1984 Michigan 500 from Michigan International Speedway | INDYCAR Classic Full Race Replay

[@plooker39]

I lived in Tecumseh when the track was being built. I met Howdy when he came to give a an inspirational talk to the convicts at Milan Prison. Great, humble guy. Bought an older Formula Ford, tore it down, and rebuilt it so he could learn how the cars worked.

[@danhendrickson7708]

I was 14 years old and home alone with the house to myself on this day. Good times and good memories.

[@unvrknow22]

This race had it all, just incredible. And WTF at Michael and Mario petting a tiger at 3:06:05. As if driving an open wheel race car wasn't dangerous enough back then. Balls of steel that family.

[@yodashut2000]

AWESOME!! What a race, what great names, the cars were amazing. My favorite part is how full the stands were...I hope I live to see American open wheel racing become this awesome again.

[@rickravon6845]

Your favorite part is how full the stands were?

[@indyfan2]

The 1984 Michigan 500 race with a spectacular ending but not without the big hefty bill from wrecked race cars and injured drivers. This race was one of the greatest (of the 80s) and gruesome Michigan 500s to date. Mario Andretti had a dead spark plug early, then lost a lap. Then Mario got back his lap in the latter half of the race and eventually won it with Sneva breathing down his neck.

[@WhiteHatBobby]

This Ganassi crash was the place where a carbon helmet was proven by Bill Simpson as the next safety innovation. Today, Ganassi and Simpson are partners in a football helmet manufacturing facility that makes racing-inspired helmets that are designed as safer helmets. And Mr. Olvey proved his proof that other motorsport rely on him. When V8 Supercars raced in Austin, Olvey was the official trackside medic. The big change in car design thinking came from high speed ovals.

[@MarkMeadows90]

The intro song though. Good ol ZZ Top.

[@jamesbowers7343]

1:52:55 the end of Ganassi's driving career...however, he'd go on to bigger and better things, as we all know

[@2014cwajts71]

Actually he drove some after that, but I think that crash kinda told him it was time to be an owner. I remember watching that crash live and thinking "Oh s**t, I think we just saw a fatality". I'm sure glad both survived and recovered.

[@beeemm2578]

@@2014cwajts71 it did look fatal. Man that was just brutal and scary 'looking' as any crash I've ever seen

[@luisvaldes1568]

first time I have seen the wreak. Amazing, he made the most of his second chance. he gyt on the other side of the wall running away when Chip g. car hit it was yelling "mommy"

[@Broncos18man]

#BringBackMIS

[@DiegoOspina86]

agree

[@RebelTXWrestling]

I wish they did but gotta find way get rid of the France family.

[@Broncos18man]

+Rebel Coyote The France family, and Mark Miles, and their road/street course fascination

[@SwineBrothers]

you can either have rode/street races or boring/scary 1.5 mile wreckfests. personally i like road and street races. some are boring, others are great

[@DiegoOspina86]

we need MIS back!!!

[@josephdupont]

God Bless Mario... Love this guy..

[@ItsBlackjack115]

With this being the official IndyCar YT channel, you'd thought they could've asked NBC (now their exclusive TV partner) for a cleaner Master Copy of this race.

[@nascage]

Maybe NBC lost it due to careless misplacement or deliberate intentions from an unknown source. It always makes me wonder why the original network of any vintage race (IndyCar, NASCAR, etc) just doesn't upload the clear & original broadcast to KZbin for all of us to enjoy. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@htos1av]

This appears to be a 3/4" ProBeta recording. Close enough for rock-n-roll as the master tape MIGHT be 550 lines/center resolution.

[@evangelineknell7804]

Master quality and the deinterlacing looks great!

[@user-vm8cf1fr4g]

Are we going back to Michigan?!? Would be awesome! :D

[@racingmaniac2549]

Great upload. Thanks Indycar.

[@Slinger43]

Oh Man! 😃!! This race had it ALL! Mario on the Pole (once again) AJ & Gordie coming back (once again) from injury to compete (once again) at a very level! 💪 The AJ & Penske camps go'n at it (once again) tooth & nail, in a super juicy He-said He-said battle! 😆 Too many God awful crashes to shake a x-ray machine at 😱 Mario takes off like rocket when the rag drops, only to have engine trouble (once again) & drop to the back, while AJ fires off dead last & starts marching to the lead! 😏 The crew gets Mario's car fixed & he then thunders back to the lead to engage in a battle to the death with "The Gas Man"! ☠️ Then Mario WINS 🏆 Sneava complains 😠 AJ receives a Standing ovation from the adoring crowd 👏👏👏 (once again) & MOST importantly, ALL the driver's involved in those terrible crashes made FULL RECOVERIES, or simply walked away uninjured! 👏😁👍 Let it be said, that on this day in 1984 at MIS, ALL was RIGHT in Indycar racing! What a GREAT RACE!! 💪🤠👍

[@rickravon6845]

Well thanks. I guess I don’t have to watch the race now

[@Slinger43]

@@rickravon6845 your welcome

[@rickravon6845]

@@Slinger43you’re.

[@HenryFrederick]

Phil Krueger was lucky to be alive...

