1994 CART Road America

[@JJFDNY]

Ah yes those where the days..sure do miss them but sure hell don't miss the politcs that were in CART. Boy oh Boy that was a racing series! Many thanks for sharing!

[@xtlm]

30 cars in the race?!!! Man those times were great. And I do agree with you Maloyo...it does get ya a lil down.

[@Treetop64]

1994 and 1995 were arguably the best years for CART. Rivaled even F1 at the time. Tony George killed it, and the IRL has never measured up since. Whats left of this series is now but a pathetic shadow of its former self...

[@CERDIP]

Agree, on all points, although I would include 1993

[@amsterdamG2G]

thanks for putting this up. thisis real racing!

[@Maloyo]

This was great, thanks so much for posting it. I've been watching old CART video in this website and while it is wonderful, it also makes me very sad. CART had it all and it was wonderful! I do miss it. Thanks so much Tony George for saving American formula car racing. Mary

[@smitha775]

I'll never forget that day seeing my hero villeneuve blow the doors off of the Penske juggernaught!!!

[@jrehn82]

I was at this race as a young kid, it was the birth of Mr.Villenuve

[@ericl1332]

So much memory. Winning his first race on the same track that his uncle did, on the way the finish what his father was denied the chance to do

[@TomTom150]

Thanks a lot for the video !! It's really nice for a French CART fan like me to have the possibility to see these good old videos of a great championship :)

[@shawa666]

That is the season that got me hooked on CART. I really hope North american Open wheel can someday climb back to it's former glory.

[@mixxmexx]

and the engine sound..whooah!

[@dmarkj22]

Great to see little Al in his glory days. It was sad to see him fade away from the sport.

[@ajeade08]

A career defining win at North Americas most challenging track, what memories!!

[@racermac1988]

30 Cars on the grid at Road America in 1994, 25 was nice at Homestead, but 30 would be better. Or even better, a field of 33 at every event!

[@jazzbo1974]

i miss the old cart days big car counts i think this race had 32 cars in it

[@veets207]

A defining moment for Jacques Villeneuve. Too bad his career tanked with the BAR fiasco. Also the CART championship was amazing to follow. Too bad that was messed up with whole indy 500 story.

[@juanm.5803]

4:30 jacques domindndo y ganandole a las fieras de la f1 como mansell y andretti...q nivel de piloto x dios!!!

[@hariel]

I was 9 when this happened, and I remember to this race like it's now running... Very good to see it again! Maybe these where best years (1993-95) for IndyCar and CART. It's sad, that Villneuve now in F1 is doing not that good job...

[@PeterMayer]

What a pass for the lead. Two cars!

[@incubrian]

i REALLY miss these days!

[@motorsmad]

Formula 1 should have used Elkhart Lake in the 1980's and the early 1990's

[@fordfocusonme]

Agreed. If we had Versus coverage,effort, and money on ESPN/ABC us open wheel fans would be in heaven. I also believe that turbos need to be back which Indycar said they will be but personally it's taking too long maybe too late. I know the pain of being an American open wheel fan and though we have our differences 90% of everything else is pretty much the same. My buds and I talk about it all the time so it's nothing new. Just try to stay positive if possible if not just cheer on Graham...:P

[@geetarbube]

memories!!...these were great days for OWR...loved these cars and there was a great field of drivers...anyone know what Brian Barnhart was diong in these days?

[@jwickert3]

Yeah, it is real bummer that they couldn't work it out. I heard that RA wanted a multi-year deal but Indy wasn't interested. It's a shame, the Indy Car races at RA were awesome. The crowds were huge!

[@motorsmad]

GREAT RACE!

[@MOMOf333SP]

Love this video. How do you post an 30 minute video?

[@PeterMayer]

First time I saw CART (then Champ Car) at RA was in 95. Saw about 8 CART/Champ car races up there. Killer. 900 hp or so. If this so called Indy Car make their cars like this as far as performance, speed etc, I might be interested.

[@bduddy55555]

This was posted before the 10-minute limit was instituted.

[@champcar4ever]

This was posted in the early days of KZbin when the only condition was a file be less than 100MB, unlimited time.

[@jwickert3]

There is a possibility that we could see Indy Car at RA in August!

[@amsterdamG2G]

@zhuff0517 you think it will ever come back? this series is what made usa racing interesting for me as a F1 fan

[@cpthornman]

I miss seeing those Marlboro cars running around. Stupid tobacco ban really killed sponsorship for auto-racing.

