When do they ever restart a race at the last turn? Why did CART give Pancho the win?? Sure, he got to the line first, but you can't pass under caution. I've been watching (and involved with) races all my life and never saw a restart at the checkered. JR won it fair and square...
MonacoLager: What's funny is, IF this had been a conventional finish, this would have just been one in a string of great finishes that were beginning to be more common in CART in the 80s (Gordy/Mears 82 at Indy, Sneva/Andretti at Michigan in 84, and the Andretti father and son finish at Portland I think in 86 are three great examples). Of course, the pace car proved a factor in other series events, notably Scott Goodyear's mistake in the 1995 Indy 500.
This was the Molson Indy Montreal though so a separate event entirely from the Toronto race, as opposed to the Toronto race being a continuation of what had started at Sanair.
The track is still there, fans are cryin' out loud for oval racing in Quebec.
What the heck is going on? Bring some racing back to Sanair!
jmnapert 1 month ago
For the record....the win went officially to Johnny Rutherford
fueldragster 8 months ago
u think all rule bodies would have this down. recall in an F1 race this yr where schumacher tried to 'race to the line'. silly. -R
Ultegra10 1 year ago
what a clusterfuck!!
penske13 1 year ago
This seems really silly today. Classic though!!
xobrentox 2 years ago
When do they ever restart a race at the last turn? Why did CART give Pancho the win?? Sure, he got to the line first, but you can't pass under caution. I've been watching (and involved with) races all my life and never saw a restart at the checkered. JR won it fair and square...
BSNFabricating 2 years ago
@BSNFabricating
The 2010 Monaco GP is when they restarted the race on the very last turn and guess what, that ended in controversy too.
evbo21395 1 year ago
Rutherford obviously won. Carter made a fatal mistake and he paid for it.
MonacoLager1 3 years ago
MonacoLager: What's funny is, IF this had been a conventional finish, this would have just been one in a string of great finishes that were beginning to be more common in CART in the 80s (Gordy/Mears 82 at Indy, Sneva/Andretti at Michigan in 84, and the Andretti father and son finish at Portland I think in 86 are three great examples). Of course, the pace car proved a factor in other series events, notably Scott Goodyear's mistake in the 1995 Indy 500.
csampang1 3 years ago
If you have the Surfer's Paradise finish from '94, please post that one.
IllinoisHighwayMan 3 years ago
They raced Indy Cars at Sanair?
I mean I knew they Drag raced out there during the 80's and early 90's.
Did this become the Toronto Indy?
nitroholic2002 3 years ago
Yes Molson moved the race to Toronto eventually.
champcar4ever 3 years ago
This was the Molson Indy Montreal though so a separate event entirely from the Toronto race, as opposed to the Toronto race being a continuation of what had started at Sanair.
csampang1 3 years ago
This is about as bad as USAC's screw up of the Indy 500 of 1997.
racermac1988 3 years ago 5
Craazy! You rule, man! Thanks for the uploads! If you have Elkhart Lake 1982 please don'tn hesitate to post it.
daallo1 3 years ago
Was there a green light on? Compared to lights, flags are nothing more than decorations.
If that's the case, Carter was in the right and he's the winner.
mustang6172 3 years ago
Funniest Race I've ever seen, neither of them win the race. I bet the Pace Car pulled in that caused this Wacky Finish.
indyfan2 3 years ago
you must be a genius to figure that out, Wacky Finish indeed, good job Pace Car.
:l0ser:
gentiloser 3 years ago
Wacky Finish.
AutoRacer5 3 years ago