Revisiting Nigel Mansell's IndyCar Debut

[@softwave1662]

I can't get over how amazing 90's CART was. Motorsports in general was on another level in that period.

[@kpcart]

F1 and indycar 80 and 90s was grand prix perfection.

[@jonmancill6824]

Abso-freakin-lutely. This was THE era when IndyCar truly had F1 shaking in it's booties. Looking back now you'd be hard-pressed having to pick which series was the one to watch. Cart even enticed Senna to come test their machinery hoping he'd make the switch, though I don't think he ever truly considered leaving F1 at the time.

[@gsactotube]

It was so amazing the 1993 champion of Cart (Michael Andretti) switched to Formula one. 13 races; NO wins; 1 podium; 7 TOTAL points... Cart/Indy has ALWAYS BEEN "the B team" to F1 and always will be.

[@michaeln3527]

@@gsactotubewhat personal insecurity led you to post this?

[@blakecharles4501]

⁠@@gsactotubeFernando Alonso couldn’t even qualify for his last Indy 500 attempt.

[@MalloryMinerva]

One of my favorite racing fun facts is that Nigel was reigning champion in both F1 and Indycar simultaneously for a short time. More broadly, finally getting his F1 title and having an exceptionally dominant season in the process, then fucking off to do Indycar and being rapid right away like he had a hunger to be goated in both is an amazing story.

[@glynndraper437]

A monkey could have won in that Williams and one did

[@theant9821]

@@glynndraper437 that monkey beat Nelson Piquet in 86, won more races than Piquet in their time together losing the championship to a tyre delamination. so? Look at Mansells 92 season compared with teammate Patrase. 1992 British grand prix gets the pole position by the largest gap to 2nd (as a lap time percentage) in f1 history. People talk of Senna Monaco pole lap, but that was nowhere near as impressive. Mansell was good enough to win multiple f1 championships. When Motogp legend Valantino Rossi says his all time F1 here is Nigel Mansell, he must be half decent.

[@federicotomassetti9434]

​@@glynndraper437ok, I could agree, but Nigel deserved at least one title. Also the McLaren in 1988 was unplayable, for example

[@rodrigobittencourt3592]

@@federicotomassetti9434 I agree, but at least in 1988 McLaren had TWO greats battling each other, Mansell had no one in a car that almost drove itself. But I really liked him and his antics. He was a bit clumsy at times but fast.

[@nutsackmania]

@@rodrigobittencourt3592 That car did not drive itself. Its main feature was a hard attitude change controlled by a button that would stall the wing on the straights that you had to have immense balls of manly commitment.

[@urgetodrive]

I was a contractor for Newman Haas in 1993 and worked on the fuel data analysis / reporting software. I can tell you that I was extremely relieved when Nigel made it across the finish line with enough fuel to win (and keep my job)!

[@minners71]

Thanks for doing your job well!

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

Were these methanol? What’s working with that like?

[@FranciscodeQuevedoDelosalamosb]

Que buena historia, además a Nigell le fue muy bien

[@posniknelb6114]

Dangerous ​@@extragoogleaccount6061

[@largol33t1]

When he won the IndyCar title, Alain Prost was STILL busy racking up points at the final race in Suzuka against Ayrton Senna. So, legally, for several days, Nigel held the IndyCar AND Formula One titles at the same time!! I wish he had stayed in 1995 as Paul Newman was able to get a better chassis and his team scored three wins. Mansell would have had a better shot at the title. His 1994 season was in some ways a dud due to the new Reynard and Penske chassis simply being better than everything out there.

[@mikulitsi1819]

Man Surfers Paradise needs to be back in Indycar

[@brianeast9081]

as good as it would be unfortunately the full length track is no longer able to be used. From the second chicane on the track down that straight that kinks gradually towards the right is now only 1 lane wide and has a light rail system built on it.

[@th3orist]

need that in iracing

[@mikulitsi1819]

@@brianeast9081 That sucks :(

[@john2ndname]

I've been at the Australian Gold Coast races and it was insane!..The reason why Mansell is one of the best all time drivers is because he has this unique ability to adjust his performance while driving and that never give up attitude that makes him what he is today.

