The way FSN did the starting grids is the way it should be done. Every driver named, every driver a story. And most of all, drivers with personalities.
I've watched IRL/Indycar from it's inception and it is truly better now than it has been in 20 years...even before the split. The racing is fantastic and the drivers are there. Also...since F1 has turned into more of a ride buyers organization all the top flight drivers on the GP2/3 ladder are now coming into IndyCar instead...so in essence, the better talent is in IndyCar..no matter what all the F1 snobs say.
A series full of single file street races, and foreign names that no one (sadly for the most part) cares about is not better. The oval track product that this series has had and still has, has always been the best. Shame they don't oval race more now.
Michael McIntyre I agree, I do enjoy the roads, but ovals are unbelievable..but when they dropped virtually all ISC tracks, the ovals were lost, and ever since Dan's (my fav Indy driver) accident, the series seems too 'chicken' if you will, to add more ovals back to the schedule
BroncosHeat ...I dont think it's the series being "Chicken" as much as it's economy. If they were afraid of ovals they'd leave Texas, Pocono, and California at the least. The fact is...the ovals just dont generate the same amount of money road and street races do. The series has made it no secret they want to be back at Phoenix, Michigan, Chicagoland, etc...but the financials just arent there for them to work.
I supported the IRL from its inception. I agreed with what it tried to do; make OWL a driver's series the way NASCAR is and not a technology series that CART had become and I like oval racing much better than road courses. Maybe it was an idea whose time hadn't come yet but it saddens me that the IRL has become another CART. I don't want to see another OWL schism but I hope the IRL will eventually become what TG hoped it would.
Irl was a bad product, a mediocre product with mediocre drivers. Indycar is getting better now because is taking back the path of CART. It has everything: drivers from all over the world, american champions (as you wanted), oval and road races, excellent cars (just look at the 2018 cars). Irl was just a terrible idea that ruined a great sport. Tony George had some good ideas, but certainly making this damage to the world of indycar puts him in an indefensible position, that's it.
Marco Lorenzoni I’m mean if it didn’t have the INDY 500 the IRL would not have lasted as long as it did. IMS bankrolled this series through the Brickyard 400 ticket sales and his most of his own family Fortune
The 1996 Indy 500 was one of the worst races in motorsports history. The prestige of the Indy 500 built up over the previous decades was actually tarnished. Tony Hulman would be turning in his grave.
Exactly! These cars go faster on ovals than on road courses. That's why there are few road courses in NASCAR. And it's easier to pass on an oval. That may be why you won't find too many NASCAR fans watching IRL races today. And one more thing. The drivers you mentioned were able to race because the IRL's lower cost made it easier to find a sponsor. It cost $10 mil to drive in CART but only $3 mil for an IRL entry. Now, these drivers will not get a chance to race because the IRL is too expensive
Me too. I mean the Buyout of Champ Car's assets and letting the teams and drivers in 2008 didn't have to mean COPYING CART and Champ Car. Its Deja-Vu all over again. Its Much easier to win over Nascar fans in the usa than win over the few F1/ SportsCar Racing fans. What drew me to the IRL is the stories and likeable and relatable guys like Scott Sharp, Billy Boat, Greg Ray, Buddy and Jacques Lazier.
For the safety of IndyCars, the only ovals I find safe are Auto Club, Charlotte, Chicagoland, Gateway, Homestead, Indianapolis, Iowa, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, Phoenix, Pocono, Richmond, and Texas. Other NASCAR ovals that I didn't mention are extremely fast (especially Las Vegas, race shouldn't have taken place), Kentucky because of the increase of the banking in 1 and 2, Atlanta because of the pavement, Kansas because of the extreme speeds, and Michigan because of the speed still in the asphalt. The track can't be extremely fast, if it poses a risk, or too steep. Atlanta would still be unsafe when they eventually repave it. Although in the 2001 zMax 500K there was a multi-car crash that ended IndyCar racing at the 1.54-mile facility.
Michigan used to hold the Michigan 500 for decades when the track was still owned by Roger Penske so I don't understand your argument that Michigan is too fast for Indycar's. Texas has more banking than Kentucky Speedway, the only argument against Kentucky is the narrowing of the track from 72 to 52 feet in 2016. Kansas's variable banking might be an issue but Indycar already goes to Iowa which has variable banking so maybe not.
Oh my god, I wrote this comment 8 YEARS AGO! Unbelievable how fast time flies... Back then I was only watching racing... This year, I'll be racing for the first time in my life! Formula Vees at Piracicaba. I'm leaving another comment here just so when I come back years later, I find this. I'm currently at my seat in my store, my mom is working on a furniture with my sister and I'm just waiting here since it's almost time to go home. I know I'm gonna feel nostalgic after reading this, but just so I know, Im gonna give my mom a huge hug now, and when I get home I'll be with my dad, my sister and my dogs. I'll be here to share more in the future.
The way FSN did the starting grids is the way it should be done.
Every driver named, every driver a story. And most of all, drivers with personalities.
I loved the sound of these engines.
i like the starting gird's from 6:16 - 9:00 when all the drivers are having fun, the indycar series should do something similar to this
Yes!!! Thank you oh so much for this one! I have been hoping to see this one forever! Thank you greatly!
That Sam Schmidt and Lazier contact was freaking frightening
I've watched IRL/Indycar from it's inception and it is truly better now than it has been in 20 years...even before the split.
