The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum: INSIDE The "Off Limits" Restoration Shop! (Indy 500 Winners)
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- The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum located in the infield of the historic racetrack also has a restoration facility on the track grounds that used to be an actual IndyCar race shop from the 1950s! Notonly do we get to see the cars in the museum up close with a knowledgeable tour guide but we get exclusive access to the time capsule restoration facility! All of the big names have legendary cars on display here, many f which are powered by Ed Pink engines. Indy 500 winning cars driven by Andretti Unser Foyt Rutherford and even some NASCAR names like Tim Richmond!
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Before we came out to film this...Luke (who is the content manager) told me he didn't know a ton about these cars but would do his best as a tour guide. I think he massively undersold his level of knowledge 😂..what do you think?
He literally answered every question asked 😂 he doesn’t give himself enough credit lol
@@loganerwin42 I want to go back there with him to see more stuff in the basement even if we can’t film it 😂
Very knowledgeable guy
I love the color scheme on your car. That ice blue really pops.
never dissapoint, keep up the tour of legends ,nothing say freedom more than a 200mph plus machine ( the better argument for capitalist country , no camarades got this much fun ... and we got so many we must do qualification to get a bit less ...
So glad you came out and got the grand tour by Luke!
As a long time Indy fan this is precious to all us Indy fans
So thanks again for keeping motorsports alive
thank you!
2 time 500 Winner Gordon Jonhcock is my neighbor in Northeast Michigan. I see him daily. Nice guy
If you want to…Ask him if he’d be interested in doing a hometown history tour video with us and send me an email if he’s interested!
I had the pleasure of going to the private Vels/Parnelli Jones Museum in Torrance many times over the years and there were barbecue events every 4th of July! Until 2011-12 when everything was auctioned off or donated ! Some of the cars are in this Museum and shown! They never left the Torrance Museum until then! Fun times!
I was reminded after watching this that my Dad and I went to Indy in '64 for time trials, sitting in the wooden grandstands in turn 1. I tell you this, I still remember you could tell which car was on the track. Three distinctly different notes. Offy, Novi and the Ford were recognizable from each other. We also went to the old Civic Arena in Pittsburgh to watch the race on closed circuit TV. Remember the crash that took Eddie Sachs and MacDonald like it was yesterday. Thanks again. Brought back a lot of good memories from those weeks in 1964 too.
Hi 👋👋👋👋👋 Guys, it's me , Charlie from Casper Wyoming and I truly enjoy the your subject matter that you two create and questions you two ask are a perfect choice it's like you are in my mind and know what I'm wondering about.
My wife's cancer has gotten to the point where she spends a lot of time in bed and we spend time together watching you guys and we both truly enjoy what you do and you guys help her a lot by giving her something else to concentrate on besides the fact that she is dieing and that, my friends, is truly a God send . Thanks again and God bless you all ❤
Thanks man!
Been heavily involved personally in racing and as a spectator since the early 60s and I love the passion, you young folks have for this please do not ever stop what you’re doing it’s awesome
The whole “using fuel as ballast” to change the attitude and handling characteristics of the car was a pretty ingenious idea, but also an idea that was old hat to anyone in the maritime or aviation worlds. Thanks for the great tour, Mitchell and Logan! Before you know it, you’ll be experts on EVERY form of motor racing!
Cheers! 🖖😎👍
Yes, a very interesting point. My question is, how effectively were the huge 75gal GASOLINE tanks baffled to minimize all the fuel collecting and drastically changing the handling of the vehicle. The math
(And I am bad at math!) says 70gal gas × 6.6#/gal is a huge weight shift if the tanks weren't baffled effectively.
Centrifugal forces would have greatly affected the balance , and con- trollability of the car as it careened off the pit wall coming out of turn 4 then ricocheted out to the short chute between turns 1 and 2 where the impact with the wall resulted in a huge fireball. Driver, Dave McDonald, was cautioned sbout accepting the chance to drive the radical "roller skate" design, but as a racer, who wouldn't take the chance....
