IndyCar Racing vs. Sprint Car Racing

IndyCar driver Alex Lloyd tries his hand at Sprint Car racing with a little help from former 1974 IndyCar Rookie of the Year Pancho Carter
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[@jameshines6474]

"When the asphalt ends, the racing begins." Dave DeSpain

[@anthonywhitehead4794]

I race a 1000cc Lightning sprint. I know it's nowhere near the 900+hp sprints, but I still have a blast. Like the old saying goes. "Everyone has to start somewhere."

[@Solofying]

every stuck up f1 fan should watch this

[@rileyenia9388]

I mean doesn’t hurt 410 depending on the track enter turns sideways at 130+ mph

[@TheBlade1952]

I raced the old 30 by 90 Super Modifieds back in the 1960's, and it was a challenge back then. You had many rough tracks, and some of the cars that you ran against were all over the place. You always tried to figure out if the car wasn't handling, or the driver had simply too much beer or moonshine in him. Those were the good old days.When racing was fun, and a family could afford to attend a race. Today, many of the Outlaw races cost as much to attend as a NASCAR ticket. I can remember running many 50 and 100 lap races, nonstop. Today, your lucky to see a Sprint car run 30 laps without a fuel stop. Because of the competitors trying to make them as light as possible, they have taken the fun out of the sport. Just my humble opinion.

[@mpower950]

Nice vid! I really enjoy Alex Lloyd's Jalopnik pieces. Just hope he can find a full-time opportunity in Indycar again.

[@JanitorIsBack]

Lewis Hamilton thinks oval are ridiculous. Put him in one of these and he will be asking Tony Stewart for a job

[@jakejonas7366]

Lewis Hamilton tested Tony Stewart’s cup car and Stewart tested Hamilton’s F1 car at Watkins Glen International. Apparently a week or two afterwards Hamilton was mocking cup cars for being too heavy and that they’re not real race cars or something like that. My impression of Hamilton is he’s a prick and I’ve heard people say he refused their autograph and stuff like that as I guess he’s not exactly fan friendly which may work for him in F1 but nascar goes out of their way for the fans so I guess it’s just a difference in sport or maybe even the culture of the two racing series’. I doubt Hamilton would strap into a sprint car if he has an issue with oval tracks that are paved I can’t see him being brave enough to run a 410 sprint car on dirt.

[@johncarl5505]

@@jakejonas7366 Paved is actually more dangerous than dirt. A crash at 250 mph is deadlier than at 140 mph.

[@nickphilkill8287]

@@johncarl5505 most paved series aren't going 250 lol actually none are except indycar at Indy.

[@deathtrooper2048]

@@nickphilkill8287 Not even the indy 500 goes that fast

[@lorenzovasquez5634]

I love this sport better than nascar. I go to these races every year in Calistoga.

[@xdarkknightx09]

To me these cars aren't that fun to watch, but they look like they would be the most fun cars you could drive yourself.

[@jessestrohl7602]

Ugh? Lol sprint cars have hell of a lot more then 600 horsepower!! They have 850 to 900

[@theghostdrummer99]

He's driving a 360 non wing. Not a 410. If it was a 410 it would be making the 850 to 900 hp range.

[@dustinphillips3109]

jesse strohl hey dumb ass it's a 305

[@frankisfunny2007]

jesse strohl 305s have 650 horses Anything above that, has so much more horses

[@mjriemen]

The car he was in was one of Krusemans Racing School cars. They have Ventura legal 360 cui engines producing about 600ish HP. He did say that some Sprint Cars can put out at least 800+ HP. I think a lot of those people claiming 900 HP are lying to themselves. Overall though, a few details aside, I thought it was a great representation of the fun Sprint Car racing is.

[@stevehorn2634]

He's in a 360..

[@cjjohnson182]

World Of Outlaws drivers are pushing anywhere from 900-1000+ HP!!

