WOW!? So that's what Paul Page look looks like. His face looks so strange to me. It's only because his voice is as familiar to me as my own but I'd never seen his face.
so true. yes yes yes. whatever sport we watch, the announcers are just important. if they are boring, the game will be boring. now that tony "fuckhead" george is gone, he needs to be back. if they want nascars viewership, they better get him back. who can we write too????
mansell & his Newman/Haas Lola T93 Ford Cosworth owned the field in this race but what if he had broken right at the start, Mario would have led all but about 2 laps from the pole to earn what would have been prolly the most dominant win of his career...
The turbos will be back 2010-11 hope they will back to michigan,wake up mis,irl get the racing back to the super speedway great racing,and spend some frickin money to promote this track and one of the greatest super oval tracks....no excuses just do it we miss it....
I seem to remember this music during the intro being the Michigan 500 equivalent of the Delta Force theme. Anyone recognize where it comes from?
By the way, trying to compare Indy cars to F1 is like comparing apples to oranges. It's a different discipline. Both series have their pluses and minuses (though there were more pluses and fewer minuses for Indy cars circa 1993 than today). I think it's more than reasonable to appreciate both.
nigel mansell may look exhausted towards the end, but throughout that weekend he was being constantly ill and sick because of a gastric bug, how he did that i'll never know
Makes me remember how great the american open wheel racing was. Awesome cars, great talent among the drivers, great circuits. It'd be great if you guys could create it again now with the merging of the two series. With tracks like MIS, detroit, Road America there's so much potential for good racing.
thanks for the video cart racing at it,s best,800 horsepower and a very destinctive sound,great to see paul newman and carl haas,hope to see indy cars back to mis in 2010,so hopefully track officials and indy league can get there acts together,
In my opinion the best oval other than Indy- i'd love to see formula one race here- the cars here look so good, im just hoping that with the merge now completed, over the next few years american open wheel racing will go back to this standard of racing-aswell as bringing back michigan and road america :P
I think I might have went to this race. I was really young. I know I went to the '92. It was either this one or the '94 race that I went to. The one where PJ Jones caught fire in the infield.
That's ridiculous. Of course F1 drivers are the best. Not to take anything away of Indycar, I love it, but F1 is the best. Just look at what happens when CART champions go over to F1. They always struggle. I love every form of motor racing, and I don't mean to disparage any of the, but F1 simply is the pinnacle for both driver and machine.
Jacques Villenuve? Montoya? The problem with F1 is that there are about 6 cars on a given weekend that have any chance of doing anything. The number is larger in Indycar.
F1 is not the pinnacle of the sport, it's just a bunch of guys going around in a single file line for 80 laps, with no passing.
First of all, there is plenty of passing in F1, though admittedly not for the lead. If you watch, you'll see that there is plenty of passing back in the field, and every pass is much more exciting just because of the difficulty of it. I fail to see what's so great about passing when blocking is illegal and the car are all made by the same people.
Still, I must emphasize that I do love indycar racing, and this is not so much a criticism of that as a defense of F1.
I like Emmo's expression at the end of the intro; that big smile on his face appears to say, "I'm the point leader, come and get me if you can!" And to think he was still capable of winning IndyCar races at 46!
Yes, he was 53 at the time (I apologize for overlooking Mario's age), but even 46 is old in IndyCar racing. Stock cars are one thing; but IndyCars respond so much more quickly to steering, braking, and acceleration, so hand-eye coordination is definitely key.
Bill Elliott's lap record at Talladega: 212.809 mph
Andre Ribiero's lap record at MIS: 238.403
Do the math.
And actually, California Speedway is currently the fastest oval track; in 2000 Gil de Ferran averaged 241.428 mph.
And asscal, Mario's spin was amazing because it is so easy for a driver to forget to hold the clutch in a spin. You've probably never driven a car with a gearbox; when the car is in gear, the car stalls if there is no input from the throttle or clutch.
Taladega is by far the fastest (popular) oval. But if you're talking tracks that openwheels have officially raced on, yes, Fontana is fastest, but VERY similar to MIS.
