I miss everything about this era… except for the fact that all the action seemed to happen while on commercial breaks

I'm old enough to remember this. The disappointment the pundits tried to keep out of their voices every time "Our Nige" shot down another Indycar record was obvious . Mikey Andretti's complete meltdown in F1 didn't help much either. Mansell's utter lack of charm may have been a factor as well... Thanks and blessings..

What nonsense is that idiotic co-commentator going on about at 7:05? That was a legitimate overtake and Nigel caught Emerson napping. There was nothing wrong or dangerous about it.

to me 1993/1994 will be peak indycar.

Legendary

Cutting the corner and not having to give up the 2 places gained just isn't right tho (not Mansell)... I definitely don't agree with that rule... Goodman Nigel !!... 🤗 😎👍☘️🍻

To me the crash that actually got him seems so mild compared to other ones he endured.

I thought this was supposed to be about mark Martin not Kevin Harvick winning.

The story about the front wing is incredible.

It sounded like F 5000. Perhaps, if it was named F 5000...

Max brasil

I grew up in a family that raced and I loved all types of racing the family race stock cars motorcycles go karts. But I was always drawn to Open Wheel racing. My father had a many businesses but sold Alouette snowmobiles. I met Jill Villeneuve when I was 11 years old. I eventually met AJ foyt Robbie Gordon Rick Mears and Jacques Villeneuve. And many other racers. I never got to meet Nigel Mansell and I was a huge fan. I remember watching this race and you showed a sign of nuke them knowledge I remember seeing that and I repeated that so many times while he was in c a r t. I was such a mental fan and I enjoyed his time in IndyCar. I remember watching this race live and you just brought back a great memory for me. Thanks so much I truly enjoyed this.

video becomes unbearable to watch when you realise its a 12 year old constantly restating the obvious and then getting over excited for longer than needed on a story

The races were never reported in the Motorsports press ie Autosport in the UK

Mansell's first post race interview and he was already speaking "American English" lol.

I'm a massive indycar fan living in the UK I love the idea of a secondary indycar series something like the ais but based in Europe there's a euro nascar series so why not a euro indycar series

Can the corvette be on high beam the entire time?

I was born in the UK but moved to America for 5 years when I was a kid and it was during this time that Mansell joined Indycar. I've been a huge motorsports fan ever since...

With kenny bracks crash you'd think he'd end up a paraplegic or have lost a few limbs, but then you learn it was only broken bones. Wow, people really underestimate God (Sorry if your religion is other.)

Malukas a tier

Earnhardt didn't hit straight on like the wreck that killed him, it was head on, car didn't even spin it just , this wreck he was at just enough angle to spin but still one hell if a hit

Love this type of indy series in the 90s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

2:07 Yannick Dalmas

And Stéphane Ortelli at Monza 2008, Dumbreck at Le Mans 1999.

R.I.P. Senna

CART series was and still the best open wheeled racing series.

Thank you for this. !!! Thanks again

and my Dad and hi s mate should have copyrighted that

only person to be F1 and indy champion in a year

Pretty sure I remember watching this as a kid. In the UK, we didn't usually have IndyCar broadcast on the TV, but I'm pretty sure SKY had Mansell's first race on Sky Sports or it was on Eurosport. I definitely remember watching this as I remember the move on Emmo. Mansell had massive popularity and it was only his falling out with Frank William and Patrick Head, seemingly both sides at fault, that left him to leave F1. Mansell going on to win the IndyCar series in his first year just shows how good he was and how good the car/team was.

That generation and CART was amazing . I remember watching him at a couple races. Long Beach was awesome at the time when i use to go. Nigel was solid.

The Glory years for indy car. As good as F 1 at the time. Its demise was sad gor all racing fans

It's wild to look at pitstops from the early 90s in F1 when there was no pitlane speed limit at all.

Doesn't F1 have a rolling (re)start, every time the safety car goes back in?

Look at those blue skies !