[@proro1974]

All those cars were beautiful but those Penske's in Marlboro red and white were something else.

[@steveb9713]

I love the look of these Indy cars. I find the new ones so ugly

[@benshakespeare268]

Iconic.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Little Al’s Valvoline car from ‘93 was quite sharp too..

[@th3orist]

basically the us aequivalent to the mclarens over in f1 back then.

[@FonikosGazmas]

11:33 Thats one of the craziest stories Ive ever heard in motorsports. I love that they even aired it live during the race. I wish we had these types of stories nowadays.

[@Demise90Racing]

I know right? The full story had to be in the video.

[@jeffa4133]

I miss Paul Page. He brought an intensity and seriousness to the way Indycar was presented to the world and raised the overall television product imo. The role announcers play in the success of any racing product is very under appreciated imo.

[@Demise90Racing]

I completely agree. Paul Page's voice is iconic. He was a staple of watching IndyCar in the 90's.

[@olerothemberg3869]

i totaly aggree. Watching the official F1 Broadcast with crofty feels totaly different then watching the german one from sky, with crofty being more "loud" and emotional (lol who could have guessed that the german one is more serious ^^). Other example would be the dtm, where, at least in my opinion, the german commentator is just annoying while the international ones really make the product better

[@RobJaskula]

One interesting thing about Paul is that he'd raced Formula Ford and had a great sense of how to steer the narrative of the race broadcast. He knew how to lead Uncle Bobby and get the best out of him. In a 1989 race Paul talks about how Porsche had let him lap the Nurburgring in Teo Fabi's IndyCar, which I had to rewind a few times because he was talking so casually about it. Paul was an outstanding lead broadcaster and yes, he absolutely added to the big-time feel of it.

[@richardbryan6349]

Those 1993 IndyCars look and sound so much better than the current generation IndyCars.

[@privateinformation2960]

'Im Paul Page.... Welcome to Indy Car Racing 2" Bow bow.... budda bowbowbow bowbowbow buddabowbowbow.....

[@evilzzzability]

So Nigel went from spending years fighting a Brazilian in a Marlboro livery car in F1 to... fighting a Brazilian in a Marlboro livery car in Indy

[@robertomorais187]

and later came back to F1 to race IN a Marlboro livery car, its destiny lol

[@suasponte8363]

Hahaha

[@f1kissfanf1]

Actually Canadian Paul Tracy won the same amount of races that year; 5. Senna tested Paul's car and stayed in F1. If only...

[@largol33t1]

Not only that, both men raced for Colin Chapman at Lotus using the SAME livery cars (although in different years): the black and gold stripe John Player Specials. I believe Emerson raced with Ford Cosworth engines in his Lotus and Nigel had Renault engines.

[@PaulJakma]

Fighting a Brazilian F1 /world champion/, to fighting a Brazilian F1 world champion.

[@RobJaskula]

Mentioned it elsewhere, but the outstanding Paul Page had been a Formula Ford racer and had even lapped a 1989 IndyCar around the Nurburgring. He added so much to the series.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

I remember following both Nigel, and Michael's progress in 93. I am a Ferrari fan, but kept supporting Nigel after he left to go back to Williams. It's too bad that Michael couldn't wrap his head around F1, and perform like he could have. For Nigel to hold both the F1 title, and the CART championship, was a pretty special thing.

[@SchumiFan92]

F1 were too snobby and wouldn’t give Michael the time he needed to adapt. Mario eluded to that fact that McLaren weren’t doing him any favors either in Beyond the Grid. That aside, Mansell Mania was truly something. Doubt we’ll see it again since no top level F1 drivers are leaving for Indycar any time soon it seems.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

Michael was partly at fault there too though. He thought he could do like his dad did, and fly home to the states after the races, and just do engineer meetings over the phone. That, at a time when F1 was in the middle of the most technological boom they ever had up until 2014. I seriously think that if Michael had stayed in England, and worked more with the team, at the factory, they would have gelled better, and he would have been better adapted to the car. He could have ran lap after lap in those years, as there was no limit on testing. Schumacher used to do so many testing miles, that he did more than the dedicated test drivers at Ferrari. Probably the same at Benneton. Michael should have done well in F1, but he shot himself in the foot by basically just showing up for the races. It wasn't the 70s anymore. Senna started the very physically, and mentally fit driver era, and Schumacher perfected it. Michael would have done well to follow Senna's lead. Senna didn't see Brazil until the season was over (except for the race weekend, of course).

