Thanks For The Memories I

[miketran47]

Aww damn memories, I was getting used to Champ Car. I was heartbroken when I found out that Indy was gonna buy the series. I wish it would come back.

[km10nner]

any Fontana, Ca, races? Where CART Holds the Speed Record-241 mph- Gil DeFerran-Penske Racing-was there to see it and also Greg Moores final Sunday drive- RIP

[km10nner]

any Fontana races?

[MyThoughtsSoSublime]

Sweet job there, champcar4ever. Those memories really are 4ever. And, as you know, there's a ton more as well. A complete CART highlight compilation would be very long indeed.

One problem: Things are anything but "Still the Same". More like" Just take those old Betas off the shelf, I sit and listen to Paul Page all by myself. Today's Champcars haven't got the same soul - I like the way that CART used to roll!"."

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

[lapleader]

Seeing all those races I was at or watched on TV was great. Such memories from Zanardi's pass at Laguna and Al Jr's win, or should I say Scott Goodyear's loss! Thank You again.

[OboeCanAm]

Great Video, Thanks for uploading this!

So many great memories, and it's all gone now. Destroyed by one man, and his colossal ego. :(

[pcgeekamd]

Geez you cart blowhards still have sand in your vagina's for losing the war get over it and move on. FYI Indycar gos back to turbos in 2012,with

Chevy,Honda and lotus as engine suppliers.

[quasiphatpaul]

this song makes me cry

[solitafattori]

It was the best series I've ever known. That was real racing and trully drivers. No doubt Alex Zanardi was one of the best. And the cars were beautyful!!! We miss CART!!! Thank you for the memories!!!

[ptstephani]

I guess we never knew how good those times were now they're gone... Glad to have see so many up close and on TV. Great video!

[romero2k]

these cars all still look better than the shit they run in the IRL nowadays...

[patvideocenter]

great video!

[champcar4ever]

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

[rdadal]

This is O.K.  But, the great racing was when Indy Car racing was all roadsters. Those were beautiful machines.

[Marlboro593]

Como extraños la CART y ChampCar, esos hermosos años dorados del automovilismo de america no volveran pero pero son los mejores, La IRL ahora llamada Indycar es una porqueria que da asco, y lastima, Maldito Tony George deshiciste algo bello para crear basura

[Distritalmind]

As Colombian I declare myself a Formula Cart lover, I still remember Michigan Final Lap with Michael Andretti, Juan you're awesome! ChampCart4ever THX for the memories!

[champcar4ever]

Thanks for watching.

[reading70]

Indycar at its best!!

[weallfollowmanutd]

This makes me cry. We're missing too much nowadays. Indycar was awesome back then. Like with most single seater motor racing now, this series has lost its way.

[markfsr]

If i had a time machine, i would travel back to the early 80s and relive the 80s and 90s again,.. and again and again. I think in general if you ask any motorsport fan they all will say that racing was better back then , then to what it is these days. Thats how i feel to, racing was better in 80s 90s.

[finestin92]

0:15

Ricky Bobby

[Nocito87]

This is one good reason to invent a time machine

[FrodothePuppet]

If time travel was possible, I'd take Robin Miller and Mario Andretti with me to 1994 and talk Tony out of creating the IRL. Or at least convince him that the 25/8 rule sucked donkey balls.

And it began to suck the lifeblood out of IndyCar racing, as the Indy 500 without the stars (Andretti, Unser, Rahal; you know the cast!) was destined to fail.

[rdtli]

great video .... great memories

[nascarfan9000]

i miss champ car

[6V92TA]

Those were the days. Long Live CART world Series.

[jonny15041983]

What a great racing series - shame it lost its way in its later years with that stupid spec car (Panoz). Although IRL and its spec Dallaras are no better. Lose-Lose.

[AyrtonS111]

Great video.

[1more4theroad]

I can't help but to think that the part where Sullivan spins out to "cards would never do you wrong'" and then to Mario, with 'never play the game too long' was intentional. Well done.

[illhnar]

Why Tony George? you destroy and still destroying the opel wheel racing in america, is sad see desapear this memories.

[totallytempo]

I went to the Vancouver indy twice...it was so much fun. too bad the hippies forced it to leave. "It's too loud" It's one weekend a year ya goofs...and you guys have free views....so why are you complaining.