[@shannonholliday412]

Our Kistler 286-4 410 is 936 HP

[@the_450guy2]

CJ Johnson yeah in a super late model

[@mjriemen]

Funny how every engine builders Dyno somehow puts out 950+ HP from their own motor.. 🙄

[@theghostdrummer99]

They did an awful job on the pictures. The picture the showed for a "winged sprint car" was a super modified.

[@saltybildo4415]

Isma

[@danksta5788]

2:01

[@trademarksavage2980]

Now do it in a 410. Pushing over 900 horses.

[@magmasloth3619]

950*

[@johncarl5505]

Now let's see you try a 1000 HP, 250+ MPH, Champcar at Indy.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

The great Poncho Carter's even famous down here in Australia!! What a Champion!! 👍

[@ral6917]

Actually, Tony Stewart did run USAC Sprint cars and Midgets before Indy cars and Nascar and now runs as many World of Outlaws races as his busy schedule allows. I wouldn't be surprised if sometime in the near future we'll she him full time with the outlaws...

[@sloveniesta]

This looks like a blast! Wish there was some kind of Sprint Car Experience where you could try it for yourself.

[@DosEquisGuy3]

Joshua Krome me too I'd definitely pay some money to try it

[@sloveniesta]

DosEquisGuy3 I looked it up and there is a Kenny Wallace Experience at some dirt tracks.

[@mjriemen]

Funny you mention it... This segment was actually taped at the Cory Kruseman Racing school, in Ventura, CA. Just google them and call them up and book a date, and you can drive the exact same car Alex was driving!

[@FastCashCulp]

idk if ur still on the market but in perris california theres a sprint car experince u can do

[@JackHewett285]

The picture of AJ Foyt is Jack Brabham

[@WDBRnetwork]

2:02 that isn't a Sprint car, that is a Super Modified

[@carguy8897]

I wish I had this kind of opportunity

[@duanelavely5481]

I spent every Sat. night turning wrenches on a sprint car at Ascot Park in So. Cal. At Ascot the fast cars did "back 'em in". We held the track record for 2 seasons in the 80's which was unbelievable as track records usually only lasted several weeks at most. I really enjoyed this video.

[@backcountryme]

I would like to have seen him jump in a Midget.

[@adamknight5089]

Great video and very insightful.

[@edfjets101]

at first i thought that track looked familliar, then it said ventura raceway and i was sure, thats my cities track! i go there all the time and watch the races!

[@maximumblue8394]

Alot of power in a small package.Awesome.

[@cmsracing]

Nice explanation's, thanks!

[@805madmike]

That's my home track! Take Cory's class on how to drive one of these beasts. DO THIS!!! You'll be grinning like an idiot for the rest of the day. Never had so much fun, until I got my own car. Now my son and I grin like idiots every other weekend!

[@doon714]

Great vid!!!!!

[@edwardharris9810]

We do have Sprint Cars in the UK but not many people know about them, we also have BriSCA F1 Stock Car Racing, an F1 stock car is similar to a sprint car in many ways ie V8 engine up front open wheel car with a wing on the roof they look similar to sprint cars but the big difference is Brisca F1s have bumpers on them so nudge other cars out of the way, they race on shale (Speedway bike) tracks and Tarmac ovals. if your reading this in America check them out just put Brisca F1 stock cars in to KZbin and enjoy, any feedback welcome

[@mamingakuri2436]

there are wingd sprint cars in NZ but not non wingd sprint cars i did not know that UK had sprint car

[@aaronisgrate]

just searched brisca f1 stock car. some of the weirdest looking race cars ever.

[@jealexander]

NZ used to have wingless ones, but as I understand it a lot of the more "official" races have moved away from them for safety reasons. There's still a strong following for wingless cars in some areas though, with drivers regarding the wings as training wheels.

[@rickyavila6516]

mereecd speecway

[@rickyavila6516]

mereecd speecway

[@Spidercowyboy]

sweet race

[@ASRA177]

heck yeah gotta love it!!!!!