Yea it is I am sure that these Indy Cars can run about 275 MPH there, however at those speeds its too dangerous to race and have fans in the grandstands. The fastest track where Indy Cars can safely race at is MIS with lap speeds up to 240 MPH and California which I believe holds the qualifying record of well over 240 MPH (50 MPH faster than a NASCAR Sprint Cup car whoa).
Take a look at those grandstands. I'd kill to see every IRL race filled like that. I've been a huge NASCAR fan forever and I like the IRL so much more than NASCAR right now. The races are shorter and always much closer.
No question, Mario Andretti is a better race car driver than Nigel Mansell, even in his 50's he gave the F1 champ a run, lol! Great race, thanks for posting CC4EVER.
The cars, the drivers, the fans, proper announcers. Dam you Tony George. Dam you to hell.
ohiopower 4 months ago
All this talk about new rules for Indycar 2012 and the Delta Wing that thankfully isn't going to happen.
Teams should be made to buy these sorts of Indycars for 2012, these thing owned F1 cars!
99dndd 1 year ago
I miss watching this as a kid!
scorpian007 1 year ago
where is part 2?
darakii 1 year ago
Mario SPINS IT AROUND AGAIN! WOW! Magnificent! Great Video, thank you!
redcloud2323 2 years ago 3
WOW!? So that's what Paul Page look looks like. His face looks so strange to me. It's only because his voice is as familiar to me as my own but I'd never seen his face.
quasiphatpaul 2 years ago
Paul page was an incredible announcer and still is, we need him back where he belongs.
dillsqueeze 2 years ago 7
THe TV "Voice of IndyCar Racing" is calling the NHRA and lowly events like a HOT DOG EATING CONTEST!!!
How degrading. Send Todd Drama Queen Harris for that!
FrodothePuppet 2 years ago
so true. yes yes yes. whatever sport we watch, the announcers are just important. if they are boring, the game will be boring. now that tony "fuckhead" george is gone, he needs to be back. if they want nascars viewership, they better get him back. who can we write too????
EATOUT29 2 years ago
Wow! Nigel was something else! What a racer!!
morgandude2 2 years ago 4
Something else is right...I liked how I could hear the whine...No not of the motors but out of Nigel's mouth.. :P
fordfocusonme 2 years ago
Idiot!
morgandude2 2 years ago
I agree Mansell could be an idiot at times. I'm glad you and I see eye to eye.
fordfocusonme 2 years ago
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morgandude2 2 years ago
And if I remember correctly, no spotters bs, correct?
PeterMayer 2 years ago
I was at MIS in 94, 96. They flew there!
PeterMayer 2 years ago
v8 ford cosworth the best!
nicoffspring4500 2 years ago 5
2nd best actually. 265 a chevrolet indy was the best.
penske13 2 years ago
mansell & his Newman/Haas Lola T93 Ford Cosworth owned the field in this race but what if he had broken right at the start, Mario would have led all but about 2 laps from the pole to earn what would have been prolly the most dominant win of his career...
romero2k 2 years ago
Mansell, IL Leone , the lion , the legend.
Rommeljnr 2 years ago
i miss the days when the leaders would rather take eachother out at the end of a race rather than let the other go by peacefully :P
mattgotowned 2 years ago
The turbos will be back 2010-11 hope they will back to michigan,wake up mis,irl get the racing back to the super speedway great racing,and spend some frickin money to promote this track and one of the greatest super oval tracks....no excuses just do it we miss it....
dillsqueeze 3 years ago 2
Over 15 years ago now and I still remember this well, nothing of today beats the sounds of forced induction roaring around Michigan.
This along with all the other CART videos on here really bring back the distant memories.
Zabouskie 3 years ago 5
ABC Sports Auto Racing Intro at 1:13
AutoRockinRacing94 3 years ago
these were the days listen to them engines
moye41 3 years ago 2
Especially with the Revving of the engines when Rick Mears called the command. 3:14
indyfan2 2 years ago
I seem to remember this music during the intro being the Michigan 500 equivalent of the Delta Force theme. Anyone recognize where it comes from?
