colton, and thank you Marshall for sharing this with us!
That is awesome! Hope he gets a chance to get it back on a track with you doing the video!
Wow congrats!! How could u not love your son to-do this for his dad time to go back to Laguna to his last win and bring back the memories!!
Best thing I’ve seen all week.
That was awesome! Can't wait to see him drive it again.
What a good kid. He reminds me of my son. ❤
That was simply fantastic.
I am amazed that car has survived, so rare to find old racing cars like this that haven't been repurposed or cannibalised. It's still frozen in time, as it was when he last raced it!
What a good son.
Seems fitting that this be at the Monetary motorsport reunion. (as a demo, it's too new to race)
The best!
Ah you got me tearing up here! What a special gift seeing Bryan's face. What a special son. This was feels good on steroids.
The amazing thing is, that Reynard-Ford could qualify and run quite competitively today.
I will always remember these cars as the best Racecars that were build 🤩 i liked the races so much . Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪
WOW! WHAT A STORY!
I'm speechless, too.
Beautiful car, beautiful era.
Great looking car hats off Colton!
Marshall's Jimmy Bly hat is amazing
The most beautiful open wheel car in the history
It needs a CART logo, beautiful Champ Car.
This was too cool!!! I saw this car run in Cleveland the season it was raced……..what a SOUND!!!
Great story Marshall...Thanks for sharing and for all your hard work this month!
What a great story .. I just watched the replay of the race .. It was a dogfight to the end .. Mr. Herta earned that one he should be proud of that car ..
A great gift, from a great son to a great dad. I am just a schlub who used to race KT100 karts with Bryan when we were teenagers at Indian Dunes and Little Ascot in Southern California. Although it has been 37 plus years since we last saw and/or raced with each other, I remember it as if it were yesterday. He has always been a professional, respectful, and genuine kind of guy, and it seems to me that Colton is very much like him. However, I think Colton is a better driver...LOL! Thak you for posting this video. It brought me to tears, believe it or not. It was very moving watching Bryan's reaction, and then it reminded me that we are not teenagers anymore...😩🤣. Happy belated birthday, Bryan! Troy P.
What a great looking livery
Your a great son Colton made me a fan for life great luck on the 500
given a 96 chassis holds the lap record , that 98 raynard would still probably break it if you could get all the parts to fully prep it
Outstanding work Colton. 🤙
That really is the ultimate birthday gift for Bryan. Hopefully they can get it up and running so he can take it for a ride on the track sometime.
Great stuff! Good job Colton.
Awesome great job Colton
So awesome Colton could do this for his dad!
wow! this was amazing
This is a beautiful video MP.
So cool, I'm pretty sure I saw this car at Long Beach...Great job Colton, and Marshall, thanks for the look inside a great moment.
Awesome gift... Hmm what to give the person who has everything! 😎*We'd flown Stateside for Laguna ( & in 99 when he won there too) so we saw this car win!
Oh no! Not the Jimmy Bly hat!!! Haaahahahaha that's amazing
Now THAT'S a birthday present.
I didn't have strong feelings either way about Colton at the beginning of the video but I've got to say I'm a Colton fan now.
Very cool Colton! Happy belated birthday Bryan. Great set-up Marshall! A great car and & years in CART racing. I look forward to seeing Bryan run Laguna Seca!!! I really love how shocked the whole moment was to Bryan. Thank you for allowing us all to join in the moment!
This is so awesome for his son doing this for his dad and seeing Bryan Herta seeing his old indycar it’s like seeing a old friend these cars were beautiful
Laguna Herta, looks better than I remember it. Indycars from this era where so awesomely cool
This car to me was one of the best looking Cart1998 cars in the series back then...I remember Brian Herta was so dominant at Laguna back in those days..
I wanna see this thing run! These cars were monsters! What a perfect birthday present!
Beautiful Birthday Gift
I love the Hertas. I’ve know them for years. I was at Laguna for both of Bryans wins. This got me all emotional. Great job Colton!
Until this video, I never really appreciated how closely Colton resembles his dad.
WOW !! 😮😮😮 Awesome
What a present! it would be so cool to see that car and Bryan at the Rolex Reunion/Laguna Seca!!!
Bryan is beside himself. Trying to keep his composure