[@StickA-yd4fp]

Alex llyod tried it in 2012 and struggled just being on the track by himself. There is a youtube video on it. Car and driver I think.

[@20CorvetteZr109]

Saw 410ci sprints lately and they were doin wheelies on the dirt!!! They sound a lot better and Louder with out mufflers :)

[@budrizzle78]

Shoulda went to Pennsylvania, we live and breathe sprint cars out here.

[@jacobcarr9221]

Posse Proud

[@josheubanks370]

budrizzle78 Indiana is the birthplace of sprint car racing.

[@doubleutubefan5]

Grandveiw, williams grove etc i know man

[@justinlong464]

budrizzle78 port royal speedway it is fast

[@josiahalexanderdeleon2524]

James Clark yea, but PA is where the real drivers are at

[@WildWolfGT]

alex shouldve noted that ventura raceway is 1/5 of a mile and 20-22, 360-410 sprint cars can run a main event. bullring baby, i love ventura raceway.

[@edwardmcwilliams7285]

They left out the part about 9 other maniacs trying to kill you while you are trying to keep it going forward while you are pulling tear-offs while you are passing while you are watching the flagman while you are taking 2 G's in each corner while you are ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, God, I love it. USAC / ASCS Sprint car #27 from San Diego

[@invokingtheabstract]

This is an awesome vid, Id like to see what he thinks of the REAL sprints with wings! ;0

[@IndyB25]

Well, I know Bryan Clauson races on dirt most of the time, obviously, he was in the Indianapolis 500 this year, I have a tremendous amount of respect for him.

[@ShoRyuKen154]

Catchy song!

[@medicolas]

If your such a great race car driver... get into a 410 right off the bat! Try 900 HP in a 1200lb car!

[@computiNATEor]

Ya know, there are more recent examples of racers who came from the bullrings, too: Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordan, Kasey Khane...

[@slot962]

I love how they showed supermodifieds in one picture instead of winged sprint cars! Hahaha.

[@TheRescueFirefighter]

actually where im from, the guys who wanna race late models start in pure stocks(4 or 6 cylinder's from like 1989 or older, and the people who want to race sprints, use to start in dwarfs but now 600 racing within the last year has started a new series called legend modifieds

[@TheWestDon]

The worlds biggest race is 24 Hours of Le Mans

[@paulstepien3410]

agreed

[@moncefboujrad9936]

please continue the "Concept Car Designed & Destroyed - The Five Minute Car"

[@ghouliesrgo]

All of us who race any variety of non-wing sprint car on dirt know there is no more beautiful and challenging form of racing. I give Alex credit for putting himself out there to try it, but mostly it saddens me that Indy long ago became so high-tech and totally disconnected from grassroots racing that the incredible skills of racers who drive sprint cars, midgets and dirt champ cars every week are no longer relevant. For us Indy is a thing lost, no longer the pinnacle of US open wheel racing.

[@PatRyanFTW]

this is why they say some of the best drivers in the world started on dirt. its in my opinion the most exiting i just wish we could watch it on tv every weekend like nascar on a major network

[@TrevorSidell]

Dirt vision or floracing is worth the money

[@craigpennington1251]

The mile dirt sprint is 100 times better than Nascar and F1. You do have to be in shape for one of these.

[@Eli-9]

This is the one of the most red neck things I’ve ever seen.

[@dakotawoods9357]

Out there running a 360 without a hans device. scary.

[@StinkyCheeseYodeler]

At least he had a roll bar and a helmet. Imagine doing it with neither...those old racers had big brass ones.

[@almostfm]

Apparently, Jackie Stewart was in the LA area while he was still racing, and a friend took him to Ascot Park, which was a dirt 1/2 mile in Gardena. After watching the sprint cars warm up, Stewart went down to the pits, and one of the car owners offered him a chance to try driving one. "Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my helmet" was his answer. When the car owner offered to find him a helmet that fit, Stewart replied: "I also forgot to bring my balls"

[@RCM1829]

almostfm I really hope that is true... lol

[@markmnorcal]

Ah... That California sunshine.