By the way, trying to compare Indy cars to F1 is like comparing apples to oranges. It's a different discipline. Both series have their pluses and minuses (though there were more pluses and fewer minuses for Indy cars circa 1993 than today). I think it's more than reasonable to appreciate both.
mjj237 3 years ago 4
nigel mansell may look exhausted towards the end, but throughout that weekend he was being constantly ill and sick because of a gastric bug, how he did that i'll never know
dan1555 3 years ago 5
Makes me remember how great the american open wheel racing was. Awesome cars, great talent among the drivers, great circuits. It'd be great if you guys could create it again now with the merging of the two series. With tracks like MIS, detroit, Road America there's so much potential for good racing.
zwamman 3 years ago 4
thanks for the video cart racing at it,s best,800 horsepower and a very destinctive sound,great to see paul newman and carl haas,hope to see indy cars back to mis in 2010,so hopefully track officials and indy league can get there acts together,
dillsqueeze 3 years ago 2
In my opinion the best oval other than Indy- i'd love to see formula one race here- the cars here look so good, im just hoping that with the merge now completed, over the next few years american open wheel racing will go back to this standard of racing-aswell as bringing back michigan and road america :P
dan1555 3 years ago 3
I totally agree!
Marg555 3 years ago
world champion
tice123 3 years ago
You can't compare any racing series with another. Each series is there own seperate animal.
ohiopower 3 years ago 2
im from the uk, indy cars and michigan is the most breathtaking racing ive seen
cocacolaholic 3 years ago 2
It was a perfect day for Newman-Haas racing there!
GarthBeatty 3 years ago
best sounding cars ever.
Damn I'm gonna miss the champcars, even though it has been a shell of its former self for years now.
Open wheel racing in America is finished, I don't think it will ever gain on NASCAR enough to be taken seriously
DAMN
nezy37 3 years ago 4
Part of what made this era so awesome in AOWR was the TV announcing...there was a lot of good chemistry in the booth then.
Funny to see all the Marlboro ads and stuff...
cornstar43 4 years ago 6
I think I might have went to this race. I was really young. I know I went to the '92. It was either this one or the '94 race that I went to. The one where PJ Jones caught fire in the infield.
God, I hated Mansell.
Zxzm 4 years ago
thing you can't deny about Mansell is he was an awsome driver.
Him coming to CART and doing as well as he did is indicitive of just how good those guys in F1 are.
nezy37 3 years ago 9
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F1 is overrated and over hyped. Just about anybody in a Newman-Haas car could have won that year.
Zxzm 3 years ago
That's ridiculous. Of course F1 drivers are the best. Not to take anything away of Indycar, I love it, but F1 is the best. Just look at what happens when CART champions go over to F1. They always struggle. I love every form of motor racing, and I don't mean to disparage any of the, but F1 simply is the pinnacle for both driver and machine.
BurrsTheClown 3 years ago
Jacques Villenuve? Montoya? The problem with F1 is that there are about 6 cars on a given weekend that have any chance of doing anything. The number is larger in Indycar.
F1 is not the pinnacle of the sport, it's just a bunch of guys going around in a single file line for 80 laps, with no passing.
Zxzm 3 years ago
First of all, there is plenty of passing in F1, though admittedly not for the lead. If you watch, you'll see that there is plenty of passing back in the field, and every pass is much more exciting just because of the difficulty of it. I fail to see what's so great about passing when blocking is illegal and the car are all made by the same people.
Still, I must emphasize that I do love indycar racing, and this is not so much a criticism of that as a defense of F1.
BurrsTheClown 3 years ago
I like Emmo's expression at the end of the intro; that big smile on his face appears to say, "I'm the point leader, come and get me if you can!" And to think he was still capable of winning IndyCar races at 46!
FrodothePuppet 4 years ago
Frodo, you have any idea how old Mario was as he ran the fastest qualifying lap, was running upfront and leading this race?
Rumcajs35131 4 years ago 3
Yes, he was 53 at the time (I apologize for overlooking Mario's age), but even 46 is old in IndyCar racing. Stock cars are one thing; but IndyCars respond so much more quickly to steering, braking, and acceleration, so hand-eye coordination is definitely key.
