1996 Texaco/Havoline 200 at Road America | INDYCAR Classic Full-Race Rewind

[@douglasladowski6342]

good drivers,good cars,good engines and great sponsors. a golden era sorely missed.

[@Coastfog]

Nothing beats mid 90s CART.

[@TheUsmc0802]

One of my FAVORITE races of all time. Michael Andrertti doing his thing, Gordon being a maniac and blowing his engine on purpose, Greg Moore's comments, and all of those manufactures on that glorious track. The new cars might be close to the speed of these (20 years!!) Old cars but they can't beat the way the old v8 Turbos launched them selves off the corners.

[@TheUsmc0802]

No power steering, 900hp, tons of aero, steering with one hand and shifting with the other! Please make these guys shift again, get rid of the steering wheel paddles.

[@therealpeterburke]

Those were the days... 85k spectators and half the track wasn't even accessible to them I was there but had totally forgotten what all went down that day. Typical champcar race of the era when 10 drivers could have won the thing at any given weekend.

[@robminmonaca]

Peter Burke some one should have told that to Tony George that in 1994. That 25/8 rule at the 96 Indy 500 almost killed the sport.

[@TheUsmc0802]

@@robminmonaca It did, EVERY fan agrees this was the best. I still enjoy Imdycar but now it's alot more casual. No way near as interesting now. Those cars featured multiple chassis, engine manufacturers, AND tire manufacturers. Why? Because manufacturers new it was worth the investment, the series allowed for innovation and was a place for their engineers to stretch their legs and utilize their imagination now it's so spec that it doesn't really matter what badge is on the car.

[@27ducatistoner]

I agree with that one of those were the days. The arrogance of Tony George killed CART, which was way better than the IRL he founded, he just sabotaged CART.

[@marisgertans2438]

@@27ducatistoner I think there were more powerful guys behing T.George, like B.Ecclestone who really feared the IndyCars - they were threat to F1. F1 appearance in Indianapolis shows, some king of "reward". And at the end we see that all IRL ideas failed - ovals only schedule was abandonded. Foreign drivers were a lot... it was totally unnecessary, and seeing official champions of 1996 "B.Calkins\S.Sharp", just sad...

[@jacekatalakis8316]

@@marisgertans2438 I have, somewhere, an Autosport magazine that has an article in that in 92-93, Bernie/Max feared with Mansell going to Indycar, he'd take a lot of F1 fans with him. Which did happen, essentially, Bernie and Max, the way the article was written, were afraid of Indycar being more popular than F1, which in 93 alone you could argue it was. 93-96 you could make that argument too, F1 didn't run ovals at all, hadn't since 1960 when the Indy 500 stopped being counted as part o the F1 championship

[@MikeHernandezjett]

I remember watching this live. I had gotten out of work and was looking for a restaurant around me showing the race. I ended up at a Marie Calenders and watched the race. It was awesome, always been a Michael Andretti fan.

[@thebanhammer1]

These ESPN 2 graphics are so 90's it hurts lol

[@das11270110]

Yeah it takes me back to teenage years watching racing

[@Nxtl68]

@@das11270110 I was six when I saw these and thought they were the greatest...man they did not age well.

[@senorsoupe]

@@Nxtl68People often forget just how much purple and teal was around in the 90's

[@minegocio5405]

An extraordinary era of open wheel racing!!!!!! thanks for this!!!

[@DrColoso]

That's why I love IndyCar, they shows races from usac CART and IRL, and without problem, not like "the pinnacle" predictable series, keep doing that great job guys, kudos to ims and indycar👍👍👍👍

[@robminmonaca]

Dr coloso However do u notice they upload more from the CART era than USAC and IRL eras. What was Tony George smoking in 1994 when he came up with the IRL and using the 25/8 rule at the 1996 Indy 500.