[@jeffa4133]

​@@Spike-sk7ql There are different sides to this story as is well documented. The current 'trend' with fans that often gets repeated is the "he failed because he flew back and forth" angle. It really just depends on who you want to believe. All I know for sure is MA was one hell of a driver in CART, I think that speaks volumes and carries more credibility when considering which theory one chooses to believe.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

@@jeffa4133 I never said that was "the reason" he failed in F1. Honestly, he started to come to terms with F1 by the time he left, and was getting better results. Had he stayed another year, a lot of the tech was stripped from the cars, and I think he would have done better. Yes, he was a very good driver in CART. No one can take that away from him. The F1 cars of the time required a different driving style with the active suspension. Mansell explained it when asked why he was so much faster than Patrase in 92. With that stuff gone, I think the cars would have suited Michael better. Let's not forget that he came back to CART in 94, and dominated the first race at SP.

[@jeffa4133]

​@@Spike-sk7ql I think there's mich more to it than that, but I won't go down that rabbit hole as there's been plenty of discussion over the years of the political forces at play at the time, and it's out there for anyone who cares to explore it.

[@Michael_Lorenson]

There have been _very_ few drivers in the history of racing who could have pulled that off. Nigel was under-rated at the time, and probably still is today - hard as that may be to believe.

[@oldtimer7635]

Underrated?! On what fu..ing grounds?

[@AndyCarrington-cf3ib]

Imagine what he could have achieved if he was more cool headed? If he wasn't a bottler he'd have won two more F1 titles

[@oldtimer7635]

@@AndyCarrington-cf3ib Or none at all!

[@AndyCarrington-cf3ib]

@oldtimer7635 he definitely bottled at least one world title. Think it was '86 or '87.

[@DavidDavid-kl4ru]

​@AndyCarrington-cf3ib Mansell famously had a spectacular blowout whilst in position to win the title in the final race of1986. He injured his back and had to miss the last couple of races in 87 handing the title to Piquet.

[@owain863]

This is great, thanks for making this video. Its fun to look back on those times. A couple of interesting things here: Mansell actually was both the reigning F1 World Champion and the IndyCar World Champion at the same time, since the Indy season ended before the F1 season did. Also, regarding the speed of the cars in the pits, F1 only introduced a pit speed limit in 1994, before that the cars would come down the pit lane at full speed, with mechanics standing inches away. Pretty crazy.

[@palindrome1959]

The first pass was one sweet move Mansel pulled on Fittipaldi. I remember watching this race live on TV ... The racing was awesome in that Era.

[@don7680]

I'm probably one of the few people on earth (maybe the only?) that still have a Mansell IndyCar cap. Wow those cars sounded and looked great!

[@KellieLeigh48]

Yet another great one... Thanks Demise!

[@Demise90Racing]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bencartwright9359]

I sang the national anthem, and the Canadian anthem at this race. It was the first of 18 times I attended this race. In 2005 I met my wife here. I loved this round

[@Demise90Racing]

NO WAY!!! That's amazing. Thank you for sharing this!

[@markpimlott2879]

Isn't Nigel from the Isle of Man? Edit: Lived there during his F1 career and now in Jersey 🇯🇪 of the Channel Islands; both independent but under British protection AND both are notable tax havens! Paul Tracy is a Cannuck, but he finished 21st after qualifying third! Other Canadian drivers finished 10th and 17th! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Australian_FAI_IndyCar_Grand_Prix 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🍁 ❤️ 🍁 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇬🇧

[@2speedy4u22]

Another great video. Thanks for making these highlight videos of the cart glory days.

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you very much. No problem, it's fun as hell to make them.