[@senna1979212241512]

look at the crowd, nowadays we have to hope to get a tenth of that crowd

[@PeterMayer]

We were there in 94 and for the US 500. Packed.

[@rickravon6845]

And then the split happened. The once great crowd dwindled down to nothing. Thanks a lot TG

[@Superbird43]

Love how the broadcast caught either Penske or Unser in a lie about driving AJ's car.

[@DesyDesotell]

IndyCar needs to go to MIS again.

[@RebelTXWrestling]

too bad France family and ISC won't be doing them any favors. Screw NA$CAR

[@marcofreire1595]

Having IndyCars race at Michigan is completely insane. The cars go so bloody fast there that the least serious accident is usually a horrendous one- just look at Ganassi and Little Al's crash. It's amazing Ganassi wasn't killed. There is just no such thing as a minor accident when IndyCars race there.

[@gagemcpherson4454]

Racing will never be 100 percent safe these guys know the risks the only way it will be safe is if we let em race at 50 mph

[@watsonroadster3707]

I guess, using your "logic", more street parades would be better for Indy car???

[@hmdwgf]

No, but more short ovals would be nice

[@mthedean]

Terrifying race, hard to believe each year the drivers would do it all again looking back at the carnage from the previous year. Different times!

[@lilben777]

Hey IndyCar, do us a favor. Upload the one race that ive never been able to find: the 1985 Michigan 500. emmo's 1st win. Think you can do that for the fans??

[@LouiseDenmar]

Yes pls

[@rickravon6845]

It doesn’t exist. Was never broadcasted. There is however a pool video of the entire race now on KZbin, one camera, located on the top of the main grandstand.

[@Zoomer30]

Yeah, important safety tip. When your worried about a broken neck, move the head around a lot.

[@taufiqutomo]

TIL Indy Car used to have 33 entries outside Indy 500.

[@gregbennett4254]

When racing was great

[@SolamenteVees]

You had me at Howdy. Holmes.

[@wpbarchitect1800]

Love Howdy! He's still running the family business too (Jiffy cake mixes) He was way too funny and fast for Bruce, he couldn't handle him lol...

[@luisvaldes1568]

After his car issues it was "Mario where are you?" till the end.

[@james40778]

Do you have the 1981 and/or 1983 Michigan 500s? Neither race on KZbin is complete.

[@rickravon6845]

They’re now on KZbin.

[@steruss6155]

When Paul Page introduces Roberto Guerro why does he describe it as his first race on a superspeedway, I thought Michigan came after Indianapolis.

[@SwineBrothers]

probably a mistake. he probably meant to say it was his first race on a track like this...michigan and indy are very different

[@epaddon]

Indianapolis is not considered a superspeedway because it isn't built with high banking like later oval tracks.

[@LCM2248]

high bank tracks for indy cars in those days were classified as super speedways

[@purplehazen1000]

Paul Page was the king of mistakes. That's how he eventually lost his job as the Indy 500 announcer.

[@rickravon6845]

@@purplehazen1000that’s not true at all. Paul Page was the absolute best. EVERYONE makes mistakes on the mic, Paul certainly doesn’t take the crown on that one. And it’s not why he lost his job, he never lost his job. He just had his time and eventually was replaced. Stop talking out of your stinky crack.

[@ajwasp3642]

LOL Bruce/Caitlynn Jenner

[@ajwasp3642]

I'm sure she preferred to be called Bruce in 1984.

[@SwineBrothers]

many people live without god and do just fine thank you. it's not strange at all

[@ItsBlackjack115]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@epaddon]

@@SwineBrothers They don't do as fine as they think and ultimately they find out the hard way what happens.

[@SwineBrothers]

@@epaddon i'm doing just fine, thanks.

[@MickyElemans-r6q]

They still had commentators back than

[@jaywalker17]

Paul Page has hair!

[@epaddon]

The extra part was not his own.

[@flatlineracer3207]

hahahahaahahaha

[@Slinger43]

Yeah, but he continued to rudely interrupt Bobby Unser, so Bobby snatched him baldheaded shortly after this race! 😳! LOL! 😂

[@rickravon6845]

@@Slinger43you truly are clueless.

[@darrenroberts1713]

BRING INDY CAR BACK TO MIS!!!!!!

[@mnphiladelphiaflyers3070]

Is that Tanner Holmes Dad?

[@TDDDDDDDO]

IndyCar died when they took Michigan away

[@ceeam]

All those accidents.

[@PeterMayer]

We're going too fast. That's what sneva always said right? These cars are too fast!

[@Jean25527]

Blade Runner

[@dadahdee]

The grid intro music?

[@DiegoOspina86]

It's the New American Orchestra version of the Vangelis theme

[@astinus4]

Epic grid intro

[@Dany45UR]

Ganassi no se mató porque era un gordito fortachón y joven

[@rickravon6845]

Yes. It was the chubbiness that kept Chip alive. 🤔

[@Dany45UR]

@@rickravon6845 Yeah

[@laughinclown88]

2:54:43 I came

[@bruces3613]

The sound of the cars and announcers Paul Page and Bobby Under were so much better then. Now you have that annoying screaming Aussie pathetic