[@DrColoso]

@@robminmonaca well there is some races from the IRL, but if we still looking what's happen more of 20 years ago then we can't look forward, the future of the series is so bright, now with the announcement than Mclaren and Alonso will return to the 500 next year like an independent team, new venues fantastic drivers, the interest of the people in Queensland for the comeback of the indycars to surfers paradise, so I'm in the position to say than indy will take the place who belongs, the best racing series in the world.

[@the8jrfan]

Those Supra pace cars though 😃

[@davedavidson9996]

One if them is an NSX. I was able to get a ride in it around the Nazareth track which was a few months after this race. We hit about 115 mph which was pretty quick on that tight track.

[@DavidLand91]

Marty Reid busting David Letterman's balls was all I needed in my life.

[@MathRaven1910]

That's the True,So DL who win the F1 Brazilian GP on Sunday ???

[@jeremysinaz3580]

Geez, poor little Al, such a dramatic finish. Lots of crazy wrecks! TY for another great upload.

[@greatestbrand5191]

Beautiful! Love these old uploads

[@BocaRetroGames]

Those were the days

[@rockydesign3303]

Best race I've ever seen at Road America, and I've been going there for 50 years. You can't imaging the electric atmosphere that weekend. Indycar was a huge battle every weekend, with a bunch of talented drivers all trying to make their mark. Roger, Carl, Jim, Mario, Carl Hogan and Dan Gurney were all there, just like in the old days. Then you had Walther Payton, PLN, Letterman and Herb Kohler (in the Penske pit at the checkered flag). It was so crowded, I missed most of the action because I couldn't move. I picked my spot by drivers left at T13 and stayed there. I was right above the Gugelmin Blundell crash. When Unser Jr. blew up at the end, the crowd cheered so loudly that I couldn't hear the engines.

[@PeterMayer]

70 + thousand people! CART ROCKED!

[@greatestbrand5191]

The end of this race is insane

[@TheUsmc0802]

This was the Pinnacle of Indycar racing

[@andyberridge6455]

Road America, proper racing circuit, entertaining race, plenty of action, controversy, 🇬🇧 fan.

[@MrMicrolin]

Thanks for posting . Use to watch this on eurosport

[@JJFDNY]

Love being there in person!!🏁🏁❤👍

[@TheUsmc0802]

One of my most favorite races of all time!! All the good ones in here: Andretti , Moore, Robby Gordon, Tracy, etc etc etc.

[@EVENo94]

Starting field introduction 22:30; Green flag 27:15

[@rfratelli]

And commercial breaks every 5 minutes :(

[@zackywacky7]

they really need to bring back the v8's

[@dionmartin9614]

(dmetl) #468 - 305th race I've ever watched ... 105 on the net ... 55 with a dip of tobacco ... 24 while drinking alcohol ... 455 races I've ever had glimpses of on radio or t.v. ... didn't even know there was a racetrack in Wisconsin ... Paul Newman is racing in it!

[@odkdsjf]

Truly sad that our beloved is a shadow of what it was in the mid/late 1990s and early 2000s.

[@oliviersourie280]

Still thinking of Greg Moore...

[@OoNVGoO]

Great upload indycar

[@indioloco6600]

All four of is had pit passes all weekend. A real heart- breaker for Unser Jr. It was a hot one!

[@jaredhochstetler9749]

What if cart and Tony George didn't split? This field is so deep.

[@MattCav15]

The biggest mystery of this race was how Davey Jones flipped upside down. There was never a replay that caught his incident. Always wondered what it would've looked like.

[@seanomatopoeia]

The first 45 minutes is basically a rallycross race with all the offtracks.

[@33skoalbandit]

A classic.

[@g8Words]

47:47 Christian Fittipaldi passed the pace car before it left the track. Seems like that was a big no, no the year before at Indy.

[@gavkiwi]

awesome, thank you !!!

[@maliklowry1236]

Back when Indy cars were decently fast

[@xesle2774]

Is there a high resolution version of the video's thumbnail pic? I need it for my desktop backround.

