2008 Indy Car Championship Chicagoland Photo Finish!!!!

[@KPG113]

IndyCar is criminally underrated. I feel like both NASCAR and F1 fans would love this sort of thing if they had more exposure to it. You can't deny how insane this engine sounds around an oval.

[@doctorindy]

What happened was, Ganassi actually tried to cheat. They purposely mounted their scoring transponder upside-down in the car, because one day, they discovered that it somehow effectively "tricked" the scoring antenna wire embedded in the track. The computer scoring system monitors all showed Dixon's car crossing the line first, so it wasn't ABC's fault for calling the wrong winner. In fact, their S/F line camera "saved the day" in all reality. Since this incident, the proper installation of the scoring transponders in the cars is more scrutinized by technical inspection.

[@ynwa1283]

doctorindy Wow, thank you for the explanation! You the man!

[@lukmanfirdaus8497]

From where you know?

[@Zoomer30]

Yeah, the video pretty much showed that the Target car did not win.

[@therrydicule]

I don't see that as cheating, just mismounting the darn thing. I would let them off with a warning: but if that's repeated, than I'll start having penalties. Beside, even if mounted perfectly, the margin of error was .0006 seconds. To avoid this, indycar had a high speed camera taking picture every tenth of a thousand of a second. And two high-frame-rate cameras connected to a digital video system. These 3 cameras recorded every single passing of the start-finish line. Technically, a transponder could have fallen off in a crash, and some driver could have finish the race on 3 wheels and the IRL could have been able to tell the time he took to finish the race. Even if the transponder was sending signals from miles off the track. Maybe they can cheat with the transponder, but what's the point if measures exist to catch that?

[@dylanhills3244]

Doesn't surprise me.

[@Lil_Hondo]

very cool, but the guys doing commentary should have been more excited.

[@larry8030]

Leigh Duffey or whatever his name is makes everything sound exciting

[@DavidMadrigalMesa]

minute 3:20, he tell Catroneves (Penske Car), that he won the race. Then Dixon (Target Car) celebrates because he won the championship

[@baahas]

2:28 "SHOPPING MONEY!!!!"

[@PrestonPlourdProjects]

Chicagoland may be no more, but I’d say watching memorable finishes like this one eases the pain.

[@maddoxbromley6426]

I like it when Dixon leads or wins because I get to look at Emma

[@matthewporrini50]

The start/finish line counts as a scoring loop so Castroneves won the closest indycar finish

[@LostHighwayFilms]

The race goes... To Castro-Dixon!

[@DavidMadrigalMesa]

people! Dixon (Target Car) won the championship, but Castroneves (Penske Car) won the race, you have to pay more attention!

[@siddkumar8032]

David Madrigal Mesa but... apparently Castroneves won his first oval race Phoenix 2017 according to commentators and himself

[@joeyskierdrummer]

3:52 - "Which one of these timing lines is the one you've gotta cross?" Which one do you think it is??? The damn finish line! (I understand what he's getting at, but really?)

[@LetsRookIt]

all these close ass finishes at chicago....y did they stop racing here??

[@alemarion]

I think they stopped going to those kinds of ovals after Dan Wheldon's fatal crash at LVMS.

[@alisonalica5241]

Vi esse Gp de Chicago vencido pelo Helio Castro Neves num duelo com o scott dixon foi demais

[@ervesti93]

Helio won for a thousand of a second, maybe more than that, but it was simply amazing!! Also the Three Wide during 94 to 96 laps was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[@nfsdude911]

2:25 6th place R.I.P. Dan Wheldon

[@andrewr7982]

Please comeback to Chicago IndyCar

[@ROCKNAIRFORCES]

what a roaring crowd. never heard such an exciting audience. lol

[@AlonsoRules]

+Jacob Gaitan the crowd goes crazy when dale jr gets the lucky dog after a debris caution

[@person5598]

i cant believe indy car got rid of chicagoland...

[@cardscubesandcars6587]

i was there

[@dwidwi]

@nathankrug Of course NASCAR would throw a yellow flag on the last lap and have 5 restarts after the last lap to get it that close.