Many changes came quickly afterward, as in 2001 when, the 3 car crashed at Daytona.
I live in the NW, and recall at least 4 drivers that I personally saw as a kid at my local track
get rides at the USAC INDY level who for one reason or another, never came back due to fatal injuries suffered on the circuit.
@@roberthevern6169 With the fuel cells, eventually they began to use foam inserts in the tanks to stop sloshing. Amazingly, it's very efficient in releasing all the soaked up gas to the pumps... Very little in the way of fuel still in the tank but saturated into the foam. It's still done that way today...
Absolutely awesome job! Thank you so much for the Indy history stuff. I loved the old roadsters and the Offy engines. That is a sound that when you hear it, you know exactly what it is , is an Offy at speed at the Brickyard. My 1st time to Indy was 1958 with my Dad and Mom. We were there because, we are from Okla. and The John Zink company of Tulsa had 4 cars in the 58 -500, 2 on the front row. We had seats in turn one, and on the start, I was standing up in my seat, I was 7 yrs. old. And the sight and the sound of those 33 cars coming into turn one , WAS SUCH AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME, I started crying. My Mom, thought it had scared me, and grabbed my arm, and told my Dad, I’m taking him to the car, that scared him to death. Unfortunately & fortunately, the wreck in turn 3 happened, and there was a big delay. Anyway, I spent the next half hour convincing my Mom I WASNT SCARED, I was just emotionally overtaken by what I was seeing and hearing. And, on our way to Indy, my Dad was telling me about this young guy that was one heck of a midget racer from Texas, that was making his rookie start that year named Anthony Foyt. And from that time on , AJ was and is, my favorite driver of all time, and have been fortunate enough to have met him several times at Indy. And I explained how his rookie year was MY rookie year. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEOS AND STORIES, I LOVE EM ALL!👍🏁🇺🇸❤️
Don't know how you folks get this content but it is amazing. From North Wilkesboro to Rockingham you continue to highlight what was great in motorsports. Live in Florida now but when I was a kid in Bucks County my Buddy and I snuck into the old Langhorne speedway and that was something. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks man we will keep it going!
Man that was so friggin COOL!!!! as much as I love old NASCAR stuff I really enjoy the old Indy and F1 stuff as well. Thank y'all again for sharing this with us and basically saving Racing History onto TH-cam. 🤙🏼
Thanks Adam we appreciate you!
Excellent info! Very much enjoyed watching.
Thanks Gary!
I went through the ilmor engine factory in 1993 when I went to indy from new Zealand as a kid my neighbour was a racecar engine builder who had moved to America and worked for the ture value indy team I also got to tour the restoration shop and museum and basement as he know the a fellow kiwi who worked in and later run the restoration shop it's amazing to see it all again
For someone who didn't think he knew enough to be your guide he was very knowledgeable and let you have open access to everything and you guys are doing great stuff especially all the old legend engine builders once gone we lose all that hard earned stuff keep it up guys from Australia
Thanks man! You see much Indycar stuff in Australia?
@@Stapleton42 no problem what you guys are doing doing with early racing of all sorts is great we did get some Indy cars racing in Australia dont know if its going to happen again l was an engine builder and machinist for many years so l like all the technical stuff and innovation the old Boys did the Ed Pink episode was brilliant that man has forgotten more than l will ever know once again great job guys don't know of anyone doing what your doing much respect to you and your guests
A lot of great information. Thanks for trip down memory lane. The Indy Shop guy is a wealth of knowledge and I m glad it is documented for others to learn from.
You certainly have the right connections to gain access to some of these places. Old Indy car roadsters are my favorite,but the early rear engine cars are very cool. Thanks for preserving our racing history. You guys are knocking it out of the park. Keep up the good work. 💪🇺🇸🏁
Thank you sir!!