[@Stug9680]

CRAZY RACE ! 😀👍

[@matthewmcsweeney5996]

Bob Varsha covered this race since Paul Page was covering the True Value 200 which took place on the same day.

[@robminmonaca]

To bad this was the beginning of the 12 year decline of INDYCAR due to the split with Tony George . Those drivers should have been at Indy in 1996. The CART owners get the blame as well

[@AustinG29152]

rob mush CART was amazing, INDYCAR had the issues.

[@hallkbrdz]

Is it me or does Roger always look the same in any year...

[@activex-co6ls]

Yeah he still Looks the same today.

[@hayden4597]

Why did Alex Zanardi have to lose his legs????????? Hands down Zanardi v Dixon when they were both in their primes would have been incredible.

[@AA-rd4dz]

This was the race that they cut to the next broadcast at the end right as al Unser jr.’s engine blew up

[@JJFDNY]

I remember those days very well.

[@PapiChulo-xk5tx]

That was good racing. Real knights.

[@HisBortness]

Incredible. One of the best races of all time. Extremely satisfying - especially that last lap in Canada Corner.

[@adrienbernay3957]

Thx from France, very good quality. Americans, you are lucky to have Indycar 👍. But what were the engines? Twin Turbo V8's?

[@royalstygian8344]

2.65L Single turbo V8

[@adrienbernay3957]

@@royalstygian8344 like the last year of Champcar ?

[@royalstygian8344]

@@adrienbernay3957 yeah Indy ran that engine formula for a long time

[@adrienbernay3957]

@@royalstygian8344 love this sound 😎

[@astinus4]

Adrien BERNAY same engine formula as champcar in 2008, but these engines were revving over 14000 rpm, whereas in champcar they were restricted to 12000 rpm

[@asianoramaagain2269]

I had heard that Robby Gordon had cut his ties with Ford permanently because of calling one of their engines a 'pig' on national televison.I think his outburst that begins at the 1:48:27 mark is almost certainly the statement in question.

[@acemacneill]

Back during a time where cautions were considered sacrilege.

[@budmiller3823]

What a great grid. A fantastic time for open wheel racing in the US. I'm a big Zanardi fan but he deserved a black flag. The stewards did a poor job that day.

[@Saturn185]

man i cant wait for next season, does anyone know of a way to see the next season´s races live? (im portuguese)

[@TheUsmc0802]

Was it slick out there? "It was slick out there where I was in the fence, Greg Moore. 22 years later that still makes me laugh, and I really miss Greg Moore.

[@staggerlee4979]

27:00 If you don't want to 😴 to the pre-show

[@RedCard94]

1:57:46 OH NO!!! OH NO!!!

[@michaelflaherty3202]

I remember being very bored with all the cautions, and switching to the IRL race. These races are much better on youtube, with all the commercials taken out. 11:45 Walter Payton and Paul Newman 18:30 David Letterman. This is the interview of the year 27:20 Green 47:45 Christian Fittipaldi passes the pace car while it's still on the track. No call 54:00 Two spectacular incidents right in a row 1:01:43 Crucial replay 1:07:20 Three cars out all at once 1:12:45 Zanardi's penalty for entering closed pits is that he'll have to do a stop and go under green 1:15:45 Wait, no, actually Zanardi can just go to the back of the line. They're making the rules up as they go along. 1:22:10 Another new rule for 1996: drive through penalties. I always thought this was a good idea. Who's to say whether you came to a complete stop or not during a stop and go. 1:25:40 When your car breaks down, get off the track! 1:27:45 Greg Moore interview 1:31:25 A really wild pit stop sequence with an unsafe release and some near misses. The crew members nearby don't have helmets. 1:36:10 Heavy equipment in the sand trap during green. These races are terrifying in retrospect 1:41:10 Jon Beekhuis says Robby Gordon is trying to blow up his engine 1:48:00 Robby Gordon directly insults Ford. Also gives the most accurate take on a prior incident. And then another Ford breaks down. To be fair, this race also featured engine failures from Mercedes and Toyota 1:56:55 Wild finish

[@kozawayoshi2582]

Please allow uploading of CART's Japanese commentary.

