2001 Marlboro 500 from California Speedway | INDYCAR Classic Full-Race Rewind

[@schweckles]

I didn't wake up this morning thinking that I was gonna watch the entire 2001 Marlboro 500 at Fontana, but here we are.

[@EightKinks]

I was here! Was only 6 at the time but I still remember going with my family and experiencing this. I found a VHS tape that my dad recorded at the grandstands, it had this date on it so I decided to look it up and now here I am.

[@VideoNarstee]

The last true season of CART. i remember staying up very late in the UK to watch this race.

[@US.ElectionMeddler]

20 years later Dixon, Kanaan and Castroneves are still racing and still winning, respect.

[@jerryallen1768]

Kanaan winning??

[@albertorivera4485]

Some still racing, some still winning.

[@gmoneymelogaming581]

As a TK fan, he hasn’t won in almost 7 years

[@Redman147]

Servia is still racing too but I don't think he has a full time seat.

[@develynseether4426]

10 years earlier and Terminator 2 were wrapping up shooting here.

[@matthewmcsweeney5996]

This was the last CART event for Mauricio Gugelmin, Helio Castroneves, Gil de Ferran, Alex Barron, and Casey Mears. This was also the last CART event for Aricero-Blair Racing and Team Penske. The event saw 73 lead changes among 19 drivers. I'm glad that IndyCar uploaded this race! I'd been wanting them to do so for a while.

[@jlun5588]

The broadcast closing is epic, we need more of these races. I hope soon the GP Australia 2000. The best years of the cart series.

[@Pabig93]

The last REAL CART race. Amazing upload!

[@RodhRace]

Exactly!!!!

[@jasonkirby3155]

L lol L L O

[@user-gu1hl2kx2k]

could you explain why?

[@chriscarpenter1703]

@@user-gu1hl2kx2k The next season saw a bunch of teams jump to the IRL (namely Penske) - you went from 25-27 cars on the grid in 2001 to 18-20 in 2002, and by 2003, CART was a zombie stumbling along until the reunification in 2008.

[@5tuartGuy]

im an F1 fan and these are the best sounding cars that have raced

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

The sound of the Honda engine screaming during de Ferran's closed course record is beyond amazing.

[@chumleyk]

You're not an F1 fan ;)

[@royalstygian8344]

V10s and v12s were awesome....but there is something so guttural and raw about the 2.65l turbo v8

[@arifnugrahadi7000]

You should try F1 V10 or V12 era..

[@charlespcorrea]

What do you think about V12 Matra?

[@24mora]

As a long time racing fan i think this was one of the most exciting races CART ever had! I wish all races had this much competitiveness as this race had! It seemed like every driver couldve led a lap! I glad i was there to witness this 500! What a great day!

[@VulcanSphere]

The last CART event to be broadcasted by ESPN until its return to CCWS in 2007

[@racingmaniac2549]

The best CART era race. Thanks Indycar for the upload.

[@jerryallen1768]

Agree but the engine failures in that era was terrible

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Always enjoy watching the older races!!! 👍👍👍 🏁

[@PantherMusicRIP]

🎧

[@benbenneyworth3207]

The tow these cars had is actually insane! 🔥🔥

[@captainjosue]

That was a great race track and SUPER fast. Indycar needs to add more superspeedways because they were designed and built for superspeedway speeds.

[@micahlcurtis]

I was at this race with my brother....good times!!

[@whagwan9740]

Loving the classic content mixed in with the 2021 season. Been a good year for Indycar so far

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

I agree!!!!!

[@hunter-_-96]

It's always exciting to see IndyCar on this track. It's a shame what NASCAR has planned to do with it...

[@bmike2521]

Care to share?

[@hunter-_-96]

@@bmike2521 Unfortunately, they will rebuild this track as a short track configuration, something like Richmond, for example...

[@penaltybox76084]

@@hunter-_-96 its gonna be a combo of Bristol and Martinsville .. i live about 12 miles away from ACS and i will miss those 2 mile races ..

[@ElMatador-hr1cj]

2001 was my first season I have seen completely and visited the tragic race at Lausitz with my father.

[@ninrode7]

Please, upload ALL CART races.... I need this😍❤️🙏

[@marspkr]

Back to the time when ESPN was about sports...

