On-Board Lap w/ Mario Andretti from 1966 Indianapolis 500
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- Ride along with racing legend Mario Andretti as he takes laps at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1966. This historic footage showcases the historic 1960s era at the Indianapolis 500.
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Andretti once said: "If everything's under control, you're not going fast enough".
Well you feel the most alive when you are on the verge of death. 🙃
That was Parnelli Jones.
true☑️, turn off or lower traction control in f1 game & you’re faster
Very questionable quote.
sounds like a description of my first few laps at the race track
That's one brave cameraman to hold on to the back of that car like that.
It's a go pro
@@DionHanssen You don't understand jokes do you
@@DionHanssen Da vlees is al serieus zuur zenne!
Ballsy if you ask me. Imaging how fast Andretti could have went with a guy hanging on.
@@dustinlamb7941 As fast as without, duh!
Deflating tire? Dead. Broken suspension? Dead. You sneeze halfway through a corner? Ya guessed it, dead. Indy and F1 in the 60's, 70's, and 80's took balls the size of west Kansas.
Similar to Isle of man TT, the true lasting motorsport event where there is massive risk every second and in every corner.
Similar to Road cycling on any era
PrimeMujica exactly, and the best thing is, most riders dont even get that much money, so its all for the speed and feeling these guys get. Its such an amazing event
The possibility of death may seem exciting and thrilling-until it’s you scraping the mangled and dismembered corpse of your friend or family from the pavement.
@@mikemoggerson6651 so then it stops being thrilling? What better you got to do? Whittle?
Love old footage like this. I’m surprised he didn’t have a cigarette going.
Lol
If it was the 1940s he'd have a cigar. If it was the 1920s he'd have a pipe.
He ran out of fuel for his lighter. Must have been siphoned into the car
Who ever remastered this video deserves a raise!!
Lol chill it was supposed to be a compliment
@jonny j Who pissed in your Cheerios?
It's his Wheaties damnit ! LOL
jonny j get over it, go use your old Minolta and I’ll get better results with a digital CMOS every time
Why do people always get mad when someone uses plain old facts? You're the ones who need to chill..
Hitting those speeds in a tiny death trap you have to muscle around. My hand got a blister just watching this.
No safety whatsoever, just speed.
Cars havent gotten too much faster since then. Just a whole hell of a lot safer
When driving was so tough you had to tape up your hands and put on gloves like a fighter.
um, the fastest lap in 66 was 56.5 @ 159. last year was 40.1 @ 224, and its been as low as 38.1 @236. that is a hell of a lot faster...
Yeah we should make racing dangerous again, safety equipment and measurement is for pussies i love seeing racer head decapitated in crash or flying limbs and racer dying for sake of entertainment rather than boring safe open wheeler racing of today. Just make them wear construction hard hat, google and gloves and off they go 👍
It was far far more dangerous to tour this track at 165 mph in 1966 than it is at over 230 mph today..Amazing
Haven't we met before sweetie??
You must lead such an exciting life..
You sure are sexy...
Thelma Peckerwood what
@@CyrusFisher619 yeah like what
Thelma Peckerwood also, your profile page shows a pig, as well as your description saying you have a pig farm so you would be more likely to be this hog salesman you are talking about
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First time I've ever watched a 'driver' view of the oval racing in the USA and I must say, the track is so deceptive. Respect.
One wrong move and he’d have been a goner. It’s a good thing Mario Andretti was Mario Andretti!
RogueTrader 101 yeah thanks were aware Mario Andretti is Mario Andretti dumbass
Nathaniel Perry If Mario Andretti was “Mario Andretti Dumbass” then he’d definitely have hit the wall...
@@nathanielperry9654 You clearly are too smart for humor.
Just imagine what would've happened if he were Marío Andrettí....
@@rabdelhamidr7207 underrated comment...👀
Back in the day when the cars were just big enough to fit your balls in.
FlatBuster 🤣 so true.
121bham lmao what
121bham bruh since when was racing an Indy car a requirement for being a man
@121bham You've got some balls saying that!
Mclaren71Slater gottem
I'm not a race car driver by any means, but I was able to drive a Winston Cup car in the Richard Petty Experience. At my measly 145 mph, the forces on your helmeted head, body and hands is shocking. Hats off to these guys that sit in a car for several hours, much less inches apart. Anyone who says that they are not athletes, should try this themselves.
