1998 True Value 500 at Texas Motor Speedway | INDYCAR Classic Full-Race Rewind

Relive the 1998 True Value 500 at Texas Motor Speedway in this INDYCAR Classic Rewind.
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[@jzeirke]

No doubt the split was bad for open wheel as a whole, but people lose sight of the great racing that existed in the IRL. It also provided a chance for guys like Stewart, Boat, Ray, Lazier, etc that didn't exist in CART back then. Look at that crowd too! I would seriously encourage all open wheel fans (especially those who weren't born back then) to watch both the old CART and IRL with an open mind and enjoy them both for what they were.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

The problem was when the majority of the big teams returned in 02,03 only Sam Hornish and Scott Sharp could run with them

[@epaddon]

@@jaxonjaxoff3291 Not so. Jeff Ward won at Texas in 02 by beating out Castroneves and Penske and he was old IRL. Airton Dare won against the same competition at Kansas in 2002 and finished a close third at Texas (also finishing ahead of Castroneves). And you can't ignore the fact that when Kenny Brack defected to CART after winning Indy and an IRL title he more than proved he could win against that competition.

[@DavidLand91]

Its so weird to see a race from THIS era of the IRL in such high quality.

[@Ryeblue]

Anti hero of KZbin Motorsports everyone, Mr. Daivd Land

[@mattf7132]

Look it’s David land that name sounds familiar

[@nyrmetros]

More CART Champcar races please.

[@mcmaliciousgravy]

It's like the full ALMS library that IMSA uploaded to their account. Really weird seeing those '99 events in 50fps. I'm just happy someone was prudent enough to keep the master recordings around to the fans' benefit!

[@deborahchesser7375]

Weren’t they having G out problems on the turns in these cars? Knocking the drivers out? Guess you had to be a fighter pilot

[@TheRacingMemes]

I love the CART/Champ Car's V8, but these V8's sound beautiful. Best IRL engine sound

[@sdchev01]

I agree. The 90° cranks sound quite nice to me. Just wish they could have an H or X pipe for a more mellow sound.

[@tescoshortage]

@@sdchev01 They would sound like Gen 4 Superspeedway stock cars on steroids with an X-pipe

[@camrsr5463]

the sound of that Aurora takes me back to indy 500 cookouts on 33rd & Kessler. (Tre Deuce)

[@GaddGaming]

Good upload. Very nostalgic Don't get enough American motorsport in the U.K.

[@jdfjdfjdfjdf]

Great quality upload. I wish the split never happened but I'm still nostalgic for this early era of the IRL.

[@kg0173]

I'm glad that there was the split. It gave us 30-35 IndyCar races in a season.

[@epaddon]

@@kg0173 Strangely, its easier to feel that way after the fact when you can look back and re-experience more races in this period and not think about the politics of the split and which side you were on. At the time it was hard to follow both but today when you rediscover the racing itself.

[@kg0173]

@@epaddon I was a new fan at the time and wasn't aware of split that much, no negativity. Even today I tend to stay out of racing politics and try to enjoy just the racing.

[@lockerracing7121]

Gotta give JJ Yeley props for jumping over the wall and lending a hand as his crew put the car back together

[@06racing]

Less than 10 minutes into the broadcast and this network is already better than the last network other than ABC to host a IRL race.

[@diogosilva27]

I love these old IRL races and the big superstars that used to feature :-)

[@taylorsmith9629]

Other than Tony Stewart who is the super star?

[@LCM2248]

Billy Roe was a mechanic on Tom Sneva's 1983 Indy winning team.

[@theprogwalrus597]

Mike Joy calling an IndyCar race feels weird

[@LCM2248]

Mike Joy was co-lead announcer on USAC Championship races on MRN Radio in the late 70s.

[@BLyonsDesign]

Vince Welch was a pit reporter for this race

[@WhiteHatBobby]

Mike Joy was Jack Arute's partner at Stafford in their early careers and then both did MRN. You could see how The Gas Man flowed with Mike Joy on the mic. He could make an analyst good by his note taking and conversational style where the viewer is is more informed and not overpowered by yelling. Give me someone subdued who watches the action around and is active with the truck.

[@DiegoOspina86]

Now will be really since 2025

[@Dawgs241]

They get around so fast they make Texas Motor Speedway look like a short track.

[@yorgle11]

The first half was tedious with all the yellows, but the 2nd half was great racing. One of the best races I've seen yet in this series. It was a pleasure to see the whole field pit under green for once. That should be the norm instead of such a rarity. After watching the previous season, I miss Bobby Unser doing commentary. He knew more about car mechanics than any of the other announcers seemed to, and improved the IQ level of the broadcast sometimes.

