LOL at Tony Stewart in a pre-race interview. "How do you prepare yourself for the pressures of what will be a very long day ahead for you?" "Easy. I tell the media to stay outside."
Tony Wittrien "For those people who had any doubts and thought I was putting everybody in danger, you're a bunch of idiots because I was the fastest car on the race track in the end. Maybe ya'll can become doctors before you start writing in the newspapers talking about how dangerous drivers are to run 1,100 miles in a day." Tony after the 600 this day.
Can’t believe this is 20 years ago. Rob Edwards now Alexander Rossi chief strategist. Larry Rices statement about Penske being the man to beat except ‘95 is so true RIP Larry.
Raymond Dionne This was only the prologue of things to come. When CART teams switched over for shortly after, old IRL teams were blown away. On the driver side only Sam Hornish was capeable competing against the CART guys.
Scott Sharp did okay. He still won three times after the Penske crossover in 2002. I think Buddy Lazier still could have done okay (did pass Vasser in the 2000 race before Vasser's late pit stop with a few laps left and did beat Franchitti and Kanaan in the 2005 Indy 500 even though they had faster cars) but he was too loyal to Hemelgarn like Ward Burton was too loyal to Bill Davis and it sunk him. If Greg Ray could have stopped crashing, he might have been able to weather the storm (he did have the speed to duel people like Brack and Montoya pretty well, until his inevitable crashing...) Hornish survived largely because he went to Penske. Had he stayed at Panther, he would have gone down much like Lazier I suspect. The rest of them, however? Not much talent to speak about (since I think Al Unser, Jr. and Eddie Cheever were pretty much washed up at this point.)
the IRL sucked. I love how irl apologists nitpick and point out the very few instances of original irl drivers winning a race or passing a CART driver as proof that irl drivers were somehow as good. A race win here or there or a pass every so often doesn't mean crap. Lazier, sharp, Under-a-cheever, greg ray, ward, tony stewart or any of those guys were never as good as any of the top CART drivers of the day. Sharp and Lazier had PLENTY of chances to prove themselves to top owners in CART before the split. They were both mid-packers at best and proved it regularly. Sham hornish was only good on ovals and usually only the foot-to-the-floor type ovals. Additionally he only ever won watered-down Indycar championships. Ugh, thank god the irl is relegated to the trash bin now.
@@arenasnow "If Greg Ray could have stopped crashing" hahahahahahah :D That's exactly why he sucked. He was in WAY over his head. Greg Ray couldn't handle big time pressure ever. It showed in 2000 and 2001 when he had to deal with defending his position against GOOD race car drivers. The entire crew of IRL regular drivers through 2002 was full of scrubs!
I like the intro to the broadcast of this race. It tells you who won the Indy 500 in past years before 2001. Tony Stewart did the "Memorial Day Double", meaning he competed in this race and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte the exact same day.
What an amazing way to open the 21st Century at the Greatest Spectacle In Racing, Juan Pablo Montoya dominates the 2000 race and becomes the first rookie to win the Indy 500 since Graham Hill in 1966. The following year, another rookie Brazilian Helio Castroneves wins it in his first start and goes on to win it again in 2002.
Total experience in the field: 143 starts (most since 1994 [154]) Most experienced starter: Arie Luyendyk-W (15) Wins in the field: 6; Al Unser Jr. (1992, 1994), Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997), Buddy Lazier (1996), & Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998) IndyCar success in the field: 132 wins (37 IRL/95 CART) and 9 National Championships (4 IRL/5 CART) Most successful starter: Michael Andretti (40 wins) Average age: 33.121 (youngest since 1955 [32.788]) Oldest starter: Arie Luyendyk-W (47) Youngest starter: Sarah Fisher (20) World representation: 23 Americans, 5 Brazilians, 2 Frenchmen, and 1 each from Canada, Chile, and The Netherlands. Open-wheel short track graduates: Tony Stewart, Sarah Fisher, Al Unser Jr.-W, Davey Hamilton, Donnie Beechler, & Billy Boat (6; least since 1996).