I have a few connections and got to know Donald Davidson before he retired. The museum storage/garage is a whole experience on its own. The amount of hand made parts and differing thoughts on each years rules is car guy caviar. Glad you got to get the extended tour.
Great video Im an old mechanic and those old cars bring back some good memories watching the 500 as a kid Thank you keep up the good work
These history videos are magic no matter where aloe who just fantastic Thanks Guys
Outstanding ! You have done another tour that is on my Bucket List of Need to See . I remember when the Indy cars all had thier own style and personallity and the story's that go with them ! Like Mario's win in 1969 in a backup car pulled from display and in the race winner photo's it is his brother Aldo because Mario had burns from the crash that hurt the main car. I am so glad that you have access to do the story's , keep up the great work.
you da man Steve. we will!
I grew up in the Peoria Illinois area just 200 miles away from the museum. I've been to that museum probably a half a dozen times and always look forward to going there. The race cars there at the Museum are just unbelievable. For many years I even went to the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race. I have a lot of great memories at the Indianapolis Speedway
The Yellow Submarine by Chaparral. I must tell you if you could talk to Johnny Rutherford he would be great a history interview and what a 100 percent great ambassador for racing and just a great guy all around him and his late wife were so good with fans over the years.
I will look into that. The Pennzoil connection may help facilitate this
The Pennzoil Chapparal was the first car I remember being innovative
That era has some of the best looking Just beautiful lines.
Fantastic, I have never been to the museum and may never get the chance to go, so thank you for the tour…brilliant.
Thanks for explaining the technology behind these cars.
Our pleasure! We love this stuff
I appreciate you and logan.
Thank you Dale! We appreciate you 😊
Bags of snakes exhaust.
Dudes dropping slang I like.
This place is simply amazing. I'm SO jealous of the access you got on this. I go up there often as I'm relatively close. I'm very much looking forward to the new museum and the stuff we'll be able to see.
I am excited to see the remodel too!
Thanks for taking us along! I got to spend a day at the Indy museum back in 2011, awesome experience and would totally recommend a visit if you haven't been there yet. Getting to go to the restoration shops was awesome, Cheers to you both!
The Ilmore/Mercedes engine from 94 is the ultimate rule book exploit.
I love the small things you guys notice in these places, It reminds me that machines didn't make these cars just very smart people using their minds and letting their hands build .
Thanks man that is an awesome way to see it! That is what we want!
You o an excellent job of keeping racing history alive. An interesting side note to the 64 crap of Dave MacDonald and Eddie Sachs. Eddie carried a lemon on a string around his neck for hydration during the race. That lemon was later found in Johnny Rutherfords car after their crash. Johnny actually drove through the crash as it was happening
As a small kid (in the 60’s) I would watch racing and the cars always looked so shiny on TV but when I first actually went to races and saw how actually beat up some of the cars were after a race I was amazed and then I saw what a nose of a car looked like after a 24hr race it actually blew me away because they were so beat up, to the point that many of them had no paint left on them at all and looked as if they ran through gravel!
Absolutely! The sandblasted post race look is wild
I wonder a lot of times how you find yourselves in the positions you do to get these videos. But I’m glad you do love all your videos from the beginning of you camping in the Escalade on drag and drive events.
Thank you Kevin! We asked a guy we know at AED last year at PRI if he knew anyone at the Indy museum. He passed my info along and Luke called me!
Stellar job Mitchell.... you're the best and very thorough and professional. Can't wait for more new videos . ❤
Thank you Matthew!
Nice insight into Indy. I remember Dad taking me to The Indy 500 when I was a kid. I haven't been there in 30 years. Would like to go back soon.
Another great video. A lot of people do videos of museum tours but what sets you two apart is your ability to get at and reveal the little background details and stories of drivers, technology and innovation. It makes these so much more interesting. Thanks for the good work.
