Thanks For The Memories II

[03F5owner]

ill always remember patrick carpentier running down the front stretch @ mid ohio wearing only a checkered flag

[champcar4ever]

@neodialogo Your welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. Don't miss the other tributes by the way.

[shgid]

@champcar4ever

another great video

i miss champcar

[champcar4ever]

@shgid Danke.  Yes I miss CC too. Great memories.

[ochentin]

Champ Car y sus versiones anteriores siempre serán lo mejor, nunca me ha convencido la nueva Indy Car, apesta mucho y subio demasiado los costos. Gracias Tony George por arruinar la mejor categoria de automovilismo después de la formula 1. Pero siempre recordaré los grandes momentos que nos entregó esta serie, que la IndyCar aun le pesa.

[belindab65]

WOW! I can't describe how empty I feel without ChampCar. :(

[daddydawg]

The Stars & The Cars...best damn series EVER!!

[Marlboro593]

Que hermosos recuerdos de la CART Y ChampCar, los mejores años del automobilismo, que epoca de oro, no que ahora la IZOD Indycar es pura mierda que no sale de su rancho, me vomito en esta categoria tan cul#$..

[Marlboro593]

Yea! the IRL now indycar is just shit, the CART and CCWS was, is and will be the best Car Serie, just THE BEST

[alexrossete]

man... IRL is shit, i really adore CART. I miss the series a lot.

[weallfollowmanutd]

TruenoandLevin86 - No need to generalise Europeans. I agree with you. Indycar used to be a magical series. The crap we have to put up with now with Indy racing league is a joke.

[markfsr]

Im from europe but i have to say mid 90s when i found out about CART i was hooked up instantly. The various tracks and great racing made it more interesting to watch then F1 for me. I still remember watching these races as little child in the middle of the night. When Greg Moore died (one of my favorite drivers), CART died as well. Still great memories to this era im missing it, these days no series on the world gets close to what it was back then.

[FrodothePuppet]

Maybe my eyes are fooling me, but is that the FOX logo in the lower-right corner of the screen during the clip of the 2004 Cleveland GP (at 2:04) ? I know the races were all on Spike TV (like the current Versus deal, they had a great, enthusiastic crew but crap ratings and promotion), but were they re-aired later on FOX or something?

Maybe I'm just tired. Or full of it.

[answerstolucky]

As short as it was since these races were run, it's a different time now. Open wheel racing has aged more than the calendar indicates since CART's demise. I sure miss those days!

[1more4theroad]

Nice job on this! The song has grown on me and fits great with this!

[cnycarnut]

as much as i love open wheel racing,if cart won out the supporters of the nixxed series would have felt this way. having said that, it really didnt matter who won because the second they split up in the 90's the sport lost credibility. like baseball has. (94 strike-steroids) im just glad that they decided to merge some of the cart into the irl like turbo, alternate tires, more road racing/street circuits, and in my opinion a cooler looking car than the dp01 the early cart cars were the best tho

[cnycarnut]

(i meant to say the early 90's cart cars wee the best but i ran out of room) i need to learn how to shut up huh?

[illhnar]

Why Tony George ? Wtf indycar in VS anybody could see the races, you destroy the open wheel racing in america, this was beutiful rancing that you destroy not the bullshit that right now is. Is sad for marco and graham.

[labatt2006]

Greg Moore was my favourite driver and if he was still with us today i would of still been a fan i am sure he would of been a great driver even at these times

[TruenoandLevin86]

I have a question for the Europeans:

Why do you say that our American drivers only know how to turn left when this very series that rivaled F1 was proof that we didn't?

[nezy37]

becuase they are full of shit.

at its peak Cart was never F1 for the drivers.  It was close in the 90's it was more the other series than a alternative to F3000.

That said it was far more entertaining than F1 for the fans, better racing, and I liked the mix of ovals road and street courses.

I miss it alot, F1 doesn't fill the void and neither does the IRL.

[Quintinohthree]

Because NASCAR is wathched by relatively more Americans than F1 is watched by Europeans. Relatively ofcourse. And NASCAR turns a lot left and a little right. It's just that the avarage american racing driver is much better at turning left than European drivers are. It doesn't help either that British stockcar races are usualy driven clockwise and most European roadcourses are clockwise.