The sponsors of the 2001 Indianapolis 500 telecast on Net 25; Goodyear, Orocan Plastic Products, Mobil 1 Motor Oil, Petron XCSPlus Valvemaster, Levis Jeans, Skechers Shoes, Dunlop Socks, Rustans Department Stores and Supermarket, HardiFlex, Eveready Batteries, Philips Light Blubs, Shark Energy Drink, Imarflex Home Appliances, Clarion Car Audio, Selecta Ice Cream, and Pringles Potato Chips
The 2001 Indianapolis 500 was the 16th time the Greatest Spectacle in Auto Racing aired on Philippine Television. The 85th renewal of the Grand Daddy of Them All in Motorsports was aired live, nationwide, and via-satellite on Net 25 on May 28, 2001 whose coverage was hosted by John Saunders with Ian Eagle (Lap-by-Lap), Dick Vitale, and Jerry Glanville (Color Commentary) as commentators along with Bill Stephens, Marvin Haven, and Wendy Venturini as Pit Reporters
If u don't feel for Scott Sharp u have no heart at all. From the pole to in the wall lap 1. Seen that happen before with cold tires. Roberto Guerrero before the green in 1992. Just a heartbreaker
OAR THE HAAAANND OF THE FREEKS-YAAAAAAAAAAAA YAUMO-OHEE YO-ADEBA-DANT-DAN AND THE HOME OF THE............. INDIANAPOLIS 500! Stephen Tyler, the heck were you on during this race?
Okay, I get why Castroneves was penalized for switching lanes and cutting off Stewart in the outside lane, but de Ferran stayed in the inside lane and did what he was supposed to do. The ruling on this doesn't make any sense. BOTH Castroneves and de Ferran were penalized and ordered to go behind Stewart, but it does not seem to me that de Ferran did anything wrong. Only Castroneves. This is important since this is what ultimately decided the race and gave Castroneves the lead over de Ferran after Stewart pitted on the next caution. It seems like the IRL officials should have given the lead to de Ferran, placed Stewart 2nd, and dropped Castroneves to 3rd, which probably would have given de Ferran the win. I don't have *so much* of a problem with de Ferran being placed behind Stewart, but Castroneves was the offender here and was allowed to stay ahead of de Ferran despite making what was ruled to be an illegal move to cut him off. Was this solely because they were trying to increase the odds of a Tony Stewart win since he was an IRL alumnus and the other contenders were still in CART? The 2002 result makes one wonder. The problem I end up having is how much Helio is hyped for his 3 wins (as if he's close to any of the rest of them in ability) and gets talked about like an all-time legend when he only took the lead on track to win once (2009) and was passed by the winner now three times (de Ferran in '03, Hunter-Reay in '14, and Sato in '17.) And how smug he gets when saying he wouldn't trade any of his wins for a championship, even though it is a major problem in his career that he never won a title when FIVE of his teammates did (de Ferran, Hornish, Power, Pagenaud, and Newgarden.) We already knew there was a reason to doubt 2002. Now looking at this more carefully than I did in the past, there's a reason to doubt 2001. Either Castroneves cutting off Stewart in the pits was illegal or it was not. Since they were judging it as illegal, he should have been placed behind de Ferran, rather than effectively being given the win here. He just keeps looking less and less impressive the more closely I look at his career.
I have little doubt IRL officials were working to give Stewart some kind of bump. They couldn't handle the fact that CART teams just walked in and smeared all the IRL drivers and teams in one performance.
You know what the crazy thing about all those Indy 500 winners featured in the intro? ALL OF THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS ARE STILL ALIVE TODAY, AT THIS VERY MOMENT. How odd is that? Actually, tho, I have to say, I'm not so sure on Jim Rathmann. But, everybody else featured in that intro are still alive and kickin' today.