Love the fact that you guys have some strong street cred that you're allowed to get into places that they public does not have access to! Thanks for this amazing video!
Thanks man!
That museum is incredible. Been there a few times. Priceless racing artifacts.
Keep up the good work man. Best wishes to you and your missy
Much appreciated Aaron!
You guys are killing it!!! These videos just keep amazing🏁
Great Video. I'm a local and I go to the museum 2-5 times a year most years. It's such a great collection showing over 100 years of technological evolution. That gold miller you guys panned past is one of my absolute favorites. 91.5 ci supercharged Straight 8 and it's capable of near 150mph. If there is footage please make a part 2 and please come back when the museum is redone in a couple years, it's getting an $89 million renovation.
The museum is a nice thing to have there when you're stuck at the track on a rainy day, as is not infrequent at Indianapolis. Spent almost a whole day in there waiting for it to stop raining on what was supposed to be qualification day for the 1995 Brickyard 400. They never did get qualification in. You get to keep dry and look at a bunch fo cool race cars.
Thanks for your tour of a fantastic collection of Indy Cars and the workshop.
Should be a good one since I got to see some of the IMS back in 1999, like taking a lap in a tour bus!
Grew up going to the museum. It’s awesome to be able to see behind the scenes that I hadn’t been able to see before. They never had that when I was a kid. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Dave!!
@@Stapleton42 watching it further, the Tim Richmond car, I was there at that race and he stalled right in front of us! It was my first actual 500. I think I was like 12? Anyway, I went to more Brickyard 400s than the 500.
@@DaveWrightKB9MNM that’s awesome
I also remember the big block via runnin round for about 75 laps then they'd blow up. My 1st year was 80 last one was 2010 need to get back one more time before my dirt nap in Florida now
And: awesome video as always, Doug. The passion for what you and the IMS team is always clear. 🏁
Who’s Doug?
Great video! It was nice to hear Colton's impression of the car once he pitted. Cool seeing Helio Castroneves in it too. Thanks MP!
Absolutely loved this!!! When I was at Indy in 2021, did not get the time to visit the museum due to time constraints since I was there for a top tech competition for the company I was employed by. So thank you for making this video!! Some of those cars I did have the excitement see race at OMS before it's demise,
Idk if anyone else reads slow like me😂 but I usually have to rewind to read comments on the screen. Might leave them up a tad longer unless no one else has that trouble. Just a suggestion as it’s happened with most videos or yours but LOVE the work! I grew up just south of Indy. That’s how I became a race fan. My parents took me a few times as a young boy. Sat across from the pits and witnessed the Salt Wathler crash and later the Suede Savage crash and the pit road accident. I’m thinking it rained 3 days in a row so it took 3 days to get the race finished. 1973 maybe.
I made them longer than I used to. Actually reminding to see it helps the watch time retention metrics 😂
Dang! I can’t believe he didn’t have an answer about the R12 cap because he’s a wealth of knowledge and has fired back answers for every question. Impressive knowledge! You finally stumped him.
I like how when your talking to these tour guides that Logan is off doing her own thing finding things your going to overlook that brings more value to the videos.😂
Enjoyed all of it born in Indianapolis in 1966... parents took me in stroller...and many years after
awesome!
Fantastic, fascination tour. Again. Great job, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!!
I recently watched your video on the Seattle hydroplane racers museum and realized something you likely didn’t know. Every Allison V1710 series engine used in the P-40, P-51A, and P-38 and subsequently adapted for early hydroplane racing was born 1/2 mile away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the southern end of Main Street in Speedway, IN at what is now the Allison Transmissions division of Rolls Royce. My grandfather worked there building the engines during WWII when it was just the Allison Engine Company.
Mitchell, again you hit it out of the park!! I started out anINDY RACING FAN, went to Indianapolis, every year from 81-2011, yep, Brickyard also, in 94, till 2011, have been several times to museum! You may consider going to Alberqurcie, New Mexico, Al Unser Senior had a museum, it was cool! However he passed away, don't know if museum is still open!! Ari Lyendyke was punched in the face by A.J.Foyt at Indy, once!!!