FrodothePuppet 4 years ago
I saw Elliott top 212. MIS in Ganassi's Target Lola. Really neat!
marcmatheny 4 years ago
212 at MIS? what year was that? 1970? :)
Rumcajs35131 4 years ago
Bill Elliott's lap record at Talladega: 212.809 mph
Andre Ribiero's lap record at MIS: 238.403
Do the math.
And actually, California Speedway is currently the fastest oval track; in 2000 Gil de Ferran averaged 241.428 mph.
And asscal, Mario's spin was amazing because it is so easy for a driver to forget to hold the clutch in a spin. You've probably never driven a car with a gearbox; when the car is in gear, the car stalls if there is no input from the throttle or clutch.
FrodothePuppet 4 years ago 2
Taladega is by far the fastest (popular) oval. But if you're talking tracks that openwheels have officially raced on, yes, Fontana is fastest, but VERY similar to MIS.
Rumcajs35131 4 years ago
talladega speedway is the fastest oval in the world
crbassassin 4 years ago
Yea it is I am sure that these Indy Cars can run about 275 MPH there, however at those speeds its too dangerous to race and have fans in the grandstands. The fastest track where Indy Cars can safely race at is MIS with lap speeds up to 240 MPH and California which I believe holds the qualifying record of well over 240 MPH (50 MPH faster than a NASCAR Sprint Cup car whoa).
sawblade5 4 years ago 2
This was back when I actually cared about Indy Car racing...it's just not the same today.
gadgefan48 4 years ago 6
awesome display by Mario at the 14min mark
savbyroy 4 years ago 2
What was so awesome?..he spun the car(a mistake) and then spun it back.
asscal 4 years ago
post us up a little vid of what you can do with your sentra, then :)
savbyroy 4 years ago
So sad that there aren't any more open wheel races at Michigan. Hopefully they will return soon.
argent48 4 years ago
best racing series ever. nice post champcar4ever.
lukeCART1 4 years ago 10
"pit speed limit today 110 mph" Holy crap!
bulletburposmiley 4 years ago
Mario Andretti is awesome at 14:10!
I used to love NA$CAR, but it's become overexposed and since I found this IndyCar footage, I can't get enough of it!
FrodothePuppet 4 years ago 2
good on you.
lukeCART1 4 years ago 2
Have you noticed how much higher they run on the track? Nowadays in IRL they still run low on the staights.
Bazmeister2 4 years ago 3
thanks for posting ... i love to see indycar when it meant something ... i hate nascar and the sad IRL
srhhawaii 5 years ago 5
Take a look at those grandstands. I'd kill to see every IRL race filled like that. I've been a huge NASCAR fan forever and I like the IRL so much more than NASCAR right now. The races are shorter and always much closer.
THEkingjaymz 5 years ago 3
Steep Banking? Obviously these cars never raced in Daytona nor Talladega
zendcs 5 years ago
very thanks, please, try to put more cart between 1990 and 1998
doydera 5 years ago 2
No question, Mario Andretti is a better race car driver than Nigel Mansell, even in his 50's he gave the F1 champ a run, lol! Great race, thanks for posting CC4EVER.
HossGhoul 5 years ago
18 cars in IRL on either on an oval or road course, in my opinion is boring. Seriously.
indyfan2 5 years ago
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Another great oval race. I hope ovals will never go away.
That year N-H were the class of the field even Penske team couldn't match them in performance that even two granddaddies could win.
Only 23 cars. Things weren't any better in those days, although I think that today's IndyCar races are more exciting.
AJ1964 5 years ago
No you've got it backwards though, they were supposed to be 24 but Danny Sullivan or Adrian Fernandez didn't make it to this 500-miles.
The IRL and CART split ruined the sport by TG. Seriously AJ1964.
indyfan2 5 years ago 5
Great! Thanks for posting this beauty.
RockbertoRocks 5 years ago
Mansell learned this track in 3-laps... whoa!
indyfan2 5 years ago 2