[@DavidCormier-er7em]

I grew up in a family that raced and I loved all types of racing the family race stock cars motorcycles go karts. But I was always drawn to Open Wheel racing. My father had a many businesses but sold Alouette snowmobiles. I met Jill Villeneuve when I was 11 years old. I eventually met AJ foyt Robbie Gordon Rick Mears and Jacques Villeneuve. And many other racers. I never got to meet Nigel Mansell and I was a huge fan. I remember watching this race and you showed a sign of nuke them knowledge I remember seeing that and I repeated that so many times while he was in c a r t. I was such a mental fan and I enjoyed his time in IndyCar. I remember watching this race live and you just brought back a great memory for me. Thanks so much I truly enjoyed this.

[@fredsmith1970]

I was a fan on Mansell in the late 80's and early 90's and remember watching some of these Indy races. Back to back championships in two different series was just amazing to witness.

[@wearetomorrowspast.5617]

Red 5. Awesome. I'm old enough to have seen the race high lights at the time. BBC were super hyped to show the races but soon lost interest when Nigel retired. These old races were so much more interesting than the stuff we have today. Cheers, dude.

[@TerrorRobin]

Thanks a lot. I enjoy your videos.

[@LemonyTang]

Never knew about the stop and go. Haha. Thanks for the video

[@andyyoung6574]

Great vid. Well done. Fond memories of mansell. Balls of steel.

[@markfinn903]

I was at the track that day. Amazing atmosphere! One thing the organisers did there that I've never seen elsewhere was that they painted the outside of the safety fence black on key corners. This meant that spectators could take photos through the fence and the fence would essentially disappear if you had a long lens.

[@MrTonaluv]

I was there too. The hype was massive and the track was packed full. Fantastic event.

[@willoughby40]

I was there at that race, and in that stand where he ran out of fuel and stopped. We all went nuts, Nigel got out of the car and threw his gloves into the stand. What a great day.

[@boatymcboatface666]

Was there for qualifying and was awesome! Watched the race next day on TV.❤

[@CamelSmokes23]

Awesome! And yes, I'm LOVING this content! What a time in motorsports! I'm probably around your age, I was a bit too young to remember this but old enough to appreciate it when really cool channels like ESPN (was it 3 or classic, can't remember?) would play these. I remember back to being a kid and watching SpeedVision late at night and they'd be playing some random sports car race out in Europe. It didn't matter if I knew the drivers or not, it was an absolute blast. The late 80's and early 90's were really something.

[@Demise90Racing]

Thank you very much. Seems like we had similar childhoods lol. Yeah it was ESPN Classic. My tv was always on Speedvision haha. I would watch whatever racing they had on, pretty sure they covered the American Le Mans Series back then too.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

The start would also be controversial at Detroit, too where Paul broke the rulebook out on air, Mansell and Newman/Haas thought the rule was interpreted one way, Penske thought it was a different way. Neither finished as it turned out due to Mansell being put in the wall by a safety truck, and the Penskes running into issues in what would be Sullivan's last win EDIT: Wasn't the rule changed after Australia as well? I remember something in a documentary or a book about the rule being changed to prevent this in the future. Also Mansell lost Indy on a restart and took that personally, burning the the field of at a restart in Milwaukee, one race later (where Raoul Bousel got a stop go at Indy) EDIT: Also 93 New Hampshire would be worth covering, best mile ovel race in CART history

[@SBAK4444]

Thank you for this. !!! Thanks again

[@RPLAsmodeus]

I remember Mansell leaving for IndyCar Living in the UK though I never got to see the races This was an awesome video. Thanks for uploading it man.

[@MrTonaluv]

I thought the BBC showed them on terrestrial back then...

[@RPLAsmodeus]

@@MrTonaluv They may have done but I was 9 years old lol

[@StevenMillward]

really good editing and narrative structure. thanks for that!

[@pSynrg303]

Excellent video, nicely paced and edited, a little thriller, especially if you don't know (or can't remember) the result! A great piece for the Mansell legend, cheers!

[@ltjjenkins]

80-95 The Greatest Years of Indy.

[@jimnasium452]

Bobby Unser suggesting Nigel was "embarrassed" by his full-send move on Emo is adorable. It was a different time. sigh

[@JonDoe-ln6nl]

Yeah, Bobby was such a homer …

[@smith2781]

Brilliant video. That story about the front wing being flown out made me laugh. It happens more than people realise in F1. My cousin works for Redbull and works in the paints department. The wings and paint costs thousands so they try to keep spare parts to a minimum for the cost cap. Also the front wings normally change through out the season. It happens a 2-3 times a year where my cousin will have to go to the factory spray a front wing and then it gets sent out on a private jet so they get it for the race. It’s crazy.