[bubba8744]

LOL there goes ricky bobby 0:18

[labatt2006]

i use to love goin to the vancouver indy every year we had it here. best racing i have ever seen. best experience also and damn the woman all looked fine too at those events lol

[mys0ck]

awesome video really expresses racing to me

[jcr1138]

Oh my Zod! THAT was racing! Awesome video!

[617Ghost]

I was not even walking for the first videos of this movie...but...I grew up on Champ cars...and sad to see them go - hope there is some miracle re-emergence of public interest...

[Dimage25]

Thanks for sharing these memories caus it's never gonna be as good again than it was in those glory days of Amercan openwheel racing

[penske369]

the 1982 Indy 500 was not a CART-sanctioned race.

[champcar4ever]

Yes I know they were all USAC until they got sacked themselves. Ha! Ha! But who cares 1979-1995 was great racing.

[penske369]

I gotta say, I LOVE your videos from that era. Very nice, very nice.

[daddydawg]

Having spent a good part of my life 88-06 some of those memories are forever etched in my soul, 1999 was the last year it was fun,(miss you Greg)there will never be a series like CART ever again. man what a ride it was...Thanks for posting.

[illhnar]

i agree with that was the last year of the truth american open wheel, the actual indycar series is only a shadow of cart, i hope the actual series grow with time and come better drivers but CART was the best.

[zaction]

Agreed

[carzy90]

CART was my life from 1997 to about 2003 when it really started to crumble. That and I'd just discovered the ALMS. Favorite driver has always been Zanardi ever since he took the win at Portland (my first race), even liked Montoya till he sold out. Truly a timeless series, yet, like Can-Am, it had to go...

[miner5]

To carzy90...

I totally agree with you. i get up watching CART but Montoya never sold out. It was a whole plan for him to go into f1 after a few seasons in CART. That was the plan the whole time. he never sold out.

[carzy90]

Oh. Not when he went to F1. That was cool. I'm talking about NASCAR! :(

[zaction]

I loved seeing JPM in CART and F1. Wish he would have been in F1 when it was not a Shumi or more specifically, Ferrari dominance. He only went to NASCAR because of the lack of true racing in F1. I would have prefered to see JPM go to Ganassi's team in the IRL over NASCAR. Stupid IRL. I wish CART would have survived.

[MVPVDO]

Gosh I just can't believe how the IRL has destroyed Indy Car racing. And this years Pole Day has once again proven that even with unification, the damge has taken its toll. Nobody showed up. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[rsgillaspie]

Hopefully we will hear "it's a new track record!!!" at Indy again. Won't happen this year, but hopefully in the not too distant future.

[illhnar]

it´s a shame the CART series was the best, tony george suck´s he destroyed the open wheel racing in america and most competitive category in the world, in at time this gonna be major than f1, such a shame. i love the reynard chassis, US 500, indy 500 (Cart Cars)and laguna seca, the irl chassis is ugly.

[AutoRacer5]

Wait until 2010, there will be a new car.

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

I've heard that it might be a front-engined car.

[mightycowhero]

say what? ':-I

[vikatin243]

WOW! I was not around back then and they used to race open wheel WAY more aggresivly than they do now. Too bad its not like that anymore

[mandruvaza]

Isso sim é que significa a história do automobilismo americano

tudo bem que os EUA são um País a parte (vamos dizer que são muito particulares entre eles mesmos e que a fórmula 1 não tem a muita

atração por lá)

mas vale a pena ver que o brasil fez historia com seus brazucas como emerson fittipaldi helio castroneves tony kanaã gil de ferran e outros tantos que engrandeceram essa historia do automobilismo americano em si

demais isso sim é ke é puro espirito esportivo e automobilistico tambem

[daallo1]

Great video!!! Do you have any image of the Road America 1981 race won by Rebaque?

[redriverman2006]

God bless CART. My first love in racing.

[sandpit]

From which year is the image of Roberto Moreno who appears at 0:47?

[champcar4ever]

1985 Road America race.

[champcar4ever]

It was from the 1993 Michigan 500.

[buddas83]

To millerfresh4:

The one and only Mario Andretti in a Newman/Hass Lola.

[millerfresh4]

Who was that at 2:07 that spun around in the pits, keep it in gear and kept going? WOW!