[@theviolinoob]

porra Gil de ferran novinho. apoio TANG haha

[@senorsoupe]

Ooft, Andre Ribeiro was not a popular man after this race. A lot of salt thrown his way

[@marisgertans2438]

The most ridiculous thing is that current IndyCar series list Buzz Calkins and Scott Sharp as co-champions in 1996. It is atrocious. Because IRL championship in 1996 was "pseudo" championship, with just 3 races... simply wrong. I would understand, for example, IRL 1998, and onwards, but 1996? Jimmy Vasser was IndyCar champion! but overall - until ~ 2002 CART was premier series in USA.

[@alexcouri_arquiteto]

good times ;)

[@malikdigger4544]

The year IndyCar lost Scott Bryton qualifying crash good driver may he R.I.P 🏁🚦😞😞

[@jeremeymcdude]

Im just internally screaming because of the lack of capitalizations...

[@PeterMayer]

I remember this grill

[@MarkMeadows90]

15:11 I wonder what "buttons" they couldn't look at?

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

little al! nooooooooo!!!! :-(

[@samgogo9067]

Cart should have done what Nascar has done, have stages and play off points. That would have saved them for sure. 🙄. Truly miss this area of open wheel. I grew up on the 90s Cart champ

[@bucho9979]

I was At That Race

[@JanitorIsBack]

holy sit 26 car field. they can barely get that size at indy now

[@flopt12]

Somewhat true in recent years, although firstly, quite frankly I don't think numbers are as important as quality, and secondly most of the "regular" series races now have 22-24 drivers, which will be even more the case next year....oh, and at this point there are going to be between 38-40 cars trying to qualify for Indy next year, no joke.

[@DonaldRecord]

Danny Sullivan sounds like Hank HIll. hahaha

[@ReprogrammedToHate]

Sounds like Joey Gladstone from Full House too

[@PeterMayer]

I'm not so sure.

[@PeterMayer]

It looked like he was at least on the racing line I thought back then Alex pinched them, but I don't think it was that much

[@1greenMitsi]

I remember this era of champ car was really entertaining with some quality races..not this one, what a bunch of amateurs

[@johnbaadilla1846]

1:57:57 The one time Michael was the beneficiary of a late race Mechanical Failure. Usually he was the victim of those type of mechanical failures.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Always seemed to happen at Indy, too, or at least those are the ones that stick out the most given the situation

[@PeterMayer]

Eeeooo... They mentioned Tony George... Yuck

[@vectro4284]

11:41 MMMBOY!

[@dionmartin9614]

(dmetl) #469 - 2nd race I've ever watched while wearing a helmet ... 2nd race I've ever watched while wearing a helmet n drinking alcohol n dipping tobacco

[@michaeln2386]

Christian, what a drama queen. Hack driver to boot.

[@kozawayoshi2582]

Please stop giving only English commentary. Please prepare fullrace Japanese commentary as well. It's okay to stream past races, but if you do, please provide not only English commentary but also Japanese commentary. IndyCar Series is completely licking Japanese fans😡 Also, which country is NTT a company?

[@wpbarchitect1800]

Shockingly poor driving all around. Almost as bad as today's IndyCar, when we're guaranteed a first-turn wreck on every green on any street or tight road circuit. A total joke. Compare to the period just before this one, the Golden Era of CART '85-'95, where the drivers were aggressive but of the highest caliber and professionalism and could be heading 4 wide into a turn and get through single file. This was amateur hour stuff. And little Al was told not to over-rev his Ilmor by Mario Illien himself (halk owner w Penske and designer of the motor) and did anyway....and exactly as he was told it would, it blew up. Can't blame him he was desperate for a win. And getting rid of Sully as color commentator was the dumberst move ever, he was awesome. TV executives went downhill in the post-split era too, just like drivers and American open wheel racing lol...