Scott Sharp crashed because like all of the original IRL drivers he sucked and couldn't handle the pressure like a top line driver. Mark Jizz-more didn't have a chance against the CART drivers regardless of his gearbox issues. Though the whole reason he had issues was because of Kelly's crappy race team preparations. This race was soooooo amusing because it just showed what all Indycar race fans had known since 1996 - CART was a better series through and through and Tony George's crappy IRL series was full of second-rate drivers that couldn't hack it in CART. All the ABC announcers were such IRL shills and you could tell they were so bummed out at the results. CART 1st-6th with Greg Ray doing his usual wall dance when under pressure!! LOL Thanks FTG! You really fixxerred Indy racing!
CART killed itself and never was the better series, explain why both CART and Champ Car went bankrupt and IRL didn't... Explain why CART lost venues, teams and drivers every year since the split? You're a typical CART fan and typical CART fans do hate the IRL. You know what destroyed CART? The fact they kept adding road/street courses and lost ovals every year since 1979. TG would not have felt necessary to build the IRL, if CART just kept racing on lots of ovals. Guess when CART finally started racing on ovals more and more? Indeed, two years AFTER the IRL already existed in 1998. It didn't work out, weird huh? Going to Texas without testing, while Gossage asked multiple times if CART wanted to test before the race weekend? Guess what, the crowd was as thin as it could be and the race discontinued. Yes, indeed man, CART was the better series!!!
Robin Schippers typical idiot IMS fanboy/placefan response. Keep telling yourself all that garbage. If the IRL was soooooo great then why is the current IRL/indycar series a virtual carbon copy of what CART was??? Answer: Because TG just wanted CART all along. Now all you have is a watered down version of what was the best version of the sport ever. Look for yourself idiot: More road/street courses than ovals - check: more foreign than american drivers - check: multiple engine manufacturers - check. Get a clue.
"The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest race in the world" -AJ Foyt.
Can I get an Amen?
Michael McIntyre Amen
+Michael McIntyre what about the 24hour races?
MrTiti LeMans was a dream when the early heroes of Indy were turning dreams into reality.
Amen!
Indy 500 yes , not the Imbeciles Racing League 500 .
LOL at Tony Stewart in a pre-race interview. "How do you prepare yourself for the pressures of what will be a very long day ahead for you?" "Easy. I tell the media to stay outside."
Tony Wittrien "For those people who had any doubts and thought I was putting everybody in danger, you're a bunch of idiots because I was the fastest car on the race track in the end. Maybe ya'll can become doctors before you start writing in the newspapers talking about how dangerous drivers are to run 1,100 miles in a day." Tony after the 600 this day.
Can’t believe this is 20 years ago. Rob Edwards now Alexander Rossi chief strategist. Larry Rices statement about Penske being the man to beat except ‘95 is so true RIP Larry.
It was fitting for the centennial, but the delta force is an iconic indy tradition also. Us old timers enjoy that.
What a intro, unbelievable, simply the greatest race, even more that Mónaco 🏎️
The Penske machine roared back big time in returning to Indy... Great video reproduction Dave W. Thank you...
I love how cart finished first through sixth kicking irl ass. Or back then I run left.
Raymond Dionne I watched that race and loved every minute of it.
Raymond Dionne This was only the prologue of things to come. When CART teams switched over for shortly after, old IRL teams were blown away. On the driver side only Sam Hornish was capeable competing against the CART guys.
Scott Sharp did okay. He still won three times after the Penske crossover in 2002. I think Buddy Lazier still could have done okay (did pass Vasser in the 2000 race before Vasser's late pit stop with a few laps left and did beat Franchitti and Kanaan in the 2005 Indy 500 even though they had faster cars) but he was too loyal to Hemelgarn like Ward Burton was too loyal to Bill Davis and it sunk him. If Greg Ray could have stopped crashing, he might have been able to weather the storm (he did have the speed to duel people like Brack and Montoya pretty well, until his inevitable crashing...) Hornish survived largely because he went to Penske. Had he stayed at Panther, he would have gone down much like Lazier I suspect. The rest of them, however? Not much talent to speak about (since I think Al Unser, Jr. and Eddie Cheever were pretty much washed up at this point.)