[@djbadlt]

#milkanddonuts

[@israeljoao5532]

It was Helio who won, it was not Dixon.

[@paulada57]

ISSO QUE É CORRIDA

[@tomsmith5216]

There is only one "Iceman" and his name is Raikkonen

[@racermac1988]

A few years ago, we had finishes all the time like this in IndyCar.

[@wittisy]

Wheldon had a exciting 3-wide challenge in the race,how exciting :(,now we cant see it

[@nascarfan1444]

i love castroneves reaction

[@marcussmith5755]

I wish Indycar would go back to Chicagoland

[@PrestonPlourdProjects]

It’s being demolished to make room for warehouses. I’m so sorry, dude.

[@tedoydislake]

Al pedo montan cámaras super rápidas para despejar cualquier duda ante un final cerradísimo e igual premian a quien "les parece", jaja. Un desastre.

[@Altamonteric]

@KingCuervo88 Indycar used the same point system they had used all year, while the NASCAR fight was set up by the chase. Was a good title fight, but you can't make that comparsion.

[@bsebll552]

They stopped racing at all the tracks owned by ISC (which is owned by NASCARs france family)

[@LeandroGaarcia]

castroneves wins ?

[@rannygamer51]

leandro garcia yes

[@Brantoc]

I guess they need to up the frequency of the signal.. I don't know what it is now, maybe 24khz or 24,000 updates a second. Seems fast, but they were closer than that. How about a 5.8Ghz signal? 5.8 billion cycles a second. Not going faster than that I hope.

[@XXformula]

Oh and i almost forgot...Marty Reid is the worst commentator ever, my fucking dog knows more about racing than he does....I really miss Paul Page. Although old Paul does do a good job calling the NHRA drag races now on ESPN 2, i still wish he did open wheel!

[@XXformula]

Chicagoland, Texas Motor Speedway, and Indianapolis are the only exciting ovals left on the schedual now that they don't race at Michigan International Speedway or Fontana..i guess Homestead is ok too...but the other ovals are horrible

[@weallfollowmanutd]

You can do 1000 finishes like this in row. Its still not as a good as it used to be. Bring back real indycar! These cars are shite and you can tell when the series is fucked up when Castrated Neves is a top driver!

[@geetarbube]

216MPH isn't fast?!! F1 is "follow the leader", snob bullshit!! i agree w/ you on ALMS, but they really need more GT1 cars. NHRA is only cool if you're actually there. 1/2 mile in a straight line is kind of a bore...

[@Tactical300]

I don't see where I did. Honda brands the engines ==> Japanese Company (designed/manufactured/assembled in cooperation with Ilmor) Dallara constructs the carbon-tub ==> Italian Company last I checked.

[@weallfollowmanutd]

Real Indycar would be cars that dont look like legosets, turbocharged V8s, burn Tony George, different engine manufacturers, Firestone and Bridgestone tyres, champcar/cart based chassis.

[@alocastano7741]

sin agulla y pombo la indy no es lo mismo aguante latinoamerica, nadie le pone mas emocion a los relatos q los latinoamericanos

[@jay18fan]

part of a race being really good, is having good commentators, this old guy sucks soooo badly, no enthusiasm at all. he commentates nascar races during the chase, i hate him he does not make races exciting, long live Darrell Waltrip!

[@Tactical300]

Lieing? What am I lieing about? If there's something wrong with what I posted, let me know and quote your valid source. I'm all eyes and ears if I'm wrong about something.

[@MrPresident1878]

Indycar should've just renewed a contract with Chicagoland instead of going back to Texas.

[@Robert265283]

what...the Target Guy is not first place he is in second place. So, Team Penske is first place. wake up look again picture he got nose finish.

[@ashitfritter]

some people say motor racing is just cars going round and round. i usually dispute this, but this is literally that.. this looks insanely boring!!

[@taktikal24]

Yeah... but the guy thought he'd won the race and found out he hadn't in victory lane... that's gotta be kinda embarrassing don't you think?