It’s crazy to think how much has changed. I appreciate how tradition continues
This is incredible footage. Thank you guys for posting it.
@Zach May I was just going to say the same thing. Absolutely incredible footage. Thank you so much for posting this and sharing it.
The volume is a little low.
My dad and uncle worked for Ford and Chrysler's. The 1968 Indianapolis 500 was the last of eight races I was lucky to attend. I entered the Marine Corp in Oct 68.
After Vietnam I settled in the San Diego area. Through the years I continue to watch this great spectacle on TV. "Gentlemen Start Your Engines"
Tom Baird semper fi brother. MCAS Miramar
I really appreciate the USA, the whole history and the importance that you Americans have always been to the whole world. Patriotism admired. I am Brazilian patriot 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 but frustrated because I did not have one born in the USA. Congratulations on your life trajectory, congratulations on living and representing everyone in the American uniform. Thank you, always !!!!
Im 58 years old. Thank you sooooooo much for my freedom.
I love the sound of independent throttle bodies. Adds so much throaty goodness to the noise
Wow. That was exciting. I was 12 years old when Mario drove that lap. I was a big time fan by then often supporting Mario, AJ Foyt and STP!
The old DOHC Ford was one of the coolest sounds when the throttle was lifted....great memory....I saw this car at Trenton later that year
When I played with my Hot Wheels as a kid in the late 1960s I would drive them around my mom's bedroom furniture while she sat at the sewing machine making our clothes. (Man, life sure has changed!) I would tell her, "I'm A.J. Foyt! I'm Mario Andretti! I'm Richard Petty!" These guys were my heroes.
I did thee exact same thing growing up in northeast ohio
Except aunt mary who raised me was on the sewing machine making my clothes
Where are you
Holton 345: Sizzlers Hot Wheels. I had the oval set in about 1969. Great fun and so different to the UK based Scalextrix.
I remember those days. My younger brother had Johnny Lighting. Can you believe that they still make Johnny Lightning cars?
And now you sell insurance!
Wow wow wow! I love that motor sound. Mario was 26 that year, in only his second Indy 500. He won the pole position with a 4-lap average of 165.899 mph (266.989 kph).
Yes. Love the sound of that mill. What kind of engine powered that car? Size, configuration, induction, etc?
@@kevinwood3376 All I know is it was a Ford V8 DOHC 4-valve. I think about 2/3 of the field was running that engine for the 1966 race, and the other cars ran with Offenhausers.
I've seen the race ten times back in the 70's and 80's, but this gives you a whole new perspective. Imagine this with a track full of cars at speed!
Imagine 200 laps!😵
@@hobbesb9597 the track has two and a half miles! A pista possui 2,5 milhas!
@@hobbesb9597 would be 400 laps!👍
And doing this for 20 years
@@Ibelikemj it makes you dizzy just thinking !
Imagine a real race like the 24 hours of le mans ............where there's braking and top speed to match.....and more than two left turns..............................
Forearms & shoulders ache just thinking of torquing that wheel for more than a lap. Visceral
Hard to express just how wonderful this video truly is
Mario, Wow the usac championship in 65 and 66. Dropped out in the 67 race with a burnt piston took over another drivers car. Then dropped out again with a burnt piston. Bobby Under won the 68 race. Then Mario won in 69. After the 69 race they checked out Mario's car it had no gear oil in it. The car would have broke and he would have dropped out of the race. If he it would have gone another lap. The gears were messed up badly in the rear end. Also Mario was testing a car at the track one day. The air got under his car on the back stretch. The Indy car did a complete flip end over end and landed on it wheels and he kept going. Now that's a great Indy car driver. No one else in Indy car History. Can tell that story! Mario you were the best that there ever was. You the Man! Shawn
The suspension travel on that car.
That was one of the main things I noticed also!
What I stopped in to say...
I watched mario live in 1991 at laguna seca do a lap on wayne raineys gp bike in only a firesuit. His time was good enough for fifth on grid in motogp. Unreal driver talent.
Mario was a talented driver. Of any machine
Yet,most racing fans don't appreciate him
I never seen or heard of Mario on two wheels. I need to look this up.
Didn't grow to appreciate Mario until many years after I started watching racing. He IS the man!
" I don't feel like I'm driving unless my ass is on fire ." ( Mario Andretti )
This is definitely on my bucket list to visit the Indianapolis motor speedway
Randy Lovering Would definitely recommend. I live in Indy and was just there last Saturday for qualifications and going back for the race over the weekend. The sound and scale of the track is unreal.