the IRL sucked. I love how irl apologists nitpick and point out the very few instances of original irl drivers winning a race or passing a CART driver as proof that irl drivers were somehow as good. A race win here or there or a pass every so often doesn't mean crap. Lazier, sharp, Under-a-cheever, greg ray, ward, tony stewart or any of those guys were never as good as any of the top CART drivers of the day. Sharp and Lazier had PLENTY of chances to prove themselves to top owners in CART before the split. They were both mid-packers at best and proved it regularly. Sham hornish was only good on ovals and usually only the foot-to-the-floor type ovals. Additionally he only ever won watered-down Indycar championships. Ugh, thank god the irl is relegated to the trash bin now.
@@arenasnow "If Greg Ray could have stopped crashing" hahahahahahah :D That's exactly why he sucked. He was in WAY over his head. Greg Ray couldn't handle big time pressure ever. It showed in 2000 and 2001 when he had to deal with defending his position against GOOD race car drivers. The entire crew of IRL regular drivers through 2002 was full of scrubs!
I like the intro to the broadcast of this race. It tells you who won the Indy 500 in past years before 2001. Tony Stewart did the "Memorial Day Double", meaning he competed in this race and the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte the exact same day.
tony stewart sucked. he was WAY overrated!
What an amazing way to open the 21st Century at the Greatest Spectacle In Racing, Juan Pablo Montoya dominates the 2000 race and becomes the first rookie to win the Indy 500 since Graham Hill in 1966. The following year, another rookie Brazilian Helio Castroneves wins it in his first start and goes on to win it again in 2002.
2002 was my first 500 at age 8 almost 9 haven't missed since
Jesus Christ, I will miss Bob Jenkins
2001. My favourite Indianapolis Indy 500 of all time apart from many others.
Thanks for the upload!
Start of the race: 43'45.
Total experience in the field: 143 starts (most since 1994 [154])
Most experienced starter: Arie Luyendyk-W (15)
Wins in the field: 6; Al Unser Jr. (1992, 1994), Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997), Buddy Lazier (1996), & Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998)
IndyCar success in the field: 132 wins (37 IRL/95 CART) and 9 National Championships (4 IRL/5 CART)
Most successful starter: Michael Andretti (40 wins)
Average age: 33.121 (youngest since 1955 [32.788])
Oldest starter: Arie Luyendyk-W (47)
Youngest starter: Sarah Fisher (20)
World representation: 23 Americans, 5 Brazilians, 2 Frenchmen, and 1 each from Canada, Chile, and The Netherlands.
Open-wheel short track graduates: Tony Stewart, Sarah Fisher, Al Unser Jr.-W, Davey Hamilton, Donnie Beechler, & Billy Boat (6; least since 1996).
Arie Luyendyk's second, and Buddy Lazier and Eddie Under a cheevers wins weren't really wins. They're more like participation trophies.
LOL at all the Worldcom ads. Tune in next week for the Enron 250.
Presented by Circuit City
LOL
The opening though ... the only people missing were Mark Donohue, Jim Clark, and Graham Hill, all of whom died.
The sponsors of the 2001 Indianapolis 500 telecast on Net 25;
Goodyear, Orocan Plastic Products, Mobil 1 Motor Oil, Petron XCSPlus Valvemaster, Levis Jeans, Skechers Shoes, Dunlop Socks, Rustans Department Stores and Supermarket, HardiFlex, Eveready Batteries, Philips Light Blubs, Shark Energy Drink, Imarflex Home Appliances, Clarion Car Audio, Selecta Ice Cream, and Pringles Potato Chips
That National Anthem. Why, Steven?! How could you fuck it up like that?!
Steven Tyler incredible.... Like it was yesterday...
It seems to me that Helio Castroneves NEVER will look old
I love having the entire race on here, that way I don't have to switch videos when things get good.
The best Indy 500 intro ever.
Michael Andretti at 31:04...
Good god that anthem
+AntonyBlalock yeeeeeeeaaa.
who was the guy?