[@Mattletic]

@Robert265283 the description explains it all... Team Panske won the race (white) but Dixon (target) won the championship through points.

[@Tactical300]

and the Engines are branded by a Japanese motor company and chassis built in Italy. Tony George needs to take a think about all this.

[@leo1fun]

@MultiSpread Indys have better top speed, but F1s can do laps faster, because the turning ability is better than the Indys.

[@mikebeast5123]

I was at this race. Couldn't tell who the winner was and my dad refused to stay and figure out cuz he wanted to beat the traffic leaving

[@dyslexicfurry]

Revisiting this years later both men deserve honor for clean good racing.

[@rhuari]

@ashitfritter Its pap isn't it... its because Americans get confused if the car goes out of sight!

[@DANILOMORENOARIAS]

the Dixon´s wife is smoking hoT Damn!!!! nice job, nice wife, indy 500 winner.... lucky dog!!!

[@RomanTheMan]

you guys are all excited about this close finish, we get close finishes all the time in NASCAR.

[@schumi246]

actually right now, it is only 1000 ft for funny car, and top fuel. 1/4 mile is 1320 ft.

[@rccardude04]

Anyone else hear the ear-piercing noise that makes it sound like it was videotaped from a tube TV?

[@Khabibulin3935]

@greengrass313 yeah, we knew helio won too. It was a rediculas finish though to.

[@AdamWestNews]

big fucking spoiler alert right before the official photo finish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ericajones5003]

No,did castroneves actually win?

[@ReassuringSmile]

Scott Dixon's wife is gorgeous, hes a lucky bastard AYE!!!!!

[@Real28]

@anthcybo Not so sure. F1 do not run with such low downforce setups either. I think an F1 with proper wings and engine simply retuned would run faster. With a F1 low downforce setup (which is like a medium setup on IRL car) they reach something like 225 at Monza I believe. BAR ran a modified F1 car with minimum downforce in a straight line speed test - 257mph.

[@TERRAJOVEM6000]

😃😃😃😃😃😃😃☺☺☺☺☺

[@BradyEikleberry]

I got to say the 3 car won from that finish

[@Ivan.8067]

Ah os velhos tempos ...🏁🏁🏁🤏🤌!!!

[@BUMABRYAN]

ah man this was the good ole days when indy cars didn't look like a terrible 5 year old's sketch.

[@ILSRWY4]

***** I totally agree with you on NASCAR I love NASCAR and INDYCAR (IRL when it was around). TO answer your question... Insurance companies.... Close racing makes for dangerous racing but they don't want to lose the bet that there will be a problem and have to payout... So they force the designers and race officials to make the racing more and more reliable and safer. As much as people might disagree with me- I stand by this thought of The fear of danger is what made racing exciting.

[@ILSRWY4]

"Um safety has a lot to do with the new race cars just look at how many people died using the old models." Please do your research before making such a remark. The old models where in use from 1997-2011. In that span only one man died, in 2011, Dan Weldon, and that had nothing to do with the design of the car, it had to do with him being launched into the catch fence in such a way he hit head first into a poll. And in that 14 year span on average, a car was launched into the fence about once every 3-4 years, total of 4 or 5 cars. The new cars have been in use since 2012 and in that 2 year period there has been 3 roll overs and 2 cars launched into the fence in the last year- one in Huston that almost took Dario Franchitti's life and one at California that seriously injured the Russian Rookie driver- Dario was lucky to not die, based on the way he hit the fence.

[@Vne87]

***** Paul Dana, Tony Renna.

[@ILSRWY4]

Michael Vincent We are talking about competition (during a race) dumb ass.... Paul Dana was killed in Practice when he was hit in the head by a tire from the car he hit, that has nothing to do with the design of the the car, and Tony Rena was killed at Indy in closed testing.

[@Vne87]

Seems more like you were talking about the safety of the cars, which is a constant regardless of race/practice/test conditions. Additionally, the time frame you mentioned includes 4 different chassis across 2 generations. All 3 fatalities occurred in the second generation (2003-2011). When compared to other top level open wheel series (F1 and CART at the time) Indycar had 3 more fatalities than either of them.