[@alex630710]

Remember watching it live from Montreal at around midnight. Effin' great memories. Thanks a lot.

[@karstenhanel8481]

Nigel mansell was great. I watched this race on eurosport. Greetings from Germany

[@nathanfugate8210]

Jim Clark. Graham Hill. Nigel Mansell. Fernando Alonzo. Every F1 driver who came to IndyCar has elevated it.

[@blakecharles4501]

I’m sorry but no. Every good f1 driver has elevated it. Roman definitely didn’t. Fernando was really disappointing his second Indy 500 try where he failed to qualify.

[@isthatrubble]

I think you meant every f1 champion, plenty of drivers have driven in indy and f1 without making much impact

[@godwindracing6056]

Sorry to say, Alonso never did anything to Indycar

[@godwindracing6056]

Sorry to burst your bubble, Alonso is at best, the Ronda Rousey of racing - at least I won’t forget him back in ‘07 when he showed his insecurity against Hamilton.

[@isthatrubble]

@@godwindracing6056 how long has rousey been a pro fighter? I don't think it's 20+ years......

[@Yosser70]

There was a video of his first drive in an Indycar. He brought the shifter knob out of his F1 car and put in in the new car, did a few sighter laps then broke the lap record lol

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Mansell had the biggest balls of any F1 driver I’ve ever seen. People go on about him being a moaner but he really was Il Leone

[@scotsaussie184]

So why couldn't he get near Prost? Prost annihilated him

[@nutsackmania]

@@scotsaussie184 this is patently false

[@markcripps2384]

@@scotsaussie184team orders as Prost insisted on number 1 status and the car was charged to understeer like Prost liked. Same way Mario beat Ronnie Peterson who was way faster.

[@JReaLBiz86]

14:51 - I think you meant "The team DID seem to be worried". Just, the way that was all worded seemed confusing. But anyways, great vid! These days you never hear of a rookie in any motorsport taking the pole his first time out, then winning in any way, but especially on a late-race strategy call. The 90s were a better time!

[@RL.1]

Thank you for creating this video. Brings back good memories.

[@scottirvine121]

Brilliant video thankyou, remember this well as a teenager. Was glued to Eurosport as a teenager this season

[@TomShreds]

Great video mate! Love it.

[@PeteBaldwin]

I was born in the UK but moved to America for 5 years when I was a kid and it was during this time that Mansell joined Indycar. I've been a huge motorsports fan ever since...

[@grandmasterplank]

Legend. What a driver. F1 and IndyCar in the 90's was simply the best.

[@philsurtees]

Mansell was rubbish. He only won in 1992 because the car was so much better than everyone else's. The funny thing is Americans deluding themselves into thinking that doing well in IndyCar is a difficult thing for even a terrible Formula 1 driver like Mansell. Indy is even at the same level as Formula 2! There's no comparison between Formula 1 and IndyCar. Like all American sport, it is a watered down, girly version of the sports played elsewhere in the world, because Americans are soft and can't handle the sports the rest of us play...

[@SkunkworksProps]

It's wild to look at pitstops from the early 90s in F1 when there was no pitlane speed limit at all.

[@carlaspinall7418]

Love this type of indy series in the 90s🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@redtesta]

That generation and CART was amazing . I remember watching him at a couple races. Long Beach was awesome at the time when i use to go. Nigel was solid.

[@brandensimmons653]

The buddy story was wild 100 mph going into pit road Eddie did an Alex before he did it

[@simonkevnorris]

At the time there was no pit lane speed limit in F1 at the time.

[@goodfes]

I was a big Nigel F1 fan and I remember reading of his win on the station platform going to work in London. A new newspaper at the time in the UK, Today I think, it's selling point was colour photos and on the back page a large picture of red 5 winning his first Indy race. My reaction was wow, he only did it ! How times have changed with the immediate access to news now. As with F1, Indy Cars were flying high during this period.