Apoc Alypse
imo in terms of art hes one with a decent feeling
Mary Hulman looks very un happy right behind Steven Tyler.
The 2001 Indianapolis 500 was the 16th time the Greatest Spectacle in Auto Racing aired on Philippine Television. The 85th renewal of the Grand Daddy of Them All in Motorsports was aired live, nationwide, and via-satellite on Net 25 on May 28, 2001 whose coverage was hosted by John Saunders with Ian Eagle (Lap-by-Lap), Dick Vitale, and Jerry Glanville (Color Commentary) as commentators along with Bill Stephens, Marvin Haven, and Wendy Venturini as Pit Reporters
If u don't feel for Scott Sharp u have no heart at all. From the pole to in the wall lap 1. Seen that happen before with cold tires. Roberto Guerrero before the green in 1992. Just a heartbreaker
Can you upload more race with pre-race of the IRL?
Does anyone have the 1989 race in full?
Something to ponder: How high Steven Tyler was during the National Anthem performance?
High as a kite.
High enough to make Charlie Sheen go "Dude......"
Yes
Rocky mountain high
Like gas prices in 2022
19:37 the stanley cup finals is dominating ABC sports minds
OAR THE HAAAANND OF THE FREEKS-YAAAAAAAAAAAA YAUMO-OHEE YO-ADEBA-DANT-DAN AND THE HOME OF THE.............
INDIANAPOLIS 500!
Stephen Tyler, the heck were you on during this race?
wow 2001 hans device on Helio, firs ttime used in F1 Sauber 2002 and mandatory 2003
20 years later baby 4X
7:45 Folk ma fuckin implosion
Honestly, Mark Dismore would have won if he had not had the gearbox issue.
I feel bad for Sharp that has to suck so much taking the lead at the start and then ending up in the wall a few yards later
1:45 Al Unser Jr hits the wall and the tire flies over the wall into a group of people
It's about as bad as the one Roseanne did at a NFL game I think.
I do.
he did the one last year. its on youtube. its not delta force
Before there was JR Hildebrand there was Scott Sharp.
well, at least scott sharp made the start of the race, guerrero didn't even manage that
Guerrero has a WAAAAYYYYY better finishing record at Indy than Sharp. Sharp has never even finished in the top 5 at Indy.
@@erikcorredor255 true.
Okay, I get why Castroneves was penalized for switching lanes and cutting off Stewart in the outside lane, but de Ferran stayed in the inside lane and did what he was supposed to do. The ruling on this doesn't make any sense. BOTH Castroneves and de Ferran were penalized and ordered to go behind Stewart, but it does not seem to me that de Ferran did anything wrong. Only Castroneves. This is important since this is what ultimately decided the race and gave Castroneves the lead over de Ferran after Stewart pitted on the next caution. It seems like the IRL officials should have given the lead to de Ferran, placed Stewart 2nd, and dropped Castroneves to 3rd, which probably would have given de Ferran the win. I don't have *so much* of a problem with de Ferran being placed behind Stewart, but Castroneves was the offender here and was allowed to stay ahead of de Ferran despite making what was ruled to be an illegal move to cut him off. Was this solely because they were trying to increase the odds of a Tony Stewart win since he was an IRL alumnus and the other contenders were still in CART? The 2002 result makes one wonder.
The problem I end up having is how much Helio is hyped for his 3 wins (as if he's close to any of the rest of them in ability) and gets talked about like an all-time legend when he only took the lead on track to win once (2009) and was passed by the winner now three times (de Ferran in '03, Hunter-Reay in '14, and Sato in '17.) And how smug he gets when saying he wouldn't trade any of his wins for a championship, even though it is a major problem in his career that he never won a title when FIVE of his teammates did (de Ferran, Hornish, Power, Pagenaud, and Newgarden.) We already knew there was a reason to doubt 2002. Now looking at this more carefully than I did in the past, there's a reason to doubt 2001. Either Castroneves cutting off Stewart in the pits was illegal or it was not. Since they were judging it as illegal, he should have been placed behind de Ferran, rather than effectively being given the win here. He just keeps looking less and less impressive the more closely I look at his career.