[@racingmaniac2549]

Great upload indycar. Thanks for video.

[@robminmonaca]

At 18:41 they are lucky that a fan wasn’t killed then on top of an RV. The tire bouncing into the infield was scary.

[@homeperson11244]

Ah 1998, the time where the formula cars are an open wheel version of NASCAR

[@robminmonaca]

Sambal Pedas thanks Tony George in a bad way.

[@epaddon]

@@robminmonaca This race was more entertaining than any of CART's boring coronation fests for Emperor Roger in 1994.

[@InvincibleRacingMotorsports]

Those engines sound amazing

[@tedskins]

They sound like NASCAR

[@sideslick1024]

Good God, that engine note!!! 🤤

[@BLyonsDesign]

Watching an Indycar race with guys like Mike Joy and Vince Welch is so weird

[@gavkiwi]

thank you indycar KZbin channel yes !!!!!!

[@KrizmaOG]

shocked to hear mike joy and awesome video quality

[@kg0173]

I just love Tom Sneva in the booth!

[@NewWorldCT]

Wow Tony Stewart was OP.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

1:00:59 why Tony left

[@TonySopeano46]

Stewart's expression after he is reminded he has to cheat death driving at 225mph.

[@JanitorIsBack]

IndyCar on TNN and a skinny nice Tony Stewart what universe is this?

[@BLyonsDesign]

Just seeing Stewart not mad at the sanctioning body is weird

[@robminmonaca]

Lizard King well he had his eyes set on NASCAR.

[@stevenkilsdonk2046]

Remember that one time when Eddie Cheever was a good analyst? Oh yeah! I 'member!

[@DC322]

Olds vs. Infiniti motor wars.

[@danielfernandes8875]

Best IndyCar engines

[@kg0173]

Yes those were 4.0 V8s.

[@alexjarvie]

I never watched IRL in the early days, anyone know why these sound like nascars? Were they using V8’s back then?

[@Ryeblue]

Try make it easier on racing teams ,so they won't have to lose a lot of money, and also the politics of the spilt.

[@petertolene5015]

Its not the number of cylinders. CART used V8s at the time too, its just that they were turbocharged. The IRL was naturally aspirated, hence the noise.

[@HK_Productions47]

@Alex Jarvie Starting in the 1997 season the IRL introduced a new engine formula that used a naturally aspirated 4.0 Liter V8 that had a couple key difference from the CART V8's of the same era. At the time CART was running engines that had a rev limit of 15,000 rpm, the IRL's new engines had a rev limit of 10,500 rpm. More important than the rpm's was the differences in crankshafts the the engines used. CART cars as well as high revving engines like Formula 1 and almost all super cars use what's called a 180 degree crankshaft also called a Flatplane Crankshaft, this kind of crankshaft can allow an engine to rev higher but causes excessive vibration. This vibration is fatal to an engine unless the engine has a complex and expensive system of timing and counter weight gears installed. Nascar's and most American muscle cars use a 90 degree crankshaft also called a cross plane crankshaft, this kind of crankshaft is much more balanced and causes no vibration making it significantly cheaper to use, but at a cost of a lower maximum rev limit. The reason the kind of crankshaft that the IRL and CART use is important is because the crankshaft determines the firing order of the pistons in an engine. A V8 with a 180 degree crankshaft is basically 2 inline 4 engines fused together. The firing order of a 180 degree crankshaft V8 ensures that 2 cylinders on each bank of pistons is firing at all times, this ensures that the exhaust note (which is the sound you hear of an engine) is very even and sounds like what a CART car sounds like. A V8 with a 90 degree crankshaft has a very irregular exhaust note which is why a nascar engine sounds so aggressive. A common misconception is that because the engines were naturally aspirated they sounded like NASCAR's, but in actuality both the IRL and ChampCar (The successor to CART) used Naturally aspirated engines from 2004-2011. For further information here are a couple of videos explaining the sound difference between 180 and 90 degree crankshafts Flatplane: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnvVoaCPa6Z8iqc Crossplane: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6iXo6SHeZlqb9E Further info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYXWpIt8bd6Em80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6SYk4aHfraEqbs

[@alexjarvie]

HK Productions wow thanks for such a detailed answer!

[@HK_Productions47]

@@alexjarvie No problem just spreading the knowledge. I've always thought that the more we know about how these cars work, the greater appreciation we have for Indycar racing.

[@jeremeymcdude]

people complain of the engine sounds but the IRL had an interesting sound since its like a roided out stock car

[@robminmonaca]

jeremeymcdude the thing was that these were indycar’s and should have had a sound like an indycar not a stock car. Tony George was dumb in making that decision.