[@Beakphoto]

Looking forward to your revisiting of the Lipton Tennis Men's Finals.

[@ebdo7863]

Gowing up N.Ireland as a catholic we loved to see British sports people fail (silly, I know now). But I started watching F1 the EXACT race Senna died in Imola. I didn't really know about Schumacher then. But straight after the imola race, in discussion I realized my Da was a part-time watcher of F1 and it was fun to have that interest! Anyway, the topic got onto Mansell. And my Da said "That man is a Lion!!!". "But he's English!!!," I said. He responded telling to not listen to the nonsense in our republican neighbourhood! "He may just race cars, but THAT man has a heart of a lion, and I'm sure he doesn't care about your nationality, as you shouldn't, him! If you do, then you'll never be a Lion'! My love for motorsport started that day! As did my questions of blind patriotism!

[@privateinformation2960]

absolutely loved our nige. was my first hero. its actually kind of sad seeing him now.

[@Jonesie170]

I can still remember the sounds and smell of those cars going down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca!!!!

[@DrewBlankMusic]

Nice job, thanks for the video.

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

As a formula1 fan i must admit these look and sound better. For 93.

[@thegreenberetlife0191]

I remember this, CART was so much better than the garbage we have with Indycar today!

[@federicotomassetti9434]

From Italy I remember that I tried to follow the Cart, but then I didn't understand all the stuff happening with IRL and so on. It's like splitting into 2 leagues?

[@middy50]

As a 10 year old I was there at this race and was i was sitting in the grandstand where Nigel stopped at which was the 2nd chicane

[@barry4312]

Cool video thanks

[@No.Handle31]

This man is a legend of my childhood.

[@jezzter4293]

Such great racing, Nigel a superstar

[@chrisarmitage7529]

Great video my favourite was niges win at michigan on the super speedway where he was so ill he could hardly see true champ

[@7sunnycrest]

Luv Nigel , and how well he could drive .

[@terrymacdad8742]

Great video, thank you

[@prophetascending9021]

I like the fact the last person to do what Nigel did, win on their debut, was a fellow Englishman.

[@lancecougar]

The story about the front wing is incredible.

[@shannonbugeja3746]

Nigel Mansell is a legend for him to win the World Championship in F1 then CART back to back is unheard of especially given that the cars are different animals and the circuits are different from Europe and America with Ovals added to the mix.

[@mynameis63]

Those were Man sized days..miss those times for sure. The Goat was just starting to build his legend back then too. Schumacher...the best there ever was.

[@paddynesbitt1538]

Pretty sure I remember watching this as a kid. In the UK, we didn't usually have IndyCar broadcast on the TV, but I'm pretty sure SKY had Mansell's first race on Sky Sports or it was on Eurosport. I definitely remember watching this as I remember the move on Emmo. Mansell had massive popularity and it was only his falling out with Frank William and Patrick Head, seemingly both sides at fault, that left him to leave F1. Mansell going on to win the IndyCar series in his first year just shows how good he was and how good the car/team was.

[@Rick-gk1eo]

Thanks for that!! 🙂

[@RobJaskula]

Man, this was so clearly a Major League sport compared to the vintage spec series we have today. I know that motorsport as a whole is suffering, but there's simply no comparison between the modern series and this era of CART.

[@Demise90Racing]

I'm pretty sure most IndyCar fans (including myself) favorite era is the CART era. Some of the best looking and sounding race cars ever. Not to mention the HP, with no power steering and sequential stick shift.

[@kakhak]

An incredible debut. F1 and IndyCar champion in a row. Unique. So sad that He almost won Indy 500.

[@simonkevnorris]

I went to the Indy 500 in 1993 as part of a trip from the UK that also included the F1 race in Montreal. At one stage Senna was playing hard to get at McLaren and was rumoured to be doing CART in 1993. Nelson Piqued was racing at the Indy 500 that year.

[@danielhenderson8316]

@@simonkevnorrisThen you'll really like this video on Marshall Pruett's YT channel chronicling Senna's test session at Firebird Raceway. Sadly, no footage exists, but there's interviews from people that were there and copies of the lap times from Senna and Fittipaldi. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6Wymmqmap2qoassi=ViLN5KXti8Kv1tWN

[@alessandrosanna1270]

The greatest indycar era

[@omega_profile1]

I love the sound of these 2.65L engines. The were not reliable, but the CART engine and chassis development gave this era a extra dimension.