What a hater
I have little doubt IRL officials were working to give Stewart some kind of bump. They couldn't handle the fact that CART teams just walked in and smeared all the IRL drivers and teams in one performance.
1:38 grande emerson fittipaldi
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DELTA FORCE! AWESOME!
3:38:53 Love Helio :D
Greg Ray really has got no brain. How can You not pit, if your car is so slow?!
Atleast I don't feel bad for the person who he got taken out
You know what the crazy thing about all those Indy 500 winners featured in the intro?
ALL OF THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS ARE STILL ALIVE TODAY, AT THIS VERY MOMENT. How odd is that?
Actually, tho, I have to say, I'm not so sure on Jim Rathmann. But, everybody else featured in that intro are still alive and kickin' today.
Randy Dubin Rodger Ward passed away in 2004.
worst singing of the national anthem ever
@@oscar_harrison Sinong nag-awit yan?
Who was it that trashed the national anthem they should have let private Pyle do it
The word "tremendous" is overused.
Crashing in the first corner of the first lap is not tremendous.
Thank GOD Danica was there to teach these guys to let go of the wheel when they hit the wall. UH! How BAD that could have been.
Steven Tyler butchered the National Anthem SOOO bad.
wow. i have never seen that before, someone crashing immediately once the green flag waves
I have. Remember 1995 and the late Stan Fox/EC/LSJ/Carlos (no relation to Roberto) Guerrero?
preheat my tires and much much more
I miss these kind of cars.. the new style in my opinion suck.
These cars were ugly and slow
way too many cautions
AJ Lawton says a NASCAR fan
Gets pole and crashes in the first turn
hoi
Wesx
Who cares about Snapple Superstars :)
william fichtner's is better
Worst commentary ever
Scott Sharp crashed because like all of the original IRL drivers he sucked and couldn't handle the pressure like a top line driver. Mark Jizz-more didn't have a chance against the CART drivers regardless of his gearbox issues. Though the whole reason he had issues was because of Kelly's crappy race team preparations. This race was soooooo amusing because it just showed what all Indycar race fans had known since 1996 - CART was a better series through and through and Tony George's crappy IRL series was full of second-rate drivers that couldn't hack it in CART. All the ABC announcers were such IRL shills and you could tell they were so bummed out at the results. CART 1st-6th with Greg Ray doing his usual wall dance when under pressure!! LOL Thanks FTG! You really fixxerred Indy racing!
Is that why Paul Tracy never won the Indy 500??
Also, Mark Dismore and Scott Sharp BOTH ran in the CART series, so you pretty much just invalidated yourself.
CART killed itself and never was the better series, explain why both CART and Champ Car went bankrupt and IRL didn't... Explain why CART lost venues, teams and drivers every year since the split? You're a typical CART fan and typical CART fans do hate the IRL. You know what destroyed CART? The fact they kept adding road/street courses and lost ovals every year since 1979. TG would not have felt necessary to build the IRL, if CART just kept racing on lots of ovals. Guess when CART finally started racing on ovals more and more? Indeed, two years AFTER the IRL already existed in 1998. It didn't work out, weird huh? Going to Texas without testing, while Gossage asked multiple times if CART wanted to test before the race weekend? Guess what, the crowd was as thin as it could be and the race discontinued. Yes, indeed man, CART was the better series!!!
Robin Schippers Well look at Indycar today. With full of people in grandstands on the ovals. How ironic!!!!
Robin Schippers typical idiot IMS fanboy/placefan response. Keep telling yourself all that garbage. If the IRL was soooooo great then why is the current IRL/indycar series a virtual carbon copy of what CART was??? Answer: Because TG just wanted CART all along. Now all you have is a watered down version of what was the best version of the sport ever. Look for yourself idiot: More road/street courses than ovals - check: more foreign than american drivers - check: multiple engine manufacturers - check. Get a clue.