[rsgillaspie]

That was Mario Andretti at Michigan.

[TheTruePatriot01]

Ver sad :-(

I am truly happy though that the potential for greatness is again a possibility now that unification has taken place. My major issue with the new Inycar series is the slow old Dallaras they use. 2010 is going to be the defining moment because of the new equipment. We need turbos back and hopefully a couple of engine and chasis manufacturers. BTW go Graham!!!! Whata race and what a way to show the old IRL boys how its done on street courses. Now for ovals....????

[blackwarrior1979]

Hmm...funny. Graham Rahal won at St. Petersburg. Six of the top ten positions were occupied by ex-Champ Car drivers. So let's see...that makes an ex-Champ Car team winning in only the second race of reunification. Want to eat those words now, Steve?

[hiroshi021]

CART ran at Pocono? woah. now that had to be fun to watch, i never knew that.

[fightinchunk]

i shed a tear

rip cart :(

[KeeperOfTheKitten]

BlueFox, sadly, as I understand things, the IRL cars are what all the teams will be using this year. Hopefully the future will see a development away from that format and maybe towards something like the machinery you and I remember and love! I feel the same way about F1 and the way it was in the 80s and 90s

[usavisionary]

CART was the standard of excellence in all of motorsports. Awesome racing action!

[BlueFox284]

Well, with the merger finally done, maybe *some* of the glory of US open wheel racing will return. . . Now I'm really inrested in what machinery they'll be using. . . Damn, I'd love to hear the turbo's screaming at Indy again. . .

[indyfan2]

Gosh CART had the best product American Open-Wheel has ever had even in the world. RIP and godspeed.

Turbochargers and a best mix of Roads, Streets and Ovals = Best Product.

[afannell]

Now your starting to get it.

[mateusf01]

Whos the driver on the target car that runs over the camera at 2:22?

[JoeytheHDK]

Probably either Cheever, Luyendyk, Robby Gordon, or Michael Andretti.

I'm glad this unification is happening - I just hope the IRL includes some of the great Champ Car venues in the '09 schedule - places like Burke Lakefront Airport, Toronto, Road America, and places like that. The only CC race I watched last year was the Cleveland race, and damn, it was good. Here's hoping it continues.

[champcar4ever]

It's from the 94 Mid-Ohio race with Michael Andretti.

[manmonkee]

As a european I've always loved Champ Car, yes theres some ovals but IRL is mainly ovals and I'm sorry you americans, Here in Europe we just don't get it....... never turning right!!!!!!

[katm6]

It's okay, manmonkee, some of us Americans don't get the thrall of the turning left only racing either.

[hacimed]

hey manmonkee, do you get drag racing? you don't turn AT ALL. Drag Racing is the purest form of motorsport, followed by ovals. Road courses are just a complication of something that should be simple, maybe you think the 400 meter dash should have left AND right turns?!!?

[manmonkee]

Sorry to offend:), I was just brought up to believe racing happened on a race course, I'm ill educated enough to even think drag RACING is a misleading title, I would just call it drag...... Oh and thanks Katm6, nice to know some of you guys don't get it either

[dalejrgamer]

Well, I get it...oh wait, I'm a fan of NASCAR, but you're right. I would like to see more roadies on the NASCAR schedule, but it started as an oval series, it'll be that way. It's just that most of us can't stand roadies because there's just no passing there. What most of them don't know is that it is possible to pass on them. If it's too narrow, improvise.

[Zxzm]

Go away, troll.

[SparkyMonololak]

To have a good series you need a good mix of ovals and road courses. Oval tracks and road courses are two completely different things and compariong them is like comparing a mailbox to a toaster. They both take different skills. I personally think ovals are more nerve-racking becasue there is always a possibility of passing.

[jespervad]

@SparkyMonololak you are so right! 

[PinkRob0t]

I forgot to say thank you champcar4ever, thanks for the videos you post here to show the world how great indycar/champcar racing once was [even without push/power to pass :D]. I hope you will continue to do so now that your nick will soon only be a nostalgic reference.

[pandapc]

That was excellent. Great ending. They'd better bring back those things LolaJudd asked for and the best races too. And do something about that IRL name. Then I'll keep watching. But I'll miss CART/CC too. RIP.