I went there in '93 for time trials. It was great, the cost is not much, and the crowds are not bad at all if it is not race day !!!!
Would highly recommend. But. It's nothing like it used to be. I grew up there. From the early 50's into the 90's. Worked as full time crew member the entire 1999 season. It's a fantastic place, but has lost too many of it's traditions, spectators and importance. It's no longer the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, in my opinion.
Do it bud you won't be sorry trust me!!!!!!!!!!!
Been to all the F1 races there, 500 once, Brickyard once. Moto GP. Make it your bucketlist. Oh, and bring sunscreen.....
This is truly fantastic! Very nice footage, I can't imagine how hard it was to put it online at this quality.
I fucking love old footage like this. The added colour just sets it off perfectly.
One of the most visually pleasing videos I have seen in a long time. Perfection.
wonderful video , and the quality is superb !
thank you for posting
He was averaging around 165-166 mph on that lap.
Andrew Ongais Would 157 make a better race than the 230 we have today ?
Still faster than McLaren LOL
Andrew Ongais, not to dispute what you are saying, but I went to plenty of time trials and races in 60's and early 70's, they still had some roadsters, namely driven by Hurtibease (can't remember the spelling), and just the beginning of turbo-chargers and a wing, never will forget the famous words every May on the 2 weekends of qualifying.....'and it's a new track record'. It was about speed, it was getting over the 150 mph barrier, then the 160 mph barrier, then the 170, etc.. Besides all the different makes and designs of cars and all kinds of engines, it was always exciting to see if this would be the year of 'a new track record'. It was about speed, as well as who came up with something new to try to get the edge. Besides turbines, you had cars that looked like boats flipped upside down.
Still 50 mph Slower than a 1966 Ford GT at Le Mans then...
Thank you a lot for sharing this amazing footage with us! I've been a fan of car racing for more than 30 years, and this is one of the most fascinating and amazing video I have ever ever seen.
Watching in full screen mode, raising the volume on the sound system, and I can feel the speed, and have the feeling as if I'm on the board of this racing car. Awsome! :)
Mario Andretti has done it all. Great Champion.
wow! that camera must have weighed 50lbs.
It's a film camera, not a TV camera so probably not that big.
No
It's a gopro
@@jackoff1826 in 1966?
I'm guessing it's a 16mm camera, something like this -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BolexH16.jpg
Standard film load was 100 feet, good for a bit less than 3 minutes.
Part of Mario's greatness is the fact that he survived when so many others didn't.
If he was in this car in the 2003 crash, his family would have to scrape his remains from the surface
Amazing early footage. Loved watching the suspension load up in the various sections. Sounding sweet as.
Awesome footage. I was lucky enough to get to tour the track and see the race back in 78. Mario was there but he had car trouble and had no chance of winning. It was awesome seeing all the famous drivers I grew up with racing at 200 mph.
"Mario Andretti would have sure been proud... 'bout the way I was moving when I passed that crowd"
Was just there yesterday for the race, (5-26-19) amazing to see the difference in the track, the technology, the speed, everything. Was awesome to see Mario driving the 2 seater still after all these years and the history him and his family have with the track.
Wow. My very first racing hero!!! So glad to see this footage. Thank you for sharing.
I was 12 when Mario won Indy in 69, I thought he had the coolest name and I’ve watched the Andretti’s all my life, watching this wonderful video brought back some memories with my dad of listening to the race on the radio, I can’t remember what year they started televising Indy races.
looks too dangerous. More videos like this. You can apreciate the real camber on turns
"looks too dangerous." It does?
To be fair it was probably safer than most tracks in 1965, at least it had walls on most tracks there were just trees and the crowd to hit in a crash.
iiversuzid I mean...that’s safer for the driver 😂😂😂😂
@@Nucl3arMunk3y to be fair, it would probably be safer for the driver to crash into the crowd than into a concrete wall, just not for the crowd lol
@@FoolioABC bruh.
0:28 That bug went through it's own ass
Thank you so much for sharing this with us
The Legend himself!
We like Mario Andretti
Because he always drives his car well
That’s a different breed of cat altogether right there...
That’s a different breed of cat
What is the name of the breed of cat?
Mario Andretti
Looks incredibly fast - and that was 53 years ago.