The racing is fantastic and the drivers are there. Also...since F1 has turned into more of a ride buyers organization all the top flight drivers on the GP2/3 ladder are now coming into IndyCar instead...so in essence, the better talent is in IndyCar..no matter what all the F1 snobs say.
A series full of single file street races, and foreign names that no one (sadly for the most part) cares about is not better.
The oval track product that this series has had and still has, has always been the best. Shame they don't oval race more now.
They race equal number of ovals, streets, and natural terrain road courses....I fail to see the issue.
Michael McIntyre I agree, I do enjoy the roads, but ovals are unbelievable..but when they dropped virtually all ISC tracks, the ovals were lost, and ever since Dan's (my fav Indy driver) accident, the series seems too 'chicken' if you will, to add more ovals back to the schedule
BroncosHeat ...I dont think it's the series being "Chicken" as much as it's economy. If they were afraid of ovals they'd leave Texas, Pocono, and California at the least. The fact is...the ovals just dont generate the same amount of money road and street races do.
The series has made it no secret they want to be back at Phoenix, Michigan, Chicagoland, etc...but the financials just arent there for them to work.
1.5 mile oval pack racing is just too stupid and ISC are also money hungry
I supported the IRL from its inception. I agreed with what it tried to do; make OWL a driver's series the way NASCAR is and not a technology series that CART had become and I like oval racing much better than road courses. Maybe it was an idea whose time hadn't come yet but it saddens me that the IRL has become another CART. I don't want to see another OWL schism but I hope the IRL will eventually become what TG hoped it would.
Irl was a bad product, a mediocre product with mediocre drivers. Indycar is getting better now because is taking back the path of CART. It has everything: drivers from all over the world, american champions (as you wanted), oval and road races, excellent cars (just look at the 2018 cars). Irl was just a terrible idea that ruined a great sport. Tony George had some good ideas, but certainly making this damage to the world of indycar puts him in an
indefensible position, that's it.
Marco Lorenzoni I’m mean if it didn’t have the INDY 500 the IRL would not have lasted as long as it did. IMS bankrolled this series through the Brickyard 400 ticket sales and his most of his own family Fortune
The 1996 Indy 500 was one of the worst races in motorsports history. The prestige of the Indy 500 built up over the previous decades was actually tarnished.
Tony Hulman would be turning in his grave.
Exactly! These cars go faster on ovals than on road courses. That's why there are few road courses in NASCAR. And it's easier to pass on an oval. That may be why you won't find too many NASCAR fans watching IRL races today. And one more thing. The drivers you mentioned were able to race because the IRL's lower cost made it easier to find a sponsor. It cost $10 mil to drive in CART but only $3 mil for an IRL entry. Now, these drivers will not get a chance to race because the IRL is too expensive
The v8s make them sound like sprint cup cars
11:22 Start
Me too. I mean the Buyout of Champ Car's assets and letting the teams and drivers in 2008 didn't have to mean COPYING CART and Champ Car. Its Deja-Vu all over again.
Its Much easier to win over Nascar fans in the usa than win over the few F1/ SportsCar Racing fans.
What drew me to the IRL is the stories and likeable and relatable guys like Scott Sharp, Billy Boat, Greg Ray, Buddy and Jacques Lazier.
For the safety of IndyCars, the only ovals I find safe are Auto Club, Charlotte, Chicagoland, Gateway, Homestead, Indianapolis, Iowa, Milwaukee, New Hampshire, Phoenix, Pocono, Richmond, and Texas. Other NASCAR ovals that I didn't mention are extremely fast (especially Las Vegas, race shouldn't have taken place), Kentucky because of the increase of the banking in 1 and 2, Atlanta because of the pavement, Kansas because of the extreme speeds, and Michigan because of the speed still in the asphalt. The track can't be extremely fast, if it poses a risk, or too steep. Atlanta would still be unsafe when they eventually repave it. Although in the 2001 zMax 500K there was a multi-car crash that ended IndyCar racing at the 1.54-mile facility.
Michigan used to hold the Michigan 500 for decades when the track was still owned by Roger Penske so I don't understand your argument that Michigan is too fast for Indycar's. Texas has more banking than Kentucky Speedway, the only argument against Kentucky is the narrowing of the track from 72 to 52 feet in 2016. Kansas's variable banking might be an issue but Indycar already goes to Iowa which has variable banking so maybe not.
Now, to my knowledge, the only races missing from this season are both Pikes Peak races and the Las Vegas race.
any chance of uploading the irl las vegas race in 1999 (sam schmidt's only win)
I picked Dismore and Buddy before the race .. 😞 Goodyear was dominating
Do someone know the name of the song in the intro???
Thanks!
Oh my god, I wrote this comment 8 YEARS AGO! Unbelievable how fast time flies... Back then I was only watching racing... This year, I'll be racing for the first time in my life! Formula Vees at Piracicaba.
I'm leaving another comment here just so when I come back years later, I find this.
I'm currently at my seat in my store, my mom is working on a furniture with my sister and I'm just waiting here since it's almost time to go home.
I know I'm gonna feel nostalgic after reading this, but just so I know, Im gonna give my mom a huge hug now, and when I get home I'll be with my dad, my sister and my dogs.
I'll be here to share more in the future.
I don't think they let them get past 9.500 anymore, if even that much.
1:02:07 Jeff Ward doesn't sound Scottish.
These engines🍆💦💦💦💦💦
American muscle sound 😭😭😭
attendance looks iffy