Thanks for your work. Absolutely great content!! 👍🏻
My cousin Terry Gunter was married to Tony George's sister Nancy. He was a VP in charge of the museum. He was also in charge of security during the Indy 500. He took us on a tour through the basement and we saw old Pace Cars a few gangster cars from the 30's with bullet holes in them an old Cord with the hideaway headlights. They had cranks on the passenger & drivers sides! There were a few Concept Vettes that were on the cover of Hot Rod. Have a few Indy Glass sets and older souvenirs from the basement too! Went to the 500 from 89-94
That’s awesome!
That was awesome... A great history tour.
Thank you very much!!
Really cool old school stuff. Engineering was wild and every car was different. So different from now.
Another great museum tour, a lot of great history at Indy. I was hoping to see Howard Hughes "Raids Rocket" #51' the first rear engine Indy racer.
Your tour guid did a great job,the wife and I went there a month ago and did not get nearly as much information as I just saw from your video. Thank you, keep up the great work.
The johnny rutherford pennzoil car and gordon johncocks stp cars are the coolest indy cars ever
So many innovations on racing and your everyday driver is because of what they did at the garage before race day. So interesting to see the evaluation of going fast!😎😎😎
thank you sir!!
Dude is telling it like it was.
Great
If you ever make it to an Indy 500, sit over turn 1. You'll hear the eerie sound just before they crash. It sounds like a jet going into a wall. Thats the best way to describe it. Turn 1 is at the end of the point where they are hauling balls over the finish line trying to gain positions. I would say they're going faster than the back stretch going into turn 3. They come out of turn 4 and pin it. Best experience ever!
Dude, you've given yourself the best job. Congratulations!
I had no idea they were using Carbon Fiber back in the early 80's! I honestly thought that was a 90's technology. Definitely cool to learn that!
Right on!
Saw my first Indy 500 in 1959 and have been hooked ever since. There is a special place in heaven for those involved in restoring old racing machines. Love the roadsters. Love the cockpit shots. Good video. Keep it up.
Great video as always. Loved it. 🎉I remember watching Johnny Rutherford win in 80 watching race with my grandfather.
I've been an Indy Car fan since I was a kid and I have a pretty vivid memory of my parents taking me with them as they shopped for a new TV. It was the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend of 1985 and it just so happened that the '500' was on most of the screens in the store. I was pretty much hooked from that point on. I've gone to quite a few races, but so far only in my home state (Fontana and Long Beach; my first race was the 1993 Long Beach Grand Prix). I have a couple of friends who go to photograph the '500' every year and I plan on joining them, if not next year, then definitely in 2025.
Thanks for sharing your visit! It's cool to see you branching out to other forms of motorsport!
I’m a little behind the that Stant radiator cap is the part number R12 for race cap R 12 part number and they usually have pressure labeled on it
Bill Vukovich was my grandfather's(who was from Indiana) 2nd best friend. After Billy died my grandfather never went to Indy again.
F1 really changed Indy. The Ford engine was way more power than the early cars could use. They were affordable and fast. Great video, great place. Those early F1 and Indy cars were basically a seat in the fuel tank. Super sketchy. I think Luke and Poppy should do the tours. The old Indy cars are awseome. I was happy to see a Gordon Johncock car in there.
They definitely should. I think we need to meet poppy
I really enjoyed this video.
I can't belive you walked right past the red STP #20 tubine powered all wheel drive car. It looked like doorstop. I happened to get to see it at the airport in Indy on display. Very cool. I did get some photos of it with the plaque that told its history. Apparently it was winning the 500, going away, until a fuel pump failed.
Great video though guys.
So much going on we couldn’t possibly cover everything 😂 I wanna go back
SUPER EXCITED see the Chaparrals in the thumbnail!!!!