Amazing. I just found this and I guess it has been restored / enhanced. Nice to have such a great bit of film of the world's best ever race driver.
Nerves made of hardened steel. Mario is a legend and a nice guy too! -my kid got to meet him at the 500 Speedway museum two years ago on a preschool trip. Race legend wanted to take a picture with a bunch of kids. Seriously, what was he doing there? He should be in Monaco drinking martinis and polishing his corvette or whatever you do when you are Mario Andretti
right on the edge through the turns....makes my taint tickle.
This was the first design of the ABC Go-slow camera mount. Can you imagine the weight of the mount, camera? plus the aerodynamic looses.? ABC Sports to Mario Andretti ."Your loss is our gain"
Over 50 years ago and the image is more stable than many cameras today.
Incredible video! Thanks.
Back when you had to truly drive the car and probably felt like you worked a hard 16 hour job when you finished the 500.
It's not that different today; the cars have a lot more grip, and thus the driver has to deal with a much higher g-force level. It's physically very demanding to do that for several hours straight.
@ Any and all open-wheel racers have steel balls
@@FT-64 The physical part is one thing, the mental concentration for the duration of the race is a completely different kind of fatigue. No - zero - room for error.
200 laps on the 2.5 mile oval, amazing physical and mental feat! Plus pit crews really had to work to keep you race.
The GOAT.......dont believe it, look up his wins & championships all across the spectre of motorsports Mario did it all
Jim Clark: Am i a joke to you?
Jim Clark's fatal crash was caused by a car failure
@G Galilei Well, Emerson Fittipaldi, Nigel Mansell and Jacques Villeneuve succeeded both in F1 and USAC/Indycars as well so what's your point? And they are all still alive and well too, so I reiterate what's your point?
You know I could make a point about Mansell since he raced in both an incredibly competitive era of F1 and what was arguably the most competitive era of CART and won successive championships. Aged 39-40 no less.
Jim Clark still has the record of 8 "Grand slams" (pole, win, fastest lap, every single lap led) in F1, which not even present day drivers like Lewis Hamilton (6 of them) and Michael Schumacher (5 of them) or Ayrton Senna (4 of them) in F1. All the more remarkable considering he only started 72 races, compared to Hamilton's 257, Schumacher's 307 or Senna's 161. When he arrived at Indianapolis in 1963 he nearly won the first time out if not for the lap chart. Then he won his second ever USAC race start at the Milwaukee Mile in 1963. He won the 1965 Indy 500 by breaking records and also leading 190 out of 200 laps.
It took *years* before Mario Andretti won his first Indy 500. Despite him being way more experienced in USAC racing.
In F1 Andretti won the championship with Lotus in 1978 when they had their revolutionary ground-effect car which made everybody else look like they were racing ten year old cars. And his team mate Ronnie Peterson was contracted not to race him (much to his chagrin) because Lotus could gain more sponsorship deals and "Ford support" with Andretti than they could with Super-Swede.
In 1979 Andretti's team mate at Lotus was Carlos Reutemann who beat him over the season. And Lauda beat Reutemann at Ferrari in 1977. So was Andretti at Lauda's level in the mid 70's in F1? Well, Lauda did fix Ferrari after many years without a title. Andretti *did* have a chance with Ferrari in 1971 and 1972. He won a race so he did well. But did he make easy work of Jacky Ickx? I wouldn't say so.
Mario Andretti. A technical and smart driver. Yes. Reliable and consistent. Yes.
The best ever? Neither in F1 nor in USAC/CART.
Scott Dixon will soon pass his overall wins in USAC/CART (combined) in far shorter time but I wouldn't call Scott Dixon the best driver in the world or one of the all-time legends as much as I respect him and his achievements.
Stirling Moss won 212 out of 529 races he competed in all forms of motor racing 1948-1962 for a whopping 40% win ratio. His 1955 Mille Miglia win alone may have been one of the greatest achievements in the history of motor racing. Or his 1961 Monaco Grand Prix win driving a hundred laps of qualifying speed (literally since his winning time was his qualifying time times a hundred plus 25 seconds - and that includes all the pit stops too...)
Btw, this 1966 Indianapolis 500 was won by Graham Hill. The only driver ever to win the Indy 500, the LeMans 24 hours and the Monaco GP (which he won 5 times).
I'm afraid there's neither a LeMans nor Monaco GP victory for Mario Andretti - and he had plenty of fair chances.