[@Colddeed]

It looked pretty obvious to me that Helio won the race.

[@greatassistant]

but there's a lot of americans who likes castroneves too!

[@jaredsawyer227]

Come back to Chicago IRL!

[@1ssi7h]

That guy says 'Race track'.... where is the race ?

[@PeterMayer]

@hyperacti high pitched? It's mid rangey. What a bore.

[@villy27]

No, Helio crossed the line first. So he won....

[@erwinr9328]

why the hell is nascar popular in America??

[@KingCuervo88]

"You can't have asked for a better scenario. Dixon and Castronevas 1 & 2 in the points running 1 & 2 in the race." Stewart and Edwards "Bitch please."

[@Sadokist]

Most talented and diverse field in motorsports... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@carbonfiber1995]

Why tthe indy cars look like the F!cars??

[@malcolmyoungi]

that commentating was beyond terrible

[@kornhead44]

I'm from Europe so I'm not following Indy Car sooo closely... got confused (Indy, CART). There also was Mario Andretti, but he didn't much in F1... On the other hand there was Nigel Mansell going from F1 to CART Indy in 1993 and winning it. We'll see what USF1 can do next year... Greetings!

[@rufflesloco]

When you are racing big fat-asses V8 engines, where the cars are always touching each other with no problems, off course there are a lot of close finishs! Try to touch one formula to another at 210MPH to see what happens! ;D

[@beavis517]

IT'S HÉLIO CASTRONEVES BY 0.0013, GET IT RIGHT!!!

[@hyperacti]

that high-pitch noise is a turnoff

[@paco448]

Emma Dixon is very beautiful!!

[@taktikal24]

Ahhh poor Dixon... that's gotta be somewhat embarrassing. BUT - he's still got a championship out of it... I'm sure he's happy regardless.

[@wildfast88]

sooooo who won da championship?

[@MurphyMonster]

@BrianRichterWWE Well, whenever you are at a track were its foot on the floor for 300 miles, there isnt much you can do to make a complete pass on the guy. Thats why Indy at Chicago and Michigan is some of the best racing on Earth.

[@jjjones64]

Helio won what stupid scoring

[@ParagonB]

I'm sure he was thanking Briscoe. by tucking in behind Castroneves, he created just enough draft down the straight to push the 3 car across first.

[@juancarlosperez4137]

everything is better than f1

[@rufflesloco]

"What?" XD Damn, Castroneves kick ass in this race! 28th to 1st!! He is my second favorite driver (TK is the first). 2009 season is coming up, go TK, go Castroneves! (Yes, i'm a brazilian :D)

[@TheSilverstone99]

Very good scoop and filming fotage could really be a hint about todays ways of show it on tv and so. Exiting race cool enginesounds and the speed is impressing.

[@8188ify]

@dysfac technology is a detail... The important is a emotion from competition... NASCAR IS A CIRCUS!!! Formula One it's only tecnology, no sportscar...

[@imallfordabulls]

Well we just found out that Helio Castroneves...THIS WEEK ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL....WTF? EPIC FAIL!!!!!

[@josephlandsberg]

Indy Cars are fucking cool

[@JuggWalker]

Goosebumps

[@Juihi2]

@19pizzapuff Initally the results said that Scott won, but shortly after they changed it to Helio

[@jimmiesdrivefor5]

lol he said castrodixon

[@TheMuricanMerc]

I remember watching this live and still today I think GOD DAMN IT when they cross the line. However it is easy to see that Helio losses momentum in the late center section of 4 and he knew it when it happened. Just a damn shame. Both great drivers though, I will admit

[@ajy2002]

They changed the official time on it, unfortunately, it's now the second closest finish in IRL history. Man, what a great race though!

[@supercar97]

didnt helipo win that

[@Pele10048]

wtf the white car won

[@gamersed94]

better the nascar

[@DixytheGoat9]

Dixon and Helio are my top 2 favorites in Indycar