[@JOHNN01.82]

I wonder what all the other drivers thought of Mansell coming in to indy car and winning on his first ever race in a car and track he was classed as a rookie

[@HunterPhenomMakoy]

“Hey y’all make sure they go slow in the pit area right?” “Yes of course. We only let them go 100 miles an hour.” 😂😂😂😂

[@spikerjack]

Late 80’s-Early 90’s F1 + CART + Group C + Group B What a time to be alive

[@jmjimbo]

What a great time I lived it. It was truly awesome

[@Anti-terrorist3112]

Hello ? Where are you now that you're not living anymore ? Heaven ??

[@minimum20mins]

Look at those blue skies !

[@Racer63.]

There was more action in this race than in an entire modern IndyCar season.

[@dschoene57]

Actually, Emmo overtook him before the start-line. I think back in the day that was still a breach of the rule.

[@simonkevnorris]

You may think that a pit lane speed limit in the pits of 100mph is crazy but at the time there was no pit lane speed limit in F1. At the European Grand Prix a combination of that and the pit lane entry cut off the last corner allowed Senna to set a lap record (despite not actually being set on a full lap). I believe there was discussion about denying the record but it was allowed to stand.

[@robbjones6012]

Correct,I was there in a support race.Despite the torrential rain ,working on the race under an awning, soaked to skin it was a memorable weekend.

[@mikulitsi1819]

11:30 Naaaaaaaahh no way 😂

[@senorsoupe]

Fun fact, this was the first podium for AJ Foyt Enterprises in 11 years. (Milwaukee 1982 was the last)

[@user-df3rv7rg6t]

I went to this race and at the start, Mansell didn't get a good start because he didn't realize that you could speed up the second the safety car pulls off. He thought you could only speed up at the start line. Hence, a lesson learned and didn't make that mistake for the resto of the season.

[@MrTonaluv]

Its normally the rule that you have to wait until the start/finish line before you can go. i think Fittipaldi broke that rule.

[@njs_gc]

I was there that day with my dad. RIP old man.🙏

[@Demise90Racing]

I know the feeling. I went to races with my old man as well before he passed away.

[@tracyschofield6344]

So sorry for your loss.

[@razorsharp8549]

The best looking open wheel cars indycar and F1 ever had.

[@SonnyViceR]

Soooooooo much better than what they have now.

[@daviddavies3637]

Mansell's reputation for going on charges was legendary in F1. He really should have won more than just the 1 title. I remember watching the 1986 Australian Grand Prix as a 16 year old and my heart sinking when his tyre blew up. He was on course to win the title until that moment. Turns out that had he deliberately hit the wall, the race would have been red flagged and he'd be world champion because 2/3 of the race had been completed. That wouldn't work today. Insane what drivers could get away with back then.

[@Sadokist]

I don't see yellows posted at the 2 marshal stands before the pass, only the one after the move was made, and even then the marshal indecisive about it...

[@joemattes8389]

Wild times

[@de-fault_de-fault]

1993 was the first year CART had a pit speed limit, and yeah it was 100mph. USAC, always more willing to copy from NASCAR, had introduced one at Indy for 1992, which I believe was also the first year USAC implemented closed pits when a yellow comes out. CART didn’t start closing the pits until 1997 or so, and it kind of took a lot of the fun out of pit strategy.

[@jcmc9378]

Legendary

[@rnichol22]

This era of cart up to the zanardi times was awesome

[@synaptik111]

I couldn't agree more @rnichol22! Seenig Alex Z doing donuts in front of our stands at turn 1 in Long Beach after his win is a memory I've carried my entire life!!

[@houstonharwood7197]

Best looking Cart/Indy cars period

[@Diabolical-Tyrant]

back-to-back champion in the two largest single seater series is pretty cold

[@scotts7907]

I believe that was the last year of no pit road speed limit. After Senna died the next year was when different series started implementing speed limits.

[@Why_even_try]

So many legendary names racing then.