[@arlindosilva2557]

Despite the fact we had 11 winners in 20 races and 22 drivers having made at least a fourth place over the course of the year, this was not by far one of the best seasons in the category's history. At times, CART looked like an amateur neighborhood racing organization. Two races were canceled in the year (Rio and Texas), another 9 had their end shortened due to lack of time or simply because it was too dark to resume racing, many races decided by fuel economy and endless yellow flag sequences, engine manufacturer strike in one racing, ESPN's ending their broadcast contract at the end of the year, driver being unfairly punished for pointing out failures in the race direction, many sponsors leaving the category, empty stands on race days and Penske Team leaving CART by the end of the season. It is possible to feel as the year goes by a growing feeling that the category's glory days were numbered. Gil de Ferran was again the champion, but it wasn't a remarkable run (perhaps only in his victory at Rockingham). There were actually some pretty bad times, especially in the first half of the year. In that sense, Kenny Brack was the best driver of the season. Although he is also partly to blame for the loss. He was by far the driver who most led and made more poles. But he contributed to the implosion of the Rahal as well: he crashed twice with his teammate in the season, announced his departure from the team in the middle of the year, team owner Bobby Rahal was fired from Jaguar in the middle of the year and when he returned things got worse. Other than that, in terms of drivers, few highlights. Scott Dixon did very well considering the equipment he had. Castroneves never managed to keep momentum, Franchitti had only glimpses. Ganassi, Patrick and Newmann Haas, all with Brazilian drivers and Toyota engines lacked consistency. Alex Zanardi had a pretty dismal comeback. Ironically, in the only race where he actually did well, he had his accident. Montoya's departure also left a feeling of a championship without its biggest star. I must recognize that watching again the end of the season in Fontana brought me a feeling of sadness. The CART bubble burst that year, and American open wheel racing would face a much smaller reality in the years to come.

[@tomwells8093]

Everything you said was pretty much spot on. The only issue I have is that Kenny Brack was taken out by Papis both times. He was not to blame at all. They had the fastest car at Michigan and he would have taken the title to the last race if Max wasn't Mad lol. Sad to see CART implode - bad decisions, poor leadership and not having long term goals was awful to see. They had the most exciting racing series in the world from the early 90s and completely threw it away.

[@AutoRockinRacing94]

The weekend Truck Series driver Kyle Busch was sent home

[@jayking2491]

Paul Paige unmatched on commentary

[@VulcanSphere]

One of the voice of CART and rightfully so

[@PantherMusicRIP]

🤑

[@nolancain8792]

Even Parker was good. Nice from an actual racer’s perspective.

[@aaroncerrone8929]

What a race! Cars had huge power, could run 3 even 4 groves. The move toward being a spec series really killed the racing.

[@KillyJoe]

i wonder what these cars would have been like at indy

[@Chimp_6]

I was there in the garages and pits and my RV camped on the infield. I sure wish the IRL would come back here!

[@schweckles]

Dude. That's awesome! I wasn't born yet.

[@PantherMusicRIP]

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[@gagemcpherson4454]

They probably won't ever come back because nascar is changing it to a short oval

[@rainingmoneyx]

I know people are talking about the great racing but I don't believe that IndyCar should have pack racing. Understandable that people were scared in this era.

[@gagemcpherson4454]

Racing is dangerous period doesn't matter what the style of racing is no one ever bats an eye when a bad crash happens on a road or street course like Dario Franchitti career ending crash in Houston in 2013

[@ninrode7]

I want CART back😍❤️🙏..... Most beautiful racing car ever❤️🙏

[@heitordiniz4011]

How I miss open-wheel pack racing!

[@Greg2600]

Typical CART/CCWS blooper reel. Great racing, fail to run a 500 mile race before darkness and get dumped to ESPN2.

[@HighlandCall]

I mean this one wasn't on them: the start was delayed because of rain, they ended up running a compressed schedule to try and get everything in; had a time where they knew they couldn't run past and rather than arbitrarily throwing the red flag at that point they gave teams a lap target to work to so they could plan their strategies. If anything that's the most sensible way of doing things - much smarter than, say, Surfers 2002 where they ran five laps longer to ensure that a 2003 CART driver and team won the race before coming up with a BS reason to justify doing that.

[@HighlandCall]

@@abbasladak294 didn't in 2001; lights were installed in 2003

[@seanklingensmith7572]

Excellent race.