Was there for qualifying and was awesome! Watched the race next day on TV.❤

Crazy , no, CRAZY how bad they screwed up Indy!!! They are getting close to doing the same with F1. Fire FIA now!!! This was so fun to watch.

I can still remember the sounds and smell of those cars going down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca!!!!

Can't see Lewis in indycar when he retires

Great vid. Well done. Fond memories of mansell. Balls of steel.

Mansell debut = full speed!!!!!

3:09 Regarding 2006, the main issue that happened was that the Dodge teams weren’t coordinated properly, with Penske (and Petty Enterprises) trying to run the 2004 Intrepid on the intermediates at the start of 2006 (due to teething troubles with the Dodge Charger in 2005-the Charger was very fast in qualifying but very aero-sensitive in traffic, especially during impound weekends where teams couldn’t change setup between qualifying and race day), while Ganassi and Evernham ran the Charger on all tracks. Crucially, this distracted Penske from trying to make the Charger WORK, even though Evernham and Ganassi had basically cracked it (though even then Ganassi should have kept Mears in the #41 given that he had nearly won at Texas and Homestead in 2005-likely moving Sorenson to the #42) (also Evernham should have just swapped the #9 and #19 crews rather than having the #91 crew become the #19 crew (the #91 should have become the #10 to minimize risk, given that Riggs was an unknown quantity whereas Mayfield was a proven winner)), meaning that by the time Dodge put their foot down and demanded all Dodge teams run the Charger or lose factory support, it was already too late, and Penske were behind on car development (and even a few months can make a huge difference). That Matt Borland left Penske and likely announced his departure mid-season really didn’t help, given that when Newman and Borland worked together, they were usually among the best teams even when acclimatizing to a new car the year prior…As for WHY Penske made this decision, it was likely a knee-jerk reaction to the team’s underperformance on intermediates compared to 2004, as well as ONE promising race with the #12 team running the Intrepid at Homestead in 2005 (which I don’t think Penske would have done if Newman hadn’t crashed in qualifying at Texas two races prior and thus started at the FRONT in that race and finished in the top 10 or even top 5 rather than 25th, thus entering the race at Homestead mathematically IN title contention rather than OUT of it-under those circumstances Penske would have likely run the #2 or #77 car as an Intrepid at Homestead, and kept the use of it as strictly a one-off for testing purposes). Given that in 2006 the only impound races were at short tracks and plate tracks (crucially none at intermediates, which was the Charger’s biggest weakness), and that Kahne in the #9 DOMINATED at intermediates that year, it follows that if Penske hadn’t tried to run the Intrepid at the start of 2006, they could have performed significantly better, with Newman’s 2006 performance likely being at least on par with his 2004-5 performances, and him likely scoring at least almost as many wins as Kahne did in OTL (given that in the 3 previous seasons where Penske fielded Dodges, the #12 team was consistently the fastest Dodge team, even if crashes and mechanical failures hurt their ability to contend) and holding onto Matt Borland as crew chief rather than having Borland leave, likely out of frustration (Busch likely would have still had some issues acclimating to his new team)…

Good ole days

Nigel's CART debut sounds better. I went to every race in Vancouver bc, sat at the end of the front straight, drivers would hit the wall (right side), and be totally out of control and slam the wall on the left that our grandstand was at, shook the whole place. The sound of CART cars slamming into the wall was a quick and violent, the motor would almost over rev a bit before that motor would shut down on impact. Remember the way they would bounce going down the straights, how about that race with the train tracks?The current F1 cars would rattle themselves apart over those bumps. JV said cart was faster, F1 was quicker. I miss the Cart days.

Cool video thanks

Luv Nigel , and how well he could drive .

When Nigel went, Frank Williams said if the track had more than 8 turns, he will win. Simple as that.

I guess he was surprised what happened at the start because in F1 it would be verboten to overtake before the start finish line.

I remember watching Nigel say these cars were nothing compared to F1. They look junk compared to formula 1 to be fair!

Compare that gorgeous Lola against these 12-year-old all-the-same Dallara kit crapwagons! All painted with bathroom paint!