[@amsterdamG2G]

that would be cool! do the indy cars also go to watkins glenn? i saw grand-am 6 hour race today. that track is awesome!

[@48rulesall]

IndyCar stopped going to The Glen in 2009 I think? Or 2010, maybe. They ran The Boot like the 6 Hours of The Glen, and that was a good race too. The Glen is personally, my favorite road course in the world, and this a close second. ;)

[@mletcher12]

This explains why Villeneuve tried such a bonehead move in the Nationwide race in 2011 at Road America..............

[@champcar4ever]

They can race now if they want, but I don't think they want to be embarrassed.

[@incubrian]

WELL said man

[@hutchsport]

Road America will be back on the schedule next year. Just one more comment though, there really shouldn't be an argument on which series is the lesser of 2 evils, because, if u are like me, u become a fan of the team, not the series. I more of an open wheel fan, but I do watch nascar and Grand Am because of one team, Chip Ganassi Racing.

[@spiff31]

super villeneuve!!!!

[@PeterMayer]

@pcgeekamd I don't get over it. I just dont go ever to any EARL races.

[@NawnyaBusinaz]

3 minutes.. lol howd u do that?

[@fordfocusonme]

Same here though I started watching CART during Bobby's twilight years. I believe Graham will continue to impress as the season goes on but I believe next year he'll truly compete for a championship. Graham thus far has been a victim of bad luck and hopefully this well end. Graham's name has often been linked to the USGPE seat but I hope he isn't offered the seat and even if he is offered I hope he doesn't take it. Indycar needs Graham not F1. Jon Summerton 4 USGPE.

[@jwickert3]

I'm pretty sure the Andrett's took a loss last year and broke even this year at the Milwaukee Mile. They're sticking with it and it looks like they could make some money next year. You've got to give them credit, they put a lot of money into Milwaukee.

[@spectre1209]

Yeah, but I have always loved the Andrettis, and Newman Haas when they had Michael, Mario, and Nigel. But I am also a fan of competitive racing, so when everyone went to IRL it was boring to see Bourdais' dominance.

[@Mistah2]

ahh the glory days of cart. Now watch the 2008 irl season opener on youtube at homestead and you see what i mean.

[@zak4829]

200mph... jeez, now a days would be barely 180

[@xanaxkamikaze]

Jon Beehkus is so easy to hate.

[@fordfocusonme]

But I know what you mean and like you its hard for me to watch American open wheel be in its present status. The split did kill the series (even though it wasn't the only thing) and now we have Tony George who can't seem to get anything straight. I do have faith that American open wheel will rise again. It may never be what it was but it'll be there and irrelevant. Now if ABC/ESPN can give some support for the series like Versus does we might have something. Everyone is under the toe of NASCAR

[@Steez51]

He most certainly did....Do your homework. F1 magazine about 9 years ago

[@evbo21395]

The IRL will soon be racing at road america as they will add more road/street tracks to the schedule. Think about it, next year the IRL will use paddle shifters and supposedly in 2009 will take 10 inches from the wheelbase. Do these sound like the actions of a series commited to ovals.

[@fordfocusonme]

It well don't worry about it. I know the areo package and engine package are not there but the talent is I believe. Rahal, Marco, Viso, and even Briscoe. Sure its not Micheal, Mansell, Emmo, Tracy, and Jaques but to set the standards so high is unrealistic and makes Indycar's future doomed to fail even before it began.

[@NawnyaBusinaz]

31 minutes*

[@geds7]

great....18:15 sec....JV overtake Unser and Tracy

[@48rulesall]

I'm from the future, trust me when I write this. It didn't help much.

[@rantanamo]

The all oval IRL sure was killing it. NOT. The problems now are: 1.) Nobody knows when and where they are racing on TV, so ratings suck. 2.) Ratings suck = low sponsorship money 3.) Inability to retain teams/drivers, so no fan famililarity with drivers/reams. Solutions: Buy network time, get drivers in commercials for their sponsors, more races, stop the wing nonsense, need a marketing plan that involves the whole season.

[@fordfocusonme]

Stop your whining your sissy. You have beef with today's unified series then let Tony George know whining doesn't do anything. As American open wheel fans (which I've been since '93) we must state our opinions but to those who can do something. I'm sick and tired of whiners and whiners are partially what killed American open wheel in the first place. People who looked on the past and didn't support neither series during the split and killed itself from the inside out.

[@EATOUT29]

today's indy cars are hondas vs hondas vs honads. come on man boring. honda vs mercedes vs dodge vs toyota vs volkswgan vs chevy. now thats racing. its not that hard fellas.