[@o0oStillWeRiseo0o]

When ppl watched watched the races and didn't fiddle with their phones all day

[@snakedoctor313]

Back then phones weren't made to be fiddled with.

[@acog_quarks8753]

They fiddled with their disposable cameras instead of

[@luccianodeive6605]

ROBERT WICKENS FORZA💪💪✌️

[@pizzasubs]

11:15 Green flag.......and immediate 1st yellow...LOL

[@06racing]

Ralph Sheheen reminds me of Supercross.

[@Cameron20809]

This is the only race where Billy Boat Won his Only race

[@SoldiesBC]

IndyCar with NASCAR engine sounds!!

[@SwineBrothers]

mike joy used to call f1 races from around this time as well, not just indycar.

[@PontoonWorldChampion]

Who is the analyst alongside Mike Joy? I don't recognise the voice.

[@jzeirke]

@@PontoonWorldChampion Tom Svena

[@SwineBrothers]

@@PontoonWorldChampion tom sneva

[@PontoonWorldChampion]

@@SwineBrothers Thank you!

[@SwineBrothers]

@@PontoonWorldChampion he did commentary for about 4 years for espn, abc, tnn, pretty much every irl race except for the ones on fox sports net.

[@b.h.6599]

'brakes wont do ya much good when the cars upside down...'

[@adblueranger6098]

LOL 01:30:00 Questionable language? :D

[@theflagstand]

Vince Welch doing the job he should have stuck with, pit reporting.

[@BLyonsDesign]

He's still a pit reporter with the Cup Series luckily

[@theflagstand]

@@BLyonsDesign True. Imagine if he was the lead announcer for cup too...

[@greatestbrand5191]

Oh yeah, big time. Much like the mistake of putting bill Webber in the booth for cup.

[@theflagstand]

@@greatestbrand5191 Based on the stuff I have seen with him in the booth, he perhaps wasn't that bad. No match for Bestwick of course, but not nearly as awkward as Welch.

[@greatestbrand5191]

@@theflagstand yeah, don't get me wrong, vince is 10x worse. But I HATED what they did to allen bestwick. He is the best racing announcer (still currently working) by far

[@Jackal7783]

Even nokia couldn’t save the car...

[@tylerensminger]

I don't know if I am in the majority or the minority but I don't like the sound of these engines. If I sat with eyes closed I would think it would be a NASCAR race I was watching.

[@naswii4360]

It depends who you talk to. Those who are on Team CART in the split will generally say these sound bad. Team IRL (which includes me) generally are more positive to it

[@bobbybonifazi804]

These engines sound like nascar miked with Nhra

[@TotoDG]

Billy!

[@gstate4ever]

Sam Schmidt sighting.

[@malikdigger4544]

( TNN) & Indy Car Series never thought does 2 would come together

[@robminmonaca]

Malik ElcoSS454 the France’s from NASCAR gave Tony George from the IRL a lot of help.

[@malikdigger4544]

@@robminmonaca ; Interesting

[@keironstoneman6938]

These cars looked good but sounded horrible.

[@TheUsmc0802]

I don't know gang, I just can't watch these. Over 20 years on and this series and split just ....not good

[@Franchesco151]

There is nothing like the excitement of seeing IndyCar posting another full length historic race, followed by the immediate disappointment of finding out it's another IRL crapwagon-fest...

[@DrColoso]

But if you want it, there is a lot of CART races here too, the last was the grand prix of surfers paradise from 2006. Indycar can upload every single race from his history don't matter if is USAC, CART or IRL, it's part of the history of the series and hide part of the past will be very unfair, for those people who were there and for those people who were watching.

[@theflagstand]

I actually prefer seeing these crapwagon-fests for some reason. For me the disappointment usually hits when I realise it's just another probable spoiler thumbnail... usually the reason why i don't always watch these. They've only had a couple non-spoiler thumbnails recently.

[@IanLoughead]

Billy Boat!

[@epaddon]

Actual racing competition in this one. As opposed to the one-note boring CART street parades of the early 90s dominated by two Fat Cat teams.

[@kg0173]

Actually CART sucked more than this. I was huge CART fan in 1996/1997.

[@gstate4ever]

Worst era of US open wheel racing.

[@kg0173]

Actually this is my favorite era, the second is 1989-1992.

[@epaddon]

We're living in it now actually.

[@kg0173]

We got 30-35 races a year with full fields of at least 26 cars per race. Great era. Full of action. Its boring now.

[@epaddon]

And its even worse than it was four years ago.