I Like Indianapolis 500 From The 70s 80s And Early 90s 1970 To 1993 Iconic Wins At Indianapolis Thanks For Uploading
As a long time Indy fan I appreciate what you do,thank you! Well done!!!!
Thank you Keith!
Fun fact the car pointed out at 36:39, the navy number 99. That car was built in my hometown of Crown Point, Indiana up near Chicago. It was the 1951 winner.
Did you know that in order to fit in & drive his race cars James Hunt used to cut the toes of his racing boots off! Driving his race cars with his toes hanging out either crushed against the top of the cockpit or bent flat something that you couldn’t do these days
Wow no I didn’t know that
That’s some awesome history
Another great video. Old shops are fun such as metric crap drawer and wooden work benches. Thanks Mitchell and Logan.
I don't really understand a lot about the history etc of indy/nascar. Would love for you to do some history thru the years videos. Tie in these cars, the controversys, the stories (good/bad), the drivers, all the cool stuff that makes the cars, drivers, and tracks the legends they have become. You have to excuse my ignorance, I'm a metric guy from Melbourne Australia. I'm definitely loving the content thou.
I live 1.5 miles from the track. I had heard about these buildings several years ago from my mechanic who was friends with Tony Bettenhausen. Nice to see the contents. Thanks for sharing. Too bad he didn't take you to the basement of the museum
He did take us down there but we couldn't film any of it
They used strings and pencils to map out the suspension geometry.
The real tough part was that the tires were changing CONSTANTLY. Note how fast the links got longer over the years as the tires got wider and flatter.
Beyond Awesome video. Brother, you are very knowledgeable about a lot of things racing. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks man!
luke was great, video was amazing...very cool to see these cars, what a great video
Glad you enjoyed it man!
Ilmore also supplies engines to the SRX series. Pretty cool history with them.
Such a great channel with super informative explanations and examples CONSTANTLY!!!!! Super appreciated and love the channel!!!!!!!!
10:42 Agreed, I always first look at the engine than suspension, wheels tires and maybe the office last.
40:40 This picture gives you a real perspective on how delicate and possibly dangerous these cars were to race.
Just discovered this channel and love the US motorsport history you're sharing even though I'm from Europe and rally cars and touring cars are more what I'm into. Good stuff!
Thanks man that’s awesome. I want to go to Europe and do some history stuff there one day
Good interview, ask good questions and this guy gave good answers/information. Almost better than being there in person.
Imagine seeing these cars in their heyday, running full throttle
Thanks for the awesome racing content.It's really cool cuz honestly most of us don't have the time or finances to see all of the cool history.Lukes knowledge was great.It's so important that we preserve the history.😊
Glad you enjoy it! We will keep it coming
Great video so much history next maybe some racing bikes like 80’s super bikes
A great video. Just a few things I noticed that brought up memories from back in the day. [Yes, I'm old.] The Ford engine in the original Indy Lotus was pretty standard except they recast the block in aluminum! Later in the shop, I noticed several straight 8 blocks sitting on the work bench. I believe they were from Duesenberg or Miller racers from the 20's. I'm not that old but there are books.
The PPG Chrome Yellow with a touch of pearl under the clear, goes back to the first Jim Hall Pennzoil Chaparral Special Indy car in the 70’s.
Bob Smith, Pennzoil Racing hired custom drag race painter Bill Carter from N. Hollywood CA and they went to and spent a couple of weeks in Midland TX coming up with the formula that PPG then made a standard color. It’s been 30 years but I believe it’s a very slight white Pearl and the formula was only given to race teams.
The Pennzoil racing yellow was approved by then President/CEO and Chairman of the board, Hugh Litche (sp?) who was partners with George Busch and Zapata oil.
that is super interesting!
Cool video! Thanks for making it….nothing like old Indy cars!
Glad you enjoyed it!