[@ChazISfat]

That's a 360. The big boys in Indiana run 410s 💪

[@BubbaBearGames]

In other words, the thing of Dirt Track racing is Turn Right to Go Left.

[@Hyperstorm-es4yq]

Still gotta give it shit around the corners

[@KreigsMarine2]

Don't go to Ventura....it's only a 1/4 mile. Go to Perris, get the feel of a 1/2 mile clay oval!

[@theprojectcrate4799]

..catalytic converters on a race car Dum cail laws

[@BornToBeFamed]

The main reason i could never live there to many restrictions for cars

[@JohnnieWalkerDread]

They're running methanol. Not sure why it would need a catalytic converter. Perhaps that's a muffler.

[@cpbbq2001]

Alex is and IndyCar driver. Those guys went the other direction. Tony Stewart did start in Indy, but moved to the "dark side" later.

[@nay51756]

note the ISMA super mods at 2:01 .These 468ci methanol drinking fire breathing road rockets are the fastest open wheeled cars in racing.Making much more than 650 hp. with their moving wing are racings best kept secret.

[@Osta379]

2:00 is actually a Super Modified

[@sararamich4826]

cool my family has 3 600's 1 begginer box 'and 1 250

[@alexquenneville4914]

Who else wants to see luis Hamilton race a dirt car

[@kcanova]

2:00 when talking about sprint cars why did the editor throw in a Supermodified line up?

[@PatRyanFTW]

the 410 motors are way more powerful and theres more 410s out there than 360s like the one in the video. ive seen some go 950hp. most are 850-900

[@racer00002]

And this is why Bryan Clauson should be driving a Penske or Ganassi car.

[@backcountryme]

The 410 sprint engines are 900+ hp.

[@Warpedguitar28]

I dont think it'd be a bad idea to have indy car racers give this a go, I know that Valentino Rossi and a number of other Moto GP riders do Motocross on the off seasons to stay in shape and hone their skills Rossi only has over 216 starts 79 wins and 141x on the podium soooo it shows that it works! lol

[@trevorlaquale6602]

He claims wingless is harder but if your running a wing it's way faster and you have to do everything much quicker so its actually harder with a wing

[@DanTheCaptain]

I feel like this could be popular in Australia, New Zealand ans possibly even the UK!

[@edwardharris9810]

We have them over here put UK sprint cars in but for a proper look at our oval scene type in Brisca F1 Stock Car racing there like sprint cars with bumpers on them, let me know what you think.. All the country's you've mentioned have stock car racing on short dirt ovals also Holland they race F1 stock cars over there as well. Enjoy Ed

[@lexus14blacklist]

many Australians do race these

[@CorbinAnderson]

+Daniel K New Zealand and the Aus definitely have these, and are pretty popular.

[@jeremeymcdude]

just look at half of the world of outlaws drivers

[@edwardharris9810]

Was watching Australian Sprint Cars the other day and they get American drivers over there quite often, unfortunately here in the UK the oval racing scene is largely ignored in favour of circuit racing the UK hardly anybody knows that UK Sprint Cars even exist, which is a shame as we've had them race at the track I work at a few times and you can see a lot of time and money goes in to these cars but the biggest crowds they have are when they are a support formula for F1 Stock Cars..

[@nascarman604]

he meant biggest race in indycar

[@trashguy]

Ventura!

[@SlawsonRacing]

the ones with daddies big checkbook get to nascar...except a few

[@elquehabla3885]

2:27 Esteban Guerrieri indy light

[@AnarchyRacing306]

it says 360ci in the video!

[@Jmarsfan28]

I actually dont know about Sprints much here because not much Sprint Car racing where i from. There is IRA i believe but that aways away.

[@25FIREBALL]

a race car with a wing (see my avitar)is like the A-Ticket at disiney land,,mash da gas n hold on

[@LordLakeon]

1:02 The Stig?