[zaction]

Perfect song for this vid. Thanks

[Sabathiaman]

I like the start to the San Jose Grand Prix where the camera shows all the cars over the train tracks. That is cool.

[dogboner2001]

Maybe an additional ending noting the passing of long-time series supporter, Paul Newman, is in order...

[millencolin17]

i do miss champ car now... the more i watch these videos, the more i realise that come surfers this year, the indycars wont be as satisfying to watch...

At least i can say this, Will Power won the final champ car race... heck yeah!!

[heyjunjin1]

well the DP01s are back!! keep an eye out for a new series called "GreenPrix" ran by the same guy who just bought the Atlantics!

[hammet411]

P.T. please get a ride in the indy car series so you can kick ass again.

[gearsifee]

very well done mate ..no more words to say <3

[dhfiuejfdhjfoiewdjmn]

i miss the old rynards and lola chassies

[redriverman2006]

Even the disabled, on life support Champ Car that we lived through these last few years was better than the IRL is this year, with all our crappy boys racing!

[nobutora74]

What track is at 3:00?

[champcar4ever]

That is the 2005 San Jose Grand Prix race at the start.

[daallo1]

GREEEAAT VIDEO!!

[dogboner2001]

"Never much good at goodbye..."

How sad, how true...

[afannell]

I Miss Champ Car, unless the IRL switch to turbochargers open wheel racing will never be the same.

[Gordanovich]

Seems like none of the terrestrial channels in Britain are showing even highlights of the IRL this year. Not that great a loss TBH, I watched it last year, really only for Dario Franchitti and the incredible flying cars. Franco's gone to NASCAR, Katherine Legge decided to go Touring Car racing this year. Maybe this "reunified" series will get better in time but right now i'll stick with happy memories of CART.

[millerfresh4]

1:19, there's something you don't see often; everyone getting through T1 lap 1 at LB

[BlackMinos]

this video is awesome... its nice to remember this and the song is perfect for the video... very nostalgic... the merger will be excellent for racing, but before the split, everything was going in the right direction. poor tony. he just wanted to control this and didnt looked for the benefits of the fans who enjoyed a real and great american open wheel racing

[pauljourdain]

michel rulz

[champcar4ever]

Are you related to Michel since you have the same last name and are from Mexico?

[pauljourdain]

am his brother

[daallo1]

Michel rules, indeed...As so Adrián, Mario, Rodolfo, Roberto, Jorge, Homero, Luis and everyone else...Thanks for the memories!

[VVT4ME]

After getting sodomized by Tony and company, i refuse to watch his SHIT anymore. Id pay a grand to watch someone shit down his cocaine coated throat.

[devildog881966]

Aww someone needs a hug!

[franticfury]

omg..i remember the CART-A-Thon that SPEED Channel had during the winter time...wish they had programing like that sometimes, instead of the reailty crap they have on it now. How many different PINKS shows can one network have?? lol

[S2KINDYCAR]

yeah Long Beach 02 was the only CART race on FOX funny thing is I have that race 2 lol

[pandapc]

Another great video by CC4E. Thank you. FOX broadcast the '02 LBGP - I think that was the only one. I forced myself to watch the IndyCar race at Homestead the other day. Dallaras are fugly. Please, Tony, it seems you're trying to make amends with CC/CART fans. So bring back the Panoz in '09!!

[PAXTONF1ob]

There will be a new car concept ready for the 2010 season. Turbo engines are a posibility.

[IllinoisHighwayMan]

I'd love to see front-engined cars.

[FrodothePuppet]

You're right, probably '02; 1. I saw no Penske cars, and 2. that year was the first for SPEED Channel's CART broadcasts (and of course FOX and SPEED are in the same family).

LOL at 0:16. Such a young Derek Daly.

[hoyadestroya85]

you can't deny that this is the merger is great for racing

[joelapo123]

Nice Job!  But hears to a new era! In the long run one unified series will be best for open weel racing. Just as long as they keep the the irl at least half ovals and the irl brings turbos in 2010.

[FrodothePuppet]

When were CART races on FOX?

[Ruddfan1997]

Around 01 or 02 I believe.

[simpsonsfan654]

Great tribute. CART/ Champ car rocked.

[afannell]

Nice tribue to Champ Car!