I'll tell you a little secret: You're ultimately compared to your team mates in any motor racing. The greater they were in their own right the greater the driver is. This is why somebody like Senna can legitimately have a claim to be great (beat Prost in the same car) or Hamilton (beat record-young double world champion Alonso as a rookie in the same car) whereas somebody like Schumacher (only had hand-picked number two's, most of which never had even won a race before) does not.
But when it comes to raw skill and speed I wouldn't put Mario Andretti in the top 10 list of the best drivers of all time.
Jim Clark is still the greatest driver to ever get behind the wheel of a car ... the guy was on another planet, even Fangio said it ... still to this day he has the biggest winning distance in an F1 race ... he also pitted and came out last in one race and went on to win ... the guy was incredible ... but for a car failure that took his life in an F2 race he would have won double figure world titles
If talking USAC spectrum, Indy, 24hrs, etc, etc AJ hands down…he was the one to beat whenever he rolled off the trailer
only man to win Indy in front and rear engine cars…master of the loose car if you don’t believe me ask Smokey Yunik
You could tell they didn't have anywhere near the tires back then.What a great video!
it's incredible how great technology advanced to build videos like these!
GoPro: We make people feel like they’re behind the wheel of fast vehicles
Mario Andretti: Hold my milk
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Nobody:
Will it fit in my Honda?
Hold my beer
Am I a joke to you?
Asking for a friend
Everybody gangsta
End this man’s whole career
He protecc, he attacc …
Sexual/genitalia innuendo
Scatological/potty joke
Question of quantity answered yes
Plot twist
Left/entered the chat
Gaming reference
Dislikes are from
I’m a simple man
Not gonna lie
Last time I was this early
Legend has it
That’ll buff right out
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Your comment is confusing. It's funny tho 😂😂
Bravery and skill. The winning combination.
The fact alone that they even had a camera small enough or (more importantly) light enough, to put on the car in 1966 is pretty astounding.
Went from this to driving in the 1993 indy 500 it's insane
And in Mario's first season with USAC Champ Cars, he was racing front-engined roadsters.
Wow, back in 1966 a self recording camera in color was actually rare and expensive, I can't believe someone actually went through with mounting one of those things on a car
Já andava muito nessa época e era muito mais no braço. Com esses carros da época qualquer erro e a chance de se arrebentar era bem maior.
This is some of the highest quality on track videos I have ever seen.
On top of the car. Half helmet. Like watching racing on another world compared to today. Thanks. That footage looks amazing for the 60s!!
F1 Champ, multiple USAC/CART champ, Indy 500 winner, Daytona 500 winner.
Driver of the century award for the 20th century.
An absolute legend by any definition of the word.
I clocked a 55.96 second lap starting at the pit wall entrance (after the white line). In full screen mode I started and ended the time when the wall hit the left edge of the screen. My calculations are:
(2.5/55.96) *60 = 2.680 MPM * 60 = 160.829 MPH (numbers are rounded to the thousandths).
Thanks I was wondering. Awesome... 50mph slower than the 1966 Ford GT..!
Your calculation assumes the correct film speed.
@@powernoodle1224 1966 Indy won by Graham Hill. Who set a pole position lap speed of 165.899 mph. So I think the film speed is just about right...
@@MBCGRS totally different purpose.... it's like comparing a civic to a Ferrari
Considering how big the camera must’ve been to get this kind of quality footage in the old days, it’s very likely the drag from it caused the car to go a few MPH slower.
Or Mario was just chilling, looks a lot like a practice lap to me anyway.
Wow! I was ten years old living in Indy then. Cool footage!
Melhor vídeo que você verá para ter noção do que era correr nesta época brilhante ! Obrigado pelo vídeo
What model go-pro is that? I love the post-processing color filter....
You were driving a bomb! HIT! the wall at 165 mph. You were toast! The whole car was a gas tank. Shawn
Coffin with wheels
@@pit19931 that's exactly the nickname Nelson Piquet have the Ferrari car after the death of Gilles Villeneuve in 1982. He comment was and I quote: "The Ferrari is a f*cking coffin on wheels. People tell me it's a dream to drive for Ferrari and now I can say with confidence that not only this has never been a dream of mine, but my current dream is to stay away from a Ferrari as much as possible" at that point Enzo Ferrari answered saying that: "this is a comment based on envy. Nelson had a good year in 81 but will never be anything more than that. Specially without a Ferrari".