[@EnglertRacing96]

650hp? for what a 305 lady sprint car. a 410 is like 850 and a world of outlaws can be well above 900. they bring some wild wild shit to knoxville nationals probably some over 1000

[@zackman23ful]

lespaul1427 650 is a ton of motor for a sprint car especially a nonwing sprintcar thats a 360 i would have to guess not a 410

[@MultiWildcat2]

if you say so

[@paulstepien3410]

Thank you matt bob lol Theres only a few of us that would know who they are but they are nothing like sprint cars.. and have more then 650HP. ISMA Supermodifieds 2:00 not sprints

[@bryanmislich4637]

He didn't help the image of the Indy Driver. However, going over 200 mph takes some ...

[@steveistheman84]

2:01 yeah those aren't sprint cars, they're super modifieds.

[@gingerboboh7159]

weeeeeeee

[@sammymileham6568]

sprint cars do exist in the uk www.uksprintcars and will have a shakedown race on 16th march and will be ata banked tarmac track in belgium, 500+ 360 cui engines and run xxx,jei,travis kraft, eagle chassis great formula and growing fast.

[@tylersmith314]

Supermodifieds at 2:01

[@awujaheemr2869]

Tyler Smith yeah Oswego Super Modifieds, not Sprint Cars haha I have no idea why they put those on there

[@frankisfunny2007]

650? Maybe in a 305. In a 360, or 410, maybe +800 HP

[@BSNFabricating]

Unfortunately these days, the skills it takes to drive a sprint or midget car are closer to those needed in a stock car...so most of these drivers have been aiming for NASCAR.

[@jeremeymcdude]

sprint cars, now dirt latemodels, and big block modifieds =3

[@suabroboro]

How unlucky those brits are😆

[@bobcrazy_gamer446]

Now you ok see you at Spring cars ok see you at spring car

[@markhondacivic4368]

lol yes kind of but Sprint car is harder. They weigh a lot less than a wrc car. They have 900 horsepower and are rear wheel drive. WRC car has like 300 horsepower to all wheel drive. WRC rarely reach over 100 mph in a race and rarely ever sideways. Some sprint car tracks the average speed is 150 mph and on the straight aways over 160 mph. That is really fast to go sideways. Oh and all while doing it around a ton of other open wheel cars.

[@EricvZ1967]

Alex, you're from the country of Stockcar racing, that's no Sprintcar, but Speedwaying DOES exist in the UK..

[@ROSS219PRODUCTIONS]

you know whats funny sprint cars are just old style indy cars modernized

[@justcallmejoeable]

he shouldve tested a 410ci

[@patriots46714]

I dare him to drive a 410 winged sprint car pushing 900bhp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@15krd]

650? 950!!!!!!!!

[@bigjohn6405]

sprint car racing is pure racing, get to the front and try to stay there, that's it, btw no mirrors!!!

[@EnglertRacing96]

or victorville when john aiden use to prep it. the 410 guys would say it was the only track in socal that would tug on a 410. After john aiden of 777 sprint cars quit prepping it, it turned to shit.

[@erich84502ify]

650 hp wingless?

[@73SupermoD73]

supermodifieds are the father of the modern day sprintcar, before the sprintcar, supermodifieds were the kings of the mud ovals, most of the people mentioned would have started in a supermodified, which is commonly misconstrued as a sprintcar, this is late 60s, early 70s supermods ran forst, then were taken over by the sprintcar

[@awujaheemr2869]

73SupermoD73 sprint cars were around way before supermodifieds

[@maxkennon6395]

This guy is legit scared as hell to drive the car lol.

[@adamkolb1049]

Alex Lloyd- try asphalt drifting.

[@177racing]

Adam Kolb ROFL

[@KreigsMarine2]

Someone please tell him the faster you go the smoother the track is......look at the way the front wheels are bouncing all around!! HA HA!!