[RedFireFox2123]

The merger had to occur in order for open-wheel to survive. Both series' have been on the decline. I just hope that the new leaders of this merged series have learned from the mistakes from the CART regime and work on putting open-wheel back as the top racing series in America. Thank you CART/CC for the great memories.

[katm6]

The new leaders is singular. TFG and he finally got what he wanted - to be the Bill France, Jr. of open wheel racing. I'm done. I refuse to reward him for his selfish, idiotic behavior in destroying the greatest racing series.

[PinkRob0t]

The only difference is that nowadays AOWR is just a freckle on the stockcar-face of US racing.

In 1994, FTG decided he would make the Indy 500 the center of AOWR again [though that position had never been stronger] and when he could not get the CART board shaped the way he wanted it [his total control] he set out to kill CART altogether.

Congrats TG, you did it ! Now have fun with the 'revitalized' IRL. Without the incentive to kill CART your fun will soon end and AOWR will finally be dead.

[RealRacer2442]

IRL and Champ Car are now officially merged. RIP CART. :(

[dalejrgamer]

Don't count on it yet. They held it off until Monday.

[dalejrgamer]

Or not...

[brandensimmons1987]

best memories of cart was the dounuts of alex he was the best.

[bluemoon95]

I had a little tear in my eye watching the video. Because I have been watching CART Champcar for 20 years and i'm gonna miss it.

R.I.P. CART 1979-2007

[dogfax]

I just wonder what Tony George thinks sitting at home on a Sunday... "Well that showed those Cart teams...see how much better off we are under my leadership...so much is diff now" yeah right.. all thats happened is that we have ended up where we were before, but in a much poorer state. The songs title is so apt and sad. Lets hope this is the start of the rebirth of open wheel racing in America

[nodoor]

Awesome way to end the clip. Zanardi Rocks! FTG

[welshlad6]

RIP CART

[TexRocker]

Nice job CD55! :thumbsup:

[pcm61774]

WOW! So many great memories of the good ol' days of CART. Rick in The Gould Charge penske, Sneva in the Texaco Star, Gordy in the STP #20...really took me back. Thanks!

[OWfan]

Great montage. I got a bit emotional watching this.

[mapp47]

thanks for the great memories,hate to see the series go!let's hope we can get back to this level soon! thanks map47

[delta426e]

Thanks for posting these vids cc4e. So many memories.... Let's hope Indycar gets back to full grandstands, 28 car fields at all the races and the incredible competition we enjoyed in the 90s.

[LolaJudd]

I hope Goodyear, Michelin, turbos, rotary Mazda, Cosworth, Performance Friction Brakes, Panoz, Lola and others enter a unified Indy Car series.

[cmcgato2]

bye bye ChampCar, CART!!! :(

[litoven]

Alex donuts gave me goosebumps.

I'll miss this sound and remember it forever!

[S2KINDYCAR]

what is the name and artist of this song? ill put it on my ipod......great video as well

[dogboner2001]

Nicely done, CC4E, nicely done...

Not likely to see the likes of these highlights again...

[PAXTONF1ob]

wow, i didn't knew that Jacques Villeneuve Sr. was a race winner in Indy Car. Thanks for sharing.

[TexRocker]

That's his uncle. His name was Jacques as well. young JV's fathers name is Giles. He drove for Ferrari but was unfortunately killed years ago.

[PAXTONF1ob]

Yes i know that TexRocker. :)

What i meant that i didn't knew that "the uncle" was a race winner in Cart. I only knew that he attempted to qualify to the Canadian Grand Prix but was not able to.

[dogfax]

geat song too.. what is it pls?? always amazes me when they start aguing about formula 1 and the lack of passing... why dont they just look at some of these clips, and set the aero regs to a similar level..

[dalejrgamer]

Bob Segar's Still the Same.  I know so because the Dale Earnhardt tribute (by AdamSc3) uses the same song for it.

[Buggy1Boy]

Great job!!!

[lukeCART1]

lets hope that in a few years we can see some great racing like the good old days.

[classicf1]

OMG thanks for uploading. I never knew the older CARTS looked and wet so great.

[AJ1964]

Those cars look so similar to IRL dallara. Nice job.

[dogfax]

fantastic as always.. pls dont stop posting these classic vids..

[threewideforthelead]

thank you, great job as always!

[rustyshackleford01]

incredible job