After Piquet got his 3rd WC title in 87, and knowing about the poor conditions of health that the Ferrari "comendadore" was in, he said: "I feel sorry for him. He has to live knowing that his cars killed many talents and now he has to live with the fact that I won 3 titles and never needed a Ferrari for anything". Enzo died in 1988, and Piquet's 3rd title in 1987 would be his last.
@@DimitriMoreira Wow!... Your comment alone justifies the existence of this comment page. Thank you for the anecdote and the accuracy of the quotes.
@@DimitriMoreira wtf ? such a great brand , shame on you shame on Piquet for that statement !!! greetings from germany !!!
@@archstanton5385 you're an idiot. Enzo only cared about one thing. Winning.
dang those old cars looked unsteady XD Balls of steel
I watched him race at the 1967 Indy 500 from the box seats at the start/finish line (A.J. Foyt won). It's amazing just how out in the open the drivers were at that time. Also, seeing the suspension moving around immediately in front of you is a beautiful, but a scary sight. Love the engine sound--might be a V8 Ford Cosworth.
Best looking cars in racing hands down.
That sound too.
There is something about those colour schemes of the 60's that make it so distinctive.
😎👍Vintage Andretti!
You can see how slippy the oil-absorbent powdered floor dry is as he accelerates through it, and the front end is walking sideways. The small steering input to counter the slip makes a great visual of the track hazards. Thanks for the video.
I am impressed by the image quality.
Amazing
I wonder how much the 200-pound camera slowed him down
not as much as his brass balls
@@VirusTornadoYa I'm a racer and I don't even like to watch a race at that track.
say it in kilogram!!!!!!!!!!!! learn metric system you noob
@@pommesmayo7336 1966 in America you thought it was kilograms did you, talk about a noob....
@@pommesmayo7336 okay in metric it's one British Mum.
Amazing video. Just amazing
The suspension working is just amazing!
Ever realized there were no gear shifting back then.
they had, but this model (Lotus 38-R-5) has only 2 gears
he shifted at 0:10
@@heatxtm I missed that, too!
Life must be hell, dragging around those gargantuan balls on a tiny 5 foot 5 frame.
No, you’re just a coward
Cars were already very quick. Amazing quality footagem
Love the engine sound 🤯
Looks like it's all he can do to steer it!
At this time no one woulda thought they could be running 220+ MPH in the future
He was one of those drivers of the future lol.
He achieved around a 227mph lap back in 1994.
@@iride5725 oh yeah, I totally agree, however the issue now is that if they went back to that, there would be road cars that are quicker.
I still have trouble excepting the fact that the stock cars are running faster than Mario was in 1966. Heck they run faster than Mario did in 1972.
R.I.P. to the bug that lost its life at 0:30.
Since then bugs worldwide proudly celebrate the " indy bug day" annually!
Last thing in that bugs mind ?
Its butt
Amazing! Even the trees, the grass and the sun looked like they’re all from 1966
0:48 The way the late afternoon sun lights up the track between 3 and 4 is poignant and beautiful.
I LOVE THE VIDEO
Still faster than a McLaren unfortunately
Very well played!
Ha!
ouch
Lol
LMFAO....
Good God. To make 1 lap. Around that place and live then and now shows the unreal talent n bravery of IndyCar drivers
Lucky to be still on the planet after a life like his.
Amazing footage... Still a massive 50 mph Slower than a 1966 Ford GT at Le Mans...!
Mulsanne straight at LeMans is 3.7 miles long according to Wiki...IMS is 2.5 miles total. Makes sense that over a mile more flat out driving would lead to higher top speeds. But before you puff your chest out too much, remember Indycars have been up around 250 mph on the straights at IMS...ain't nothing to sneeze at.
MBCGRS indycars a few years before were reaching a top speed of around 180 to 190 7 years before at Daytona so cars at that time would probably be hitting 200+ had they still raced at Daytona
No downforce, foot to the floor, balls of platinum.
Amazing to think he was still racing Indy cars in the 90s - the development of cars he raced is amazing
he raced through history... once in his intros, Paul Page mentioned that in the early days the cars had sheet metal as a component. And on the year of the intro it was carbon fyber.
Mario raced with both (I think)
The chassis and suspension is obviously setup near perfect.....but what is so impressive is the smoothness that he drives the car with....he never romps per seh on the throttle but rolls it on early and quickly requiring very little steering input...…. one of the few great drivers!!!!!!