[@Daniel-Dest]

Please share more races CART year season 1999💥🤙

[@PantherMusicRIP]

Nice Contet Creation 👍🥳😎 Nice Music 💯🔥😅

[@DbossHasGrit]

Jeez ricky williams and the saints.... thats old lmao

[@NawnyaBusinaz]

This was the best oval racing.

[@albertorivera4485]

Ah... CART from 2001, when it was practically as good as F1 but much more entertaining than it.

[@slwsnowman4038]

I've asked before...but why do you do this to us older fans that remember the sounds and racing?

[@Substance242]

I'm CART fan since Zanardi's 1996, but this Handford device fake racing was almost as silly as IRL...

[@danielhenderson8316]

Only thing I hate about this video is it’s framed for 16x9. This would be killer to watch on my iPad if over half the screen was black bars on the top, bottom, and sides.

[@PantherMusicRIP]

😅

[@ammescritordobrasilltda]

Cristiano da Matta was the winner in Monterrey MEX Surfers paradise Australia and Fontana USA

[@francoisready3133]

This race was such a disaster. Perfect way to conclude the 2001 season.

[@WilliamC84]

Disaster in what way?? I thought it was pretty amazing those cars screaming around there at 236mph and the amount of g’s too. CART had all the best drivers in those days and the cars even during the early days of IRL as they struggled really bad , it’s sad and tragic how the split went down.

[@adri9428]

@@WilliamC84 The on-track product was great, but everything else was a complete disaster. The Texas fiasco that led to eventual bankruptcy, the Driven PR disaster, the Rio race getting cancelled, the engine fiasco that led to Toyota announcing its 2003 departure to the IRL (Honda would follow suit), Michigan and Nazareth announcing during the season they were also jumping ship (Team Penske's departure was more than word on the street), the horrible Zanardi crash right after 9-11, the failed European foray, ESPN bailing on the TV contract as ratings were already trash.. And this race was an absolute mess, despite the great cars and drivers. The writing was already on the wall by then.

[@WilliamC84]

@@adri9428 have you read the book Indysplit, highly highly recommend, it explains everything big and small and everything in between. It goes into great detail unbiased that covers all those topics you mentioned. I’m about halfway through it and imho yeah cart didn’t help their cause,I’m not disputing that but, also the way Tony George the IMS president at the time trying to bully CART is equally to blame for the way things and helped write a lot of it, the issues with USAC and what they did

[@WilliamC84]

@@adri9428 there was plenty of chances for CART and IMS to resolve the issues and really grow the product and be the premier form of racing and not nascar. There was so much deceitful and manipulative things that Tony George did trying to control who could race in the Indy 500 only which I believe it was the 96 500 if I’m not mistaken.

[@PantherMusicRIP]

🌐

[@uhadme]

Variants fear us

[@hardbros2021]

What is the difference between the IRL and CART?

[@user-gu1hl2kx2k]

cart was better

[@SilentSpades]

CART was what IndyCar is now, besides the fast and great looking cars. Same type of schedule, drivers, teams. CART also had more chassis and engine options. The IRL was IMS attempting to start its own open wheel series, which race on ovals only and prefered American drivers. Had only 2 chassis, much slower and no turbo charged cars.

[@nolancain8792]

@@SilentSpades the current cars look way better than the old IRL and Dallara chassis.

[@SilentSpades]

@@nolancain8792 they look amazing.

[@Pwrsongs]

The most expensive video-game.... God bless ICR 2.

[@trevorarens7143]

Is that Eddie Guerrero’s theme song I hear 4 minutes in????

[@rubeniltonfilho9398]

pls post the 2001 Firestone Firehawk 600 race

[@matthewmcsweeney5996]

No, that race was canceled.

[@dibolao]

The Last...

[@PantherMusicRIP]

✌️

[@ChrisSmith-wj8yw]

Was thier crashes

[@altfactor]

IndyCar should adopt the "green-white-checker" format NASCAR uses, to insure sure that a race ends with st least two laps under the green flag.

[@DaytonaPrototypes]

No

[@nolancain8792]

I don’t see that ever working out well, simply because someone is going to go flying.

[@brendan7632]

What was the date of this race?

[@juanmanuelbonzano]

November 4th, 2001.

[@PantherMusicRIP]

💯

[@fintonmainz7845]

500 miles is too long. OK once off for the Indy 500 but too long for a regular race.