Racing Reference Stories: Jim Hurtubise Runs on the Track
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Old racing films were like
"He was seriously injured in that crash."
***TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYS***
"Hooray, he didn't die!"
Imagine if Jim Hurtubise and LW Wright came together and created a master plan… lol
I love when youtubers make IndyCar videos. David Land, County Line Films, and NascarMan History are the only ones I can think of, so this really helps!
Indycar Fanatics made an entire series about the whole series history
There's also Ryan Holman, IanPerez48, and Indy Fanatics
I didn't know about the first two. Thank you for listing those channels, I just subbed!
@@FlyinBlaney Thanks for these....didn't know about them but just subbed!
@@beansballcardblog You should definetely check out County line films. He only has a couple subscribers, but he puts his heart and soul into his videos, just like the creator of this one!
I wish I saw it live. I would have been, "OH MY GOD" while laughing very hard. I think it was a pathetic decision for USAC to not let him attempt to qualify
It was making up crap as they went along that led to the disgruntlement of owners and the formation of CART
I was there in '78 and witnessed the whole thing sitting in the Tower Terrace. Herk was the rebel with enough foresight to recognize that the technical direction of Indycar was taking driver skill out of the equation, at least on big ovals, and that the result would be drivers earning rides based on bringing money or road racing skills alone. By the late 70s and early 80s, he was telling young American open wheel drivers that their future was in NASCAR. Sadly for Indycar, he was absolutely right.
I remember watching this in ‘78- Great story. Thanks for airing this!
I find it entertaining to hear that voice of Dick Berggren.
Now I don't watch IndyCar, but this video makes me want to start branching out lol
Long Beach GP this Sunday
I don’t watch a lot of Indycar but these videos always make me want to get a bit more into it
Sunday is the last one for 2021.
i never really got into indycar but i think its because the first indycar race i ever watched was las vegas in 2011
Nascar busts:
Ron Hornaday (cup series)
Mike Skinner (cup series)
Rick ware racing
Andy Houston (cup series)
James Davison is a god ngl
Edit: and Landon
Jim was right, there was no such rule in the USAC rulebook to deny him an attempt
Thank you for doing IndyCar videos!! It’s great to see my favorite form of racing get some love.
I appreciate any IndyCar content. Thank you.
Man... I do need to brush up on my IndyCar history... and THIS is absolutely a fabulous story... good job, BFM!!!
Always appreciate these racing history videos
I Like Stanton Barrett ☺
Jim clearly had the mentality of "if I can't qualify for the 500, then no one will!"
It’s been a while since we seen one of these
I was there that day and it was freaking Crazy. But, not out of character for Herk.
Gone to soon: Jason Leffler
Jim Hurtubirse was the last IndyCar driver to race a front engine car.
This is something a young Kurt Busch would do
GREAT JOB ...YOU DO GOOD WORK... &
WITH THE FAB4
Haven’t gone through the comments to see if anyone has noted this, but the video comes from WTHR-Channel 6, now the ABC affiliate, then the NBC affiliate, and Tom Sneva had taken his second straight Indy 500 pole, setting one and four-lap average records the day before (the first weekend was rained out - yes, back then, Indy had 4 days of qualifying and Day 1 was Pole Day). So that’s the Indy 500 pole sitter cracking jokes about this as it happened.
Each local Indy station had a driver that would come on during the daily wrapup of track activities to discuss what had happened. 6 had the best wrapup, using the last 15 minutes of the early evening newscast for “Trackside” with Sneva, longtime Speedway PA announcer and local icon Tom Carnegie (the white-haired guy) and a couple of reporters. On qualifying Days 2 and 3, Channel 6 would break in to programming occasionally for “Trackside: Qualifications” updates and sometimes show a qualifying run.
Jerry Sneva, Tom’s brother, would be the slowest qualifier that year at 187.266 mph, much faster than Hurtubise had been clocked. Big argument the next day in school about whether or not he should’ve been allowed to run
I can’t help but wonder if Hurtubise and A.J. Foyt ever had a difference of opinion. A.J. wasn’t easy to push around either and he was known for a few altercations with other drivers.
USAC: "Jim, get your old roadster out of line!"
Hurtibuse: "Imma end this man's whole qualification session"
The hilarious thing is roadsters morphed into supermodifieds, and on a short oval a supermod will eat an Indycar's lunch.
Jim Hurtubise is my earliest memory of Indy car racing. We were watching it on TV and as Jim started running, my father said, "Shoot him in the leg!". We children understood that he meant it facetiously and wished Jim no real harm. The timing of the remark was hilarious. Either that or we just found the adults delightfully silly.
While i think he did a great job of making an ass of himself, can you really blame him? What a dumb rule, if you even want to call it that. All issues couldve been solved by just letting him run knowing he wasnt going to make the race anyway, so what did it hurt?
He may have caused that driver to miss the field if the track conditions changed not in his favor which could be done by temper change. Or the track changed in his favor and he was just that bad. Or nothing changed and he didn't have any effect on the track.
Thank you for this video. Back when Indy Cars were, well, different.
There is some shady stuff that goes on in racing and I agree with Jim Hurtubise, If it isn't in the rule book FU!
He was, mes amis, the Robbie Gordon of his Era!
He's a forgotten folk hero.
The packed house TO A MAN wanted to see that Mallard make an attempt.
Hell of a pilot too
They should have had a fist fight in gasoline alley.
Probably the most stubborn competitor in Indy history?
Just the tip of the iceberg...
They should have just let him run the laps lol
These Racing Reference stories are great
Nascar Busts: Parker Kligerman (Xfinity Series)
Jeff Gordon (Xfinity Series)
Donny Lia
Max Gresham
Gordon is definitely not an Xfinity bust.
@@crystaljon ok he was not very bad... Only he had a discreet career in that series
I got to be real; As memorable a moment as it was, it was still an absolutely shameful display by Hurtibise. His frustration with the rule was understandable, but his basis for the protest was...flawed, to put it politely, and in no way justified the extremes to which he took it.
In a more positive note, I've always felt that if he'd taken the Mallard to a proper aerodynamicist and done some more weight reduction/balancing work he might have been able to keep it capable of qualifying up until 77 or 78. It never would have been remotely competitive, but back row start could have been doable.
Damn. Guy was out there throwing throwing a temper tantrum like a 7 year old.
I honestly don't blame him🤷🏻♂️
Herk was a jerk on that day!!!
I hope you'd see this. I'd request Bad Seasons: Ryan Hunter-Reay 2021.
Bad Seasons: Josef Newgarden 2012
A Fan ran on The Track at 1993 Pocono
Pretty cool sharing a hometown with him. Never met him though, since he passed long before I was aware of him.
What a wild story.
Love the use of Sappy in the background.
Great content. Excellent research. Keep up the good work.
This guy was wild lol thats one crazy dude going out there with a car on the track, great video man, learned a lot
Herk
Ah Nirvana again. Good music for good video.
This guy was a real pain
Marty Robbins
Who is that art 05:44?
I think that's track announcer Tom Carnegie.
God bless hurtubise
Nascar busts: Michel